Biography
I am a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University advised by Prof. Sean Qian. I recieved my BS from Stony Brook University.
Outside of school, my hobbies include playing cello and powerlifting. I also used to solve Rubik’s cubes competitively.
Interests
- Machine Learning
- Optimization
- Time Series Forecasting
- Predictive Modeling
Education
MS, Artificial Intelligence Engineering, 2026
Carnegie Mellon University
BS, Computer Science and Applied Mathematics & Statistics, 2024
Stony Brook University
Work Experience
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Machine Learning Engineer Intern
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Software Engineering Intern
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Software Engineering Intern
Research Experience
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Graduate Student Researcher
Advisor: Prof. Sean Qian
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Undergraduate Student Researcher
Advisor: Prof. Susu Xu
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant:
- 12760 - Fundamentals of Programming, Carnegie Mellon University, Spring 2025
- AMS 341 - Linear Programming, Stony Brook University, Fall 2023
- CSE 214 - Data Structures, Stony Brook University, Spring 2023
- HON 101 - Honors College Freshman Seminar, Stony Brook University, Fall 2022
- AMS 326 - Numerical Analysis, Stony Brook University, Summer 2021
Projects
Awards and Honors
Selected Awards:
- AWS re:Invent All Builders Welcome Grant, 2025
- GEM Fellowship, 2025
- Award of Honor, Stony Brook Department of Applied Math and Statistics, 2024
- SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, 2024 [SBU News]
- Tau Beta Pi Schlarship, 2023
- Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, 2023 [SBU News]
- Undergraduate Researcher of the Month (April), Stony Brook University, 2023 [Interview] [SBU News]
- Weinig Foundation Scholarship, Stony Brook University, 2023
- URECA Research Travel Grant, Stony Brook University, 2022
- URECA Summer Research Scholarship, Stony Brook University, 2022
- PSEG Exploratons in STEM Scholarship, Stony Brook University, 2021
- URECA Summer Research Scholarship, Stony Brook University, 2021
- Presidential Scholarship, Stony Brook University, 2019
- Honors College, Stony Brook University, 2019
- Honor Graduate, Shaker High School, 2019
Honor Societies:
- Chi Epsilon, 2025
- Phi Beta Kappa, 2024
- Sigma Xi, 2024
- Tau Beta Pi, 2021
Contact
- abae@andrew.cmu.edu
- Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Earth
- linkedin.com/in/werdnabae