Jackson VanVuren

Projects

Wiz Royale Game

Spring 2019
Github

Unity Battle Royale Game

  • • Small-scale Battle Royale game developed in Unity using Unity Networking
  • • Awarded Best Multiplayer Game
  • • Worked in an Agile, 2 week sprint environment in a 3 perosn group, releasing a PoC, Alpha, Beta, and Final version.
  • • Learned C#, Unity, game development strategies and techniques, and practiced working in sprints.

Mixel

Fall 2018
Github

Web-based Picture/Music Player

  • • Import a picture to be played as music, or draw on a canvas.
  • • Developed using React and Redux, hosted on Google's Firebase.
  • • Worked in a group environment using Software Engineering techniques, including QA and testing.
  • • Learned QA techniques, efficient testing, and Redux.

Twtbot Detector

Winter 2019
Github

Bot Detector and Rater for Twitter Accounts

  • • Simply type in a username and receive a rating 1-10 on how likely the account is to be a bot.
  • • Developed using python-twitter, Twitter's API, and TensorFlow.
  • • Uses python-twitter and Twitter API to train a neural network using TensorFlow.
  • • Learned how to use neural networks and how Twitter's rate limiting makes training a neural network difficult.

Address Book

Fall 2018
Github

Web-based Address Book

  • • Used Google Firebase database and functions to create a basic address book
  • • Address book using React as the front-end and Google Firebase as the back-end.
  • • Developed in a group environment with Software Engineering techniques.
  • • Learned React, QA techniques, and using Firebase (noSQL) as a back-end.

330Chat

Winter 2018
Github

C++ Chat Application

  • • Basic chat app using QT for C++ and hosting on a TCP server
  • • Has custom emotes and sending and sharing files
  • • Learned networking and file sharing






Education

University of Oregon

BS in Computer and Information Science

  • Presidential Full Ride Scholarship
  • Graduated Winter 2020


Languages

Know very well: Python, C, C++, C#, SQL, VB

Know pretty well: Swift, Java, NoSQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript



Courses

Computer Science

Data Structures, Computer Organization, Advanced Algorithms, Operating Systems, Software Methodology, Principles of Programming Languages, Computer Graphics, Computer and Network Security, Artificial Intelligence, Game Programming

Mathematics

Linear Algebra I, Discrete Math I-II, Statistical Models, Calculus I-III