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Welcome! My name is Seth Pickford, and I am a senior studying computer science at the University of Notre Dame with an Engineering Corporate Practice minor. My most recent work experience has been as a data analyst and developer for a manufacturing company and as an Honors Intern embedded on a Cyber Squad at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Employment

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Summer 2024-Present

Cyber Division Honors Intern

• Hold a Top-Secret security clearance to work National Security cases • Write Python scripts to help with data extraction • Created webpages to link information and help Agents • Utilize government and open source tools and databases for case research

Mursix Corporation/XTern + AnalytiXIN Program

Summer 2023

Data Analyst/Dashboard Designer

• Extracted data from manufacturing presses to develop a data-driven dashboard • Designed dashboard with scalability in mind, facilitating the integration and analysis of future presses • Employed Python to establish connections, create tables, and export data, enabling long-term trend analysis


Education

University of Notre Dame

Major: Computer Science

Minor: Engineering Corporate Practice

Graduation: May 2025

Relevant Courses:

Operating System Principles, Theory of Computing, Computer Architecture, Computer Databases, Computer Networks, Programming Paradigms, Data Structures, Systems Programming, Fundamentals of Computing, Intro to Artificial Intelligence,Neural Networks, Discrete Mathematics, Logic Design, Ethical and Professional Issues


Leadership

University of Notre Dame's Sorin College

2024-25

Resident Assistant

• Provided guidance and mentorship to Notre Dame dorm residents as well as enforced dorm rules and policies

2022-23

Hall Government Sorin Big Brotter/Little Brotter and Athletic Commissioner

• Organized the pairing of Freshman with Sophomores and dorm sports teams


Study Abroad

Notre Dame College of Engineering Study Abroad

Summer 2022

London,England

• Lived and attended classes through the Notre Dame Global Gateway in London, England • Studied Ethical/Professional Issues and Probability and Statistics


Projects

Eye Locator

Spring 2024

Neural Networks Class Project

• Collaborated with a partner to build a Convolutional Neural Network that when fed photographs would find and output the coordinates of the person's eyes

WorNDle

Spring 2024

Programming Paradigms Class Project

• Worked as a team of three to develop a multilingual word guessing game similar to Wordle, that was accessible via a website •Utilized Django framework to seamlessly integrate the frontend, backend, and word databases •Implemented a dynamic user interface to support gameplay in multiple languages •Managed database operations to store and retrieve word lists and user information efficiently

NCAA Tournament Predictor

Fall 2023

Intro to AI Class Project

• Developed a predictive model to estimate how far a team would advance in the NCAA tournament • Employed a Random Forest Classifier as the machine learning algorithm and optimized its performance through hyperparameter tuning

Brute Force Cracker

Spring 2023

Systems Programming Project

• Designed a brute force password cracker that utilized multiple cores to speed up the process orf brute forcing a password • Could be used with different numbers of cores depending upon password size and the number of cores available

Olympics Data Analyzer

Spring 2022

Engineering Programming

• Collaborated with a partner to design a data analysis app that allowed users to interact with a set of extensive Olympics data to organize and compare data, output tables and graphs, and store searches • Created an extensive GUI to make interaction easy and seemless

Valve Design Project

Fall 2021

Engineering Design

• Collaborated with a team of 4 to design and produce a valve for controlling water flow using input from sensors. • Aim of the project was to create a more sustainable method for watering plants using sensors to analyze soil moisture content and open or close the valve • My team 3D printed our own valve, analyzed results and worked through multiple iterations to find the optimal design

Skills

Languages/Frameworks

  • C++/C
  • Python
  • HTML/CSS
  • JavaScript/Java

Tools/Technolgy

  • Git
  • Microsoft Office

Other

MATLAB, Verilog/VHDL, Xcode, XQuartz,Linux/UNIX, Bash Scripting, Embedded Systems, Technical Writing, Basic German & Spanish

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