Aaron Exley

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About Aaron Exley

I know how to program in Java, Python, and C, and some prior experience in HTML, CSS, PHP, and Java Script. I love Math, Physics, programming, and really anything that involves logic and problem solving. I also really enjoy skiing with my family and various other school activities. SKILLS: • Languages: Java (expert), Python (proficient), C (intermediate), Groovy (intermediate), Prior experience in Ruby, Node, yaml, C++, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and PHP • Proficiency in object-oriented programming • Experience with JIRA, Confluence, Jenkins, Concourse, Docker, Git, and the Linux terminal • Ability to quickly adapt and learn new skills and technology such as learning new programming languages. Learned how to use Chef in the first two weeks of co-op. • Excellent time management and problem-solving skills while pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science with two minors (Math, Physics) PROJECTS: GPS Tower Defence Android App | 2016 • School group project using Android Studio, the Android SDK, GPS data, and Google’s API’s • Used JSON files for level and enemy data as well as GitHub for version control Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)| 2018 • Personal project using Tensorflow to learn how to implement a CNN to identify images • Trained the network on three different datasets. MNIST achieved a 99.2% accuracy, Fashion MNIST achieved a 91.39% accuracy and the CIFAR-10 achieved a 76.74% accuracy Project Green Thumb | 2018 • Working with group of 26 people to create an app to identify different plant species using machine learning, making heavy use of Git and other software design and software engineering strategies • Managed the team working on adding the machine learning aspect to the app Minesweeper | 2017 • Personal project using JavaFX for GUI and heavy use of object-oriented concepts • Used properties files for offline user preference storage