Vinh Ton

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about me

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howdy there! my name is vinh tôn, and i'm a ux designer / product developer.

my interests lie in the intersection of technology and mental health, and my goal is to develop digital interventions that bridge accessibility gaps in mental health care in underserved, marginalized communities.

vietnamese man with moustache sitting on a log in the snow.

fig.1: "vinh sits on a log"

fig.2: "vinh shares a selfie"

i was born in Bến Tre, Việt Nam then immigrated to the US in 1999, spending my childhood in Olympia, WA and Charleston, SC, and am now currently based in the SF Bay Area.

in my free time, i like to exist in nature and create art: whether through poetry, photography, or memes. i like to combine technology, nature, and art.

curriculum vitae

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computer science

neuro + psych

education:

b.s symbolic systems ('20) @ stanford university (gpa: 3.68)

studying the relationship between systems of information processing e.g: natural language, the human mind, and artificial intelligence systems.

m.s computer science ('22) @ stanford univerity (gpa: 4.0)

studying human-computer interaction, identifying and designing human-centered digital solutions for real world problems, with a focus on community mental health.

experience / projects:

swe intern, core development @ google (2022)

Google Core Development builds the technical infrastructure across Google’s flagship products and is positioned in a unique space to impact critical, cross-functional technical decisions across the company.

-> conducted user research testing and insight analysis

-> developed full-stack internal data visualization platforms (java, python, SQL)

product management intern, siri search @ apple ai/ml (2021)

Apple ML/AI leverages and applies deep learning, reinforcement learning, natural language pro- cessing, and speech technologies across a wide array of hardware and software products and services, including the voice assistant Siri’s information retrieval system.

-> improved robustness of NLP toolkit to improve conversation infrastructure

-> re-designed UI and web page to enhance user experience and accessibility in mind

uxr curriculum developer @ stanford, XPROD115 (2022)

Stanford Center for Professional Development offers credit-bearing graduate courses, creden- tialed professional development programs, and online degrees, including XPROD115 (User Re- search: Informing Product Decisions with Customer Insights).

-> created product management educational materials and ux design re-

-> curated lecture content with industry standard rigor and accessibility

data science and software engineering intern, aerobotics (2019)

aerobotics is a social impact startup that uses aerial drone imagery, computer vision, and big data analysis techniques to provide an end-to-end solution to help farmers with management of yield management, pest and disease, and crop protection.

-> contributed to unsupervised image semantic segmentation using PyTorch

-> helped build an internal toolkit for managing user databases using Angular

part-time software engineer, raheem ai (2018)

raheem ai is a chatbot and data visualization platform that allows rating, reporting, and intuitive interaction with police incidents topographically to empower communities of color to inform themselves of navigation of safe routes and community climates.

-> developed user-facing chatbot using Microsoft Azure services

-> implemented UX design decisions for user accessibility and intuitive use

-> incorporated NLP and other ML toolkits for robust, meaningful user experience and analytics

-> helped write documentation for front end development and usage

languages:

Python, Javascript / Typescript (React, Angular), Java, C / C++, R, HTML + CSS

education:

b.s symbolic systems ('20) @ stanford university (gpa: 3.68)

studying the relationship between systems of information processing e.g: natural language, the human mind, and artificial intelligence systems.

m.s computer science ('22) @ stanford univerity (gpa: 4.0)

studying human-computer interaction, identifying and designing human-centered digital solutions for real world problems, with a focus on community mental health.

experience / projects:

intern, brainmind (2018)

brainmind is a collaborative environment between prominent neuroscientists, entrepreneurs, and investors that seeks to identify and accelerate the growth of neurotech startups, create a community for impact investing in neuroscience, and define the ethical landscape of the future as neurotechnology continues to emerge.

-> researched and provided consultation on emerging neurotechnology startups

-> contributed to, managed, and maintained BrainMind information database

-> drafted company white papers and presentations to impact investors

-> wrote grant proposals for medical device research and development

research assistant, poldrack lab @ stanford psychology dept. (2016-18)

the poldrack lab is a cognitive neuroscience lab that uses an algorithmic approach, neuroimaging techniques, and neuroinformatics tools to investigate and map the relationships between different dimensions of executive control, decision making, and memory/learning in the human brain.

-> researched and provided consultation on emerging neurotechnology startups

-> developed cognitive tasks and analyzed behavioral data using JavaScript, Python, R

-> performed comprehensive review and meta-analysis of neural-behavioral economics literature

-> operated fMRI scanner, monitored human subject, and helped maintain neural imaging database

teaching assistant, PSYCH50 @ stanford psychology dept. (2018)

PSYCH50 is the introductory undergraduate cognitive neuroscience course offered at Stanford University, which covers behavioral and neural correlates of perception, motion, attention, memory, learning, decision-making as well as basic neurophysiology and related imaging techniques.

-> developed and delivered of discovery based pedagogy

-> prepared and executed educational materials, exercises, and activities for undergraduates

-> led a cohort of students in discussion based classroom sections

-> held office hours and served as an educational and professional resource for students

teaching fellow, PSYCH1 @ stanford psychology dept. (2018)

PSYCH1 is the introductory undergraduate psychology course offered at Stanford University, which explores developmental, cognitive, affective, abnormal, clinical, social, and cultural psychology and serves as a practicum for students to develop formal scientific inquiry and publication skills.

-> routinely facilitated flow and management of a ~300 student lecture

-> developed and implemented inquiry based curricula to undergraduates

-> delivered instruction and facilitated discussion in small seminar settings

-> held office hours and collaborated with undergraduates to design individualized research proposals

student host, neurofriends podcast (2017)

Neurofriends is a student run neuroscience podcast series whose mission is to improve cultural, financial, and educational accessibility of modern research and promote communication between researchers and the general public by offering a friendly, exoteric medium to explore science.

-> organized and conducted interviews with guest neuroscientists and psychologists

-> acted as a liaison between the general public and specialized academics

sample projects

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proj.1: police interaction reporting chatbot

linked to Bay area map (microsoft azure)

proj.2: mental health binary classifier

using logistic regression (python)

proj.3: chatbot movie recommender system

w/ collaborative filtering, sentiment

classifier, minimum edit distance (python)

proj.4: med-fi thrift shopping iOS app

w/ item selection and map (react native)

proj.5: neuroscience podcast interviewing guest neuroscientists and current research

contact me

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