Timothy Hong

Software Engineer

I aspire to be a modern day Geppetto, breathing life into a new generation of technology.

I'm a recent Master's graduate from SNHU's Data Analytics program. Before that, I was a Software Engineer at LiveHive, Inc. where I primarily worked on the back-end. I got my Bachelor's in Computer Science from UC Santa Cruz, where I was part of the Expressive Intelligence Studio working on cool projects involving computational linguistics and data visualization. I enjoy reading up on and exploring the latest trends in large scale distributed systems, web development, automation, and data analysis.

Feel free to contact me if you'd like to collaborate on an interesting web or software project.

Skills

Languages

Java
Python
JavaScript
C++
SQL
Bash
HTML
CSS/SCSS

Frameworks

Java EE
Flask
Express
React
Angular
Vue
jQuery
d3.js

Tools

MySql
Postgres
MongoDB
Firebase
Tensorflow
Theano
Git
SVN
Jira

Experience

Software Engineer

Developed new and improved existing MySQL table structures, indexes, and query performances by upwards of 10 seconds
Implemented new features and fixes for a wide variety of bugs in both front and back-end instances
Migrated development tools and SDKs to increase code reliability and support
Responsible for Salesforce integration
Skills Used: Java, Java EE, MySQL, JavaScript, Angular, SVN, REST APIs, Jira, Scrum

Undergraduate Researcher

Compiled embedded web app into a shippable desktop exe on Windows
Designed interactive data visualizations using machine learning techniques
Skills Used: Python, Flask, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Researcher

Undergraduate Researcher

Compiled and pre-processed various computer-game text corpora
Built and analyzed data models by applying techniques from distributional semantics
Designed interactive data visualizations to highlight discoveries contributing to 3 publications
Skills Used: Java, JavaScript (d3.js, jQuery), Python, Bash, HTML, CSS, Research

View my resume

Projects

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Quilt →

Built with my team as a final project for a Web Applications class at UCSC. Mozaic is a social image browsing platform where users can upload images to a giant quilt that is made up of other images that users have shared.

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GameBlobs →

A visualization of various clusterings of games. A user selects how many clusters (groups of related games) to partition the set into. Each cluster is drawn as a circle that can be clicked to display the games it contains.

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GameTypes →

A visualization of games distributed into different archetypes, calculated using Archetypal Analysis. A user can explore which games are most salient in its archetype and how which archetypes those games are composed of.

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Portfolio →

The site you're on right now! My personal webpage showcasing my skills and projects.

Publications

GameNet and GameSage: Videogame Discovery as Design Insight

James O. Ryan, Eric Kaltman, Timothy Hong, Katherine Isbister, Michael Mateas, and Noah Wardrip-Fruin.

Proceedings of the First International Joint Conference of DiGRA and FDG

Large-Scale Visualizations of Nearly 12,000 Digital Games

James O. Ryan, Eric Kaltman, Andrew M. Fisher, Timothy Hong, Taylor Owen-Milner, Michael Mateas, and Noah Wardrip-Fruin.

10th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games

People Tend to Like Related Games

James O. Ryan, Eric Kaltman, Timothy Hong, Michael Mateas, and Noah Wardrip-Fruin.

10th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games

Augmented Exploration of Library Videogame Holdings by Techniques from Computational Linguistics

Glynn Edwards, Eric Kaltman, James O. Ryan, Timothy Hong, and Noah Wardrip-Fruin.

Presented at the 9th Annual Society of American Archivists Science, Technology, and Healthcare Roundtable (2015).