Ross Teixeira
I like research, teaching, and speaking.
Learning all the time in Princeton, NJ.
Hi There!
I'm Ross, and I'm currently enjoying life as a first-year PhD student at Princeton, studying Computer Science. I begin each day with unbridled curiosity and optimism, keen to take every opportunity to learn something new or brighten someone's day. I've had an affinity with technology since birth, but my only programming experiences before college were terminal commands I could prank friends with; once I took an introductory course though, I knew CS was a perfect fit. But don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed nearly every subject I've taken, and there is still too much to discover about the world. And what good is knowledge if not shared?
EDUCATION
Princeton University
Computer Science, PhD in Computer Science + Master of Science in Engineering
2017 - 2023
Coursework: Advanced Computer Networks, Advanced Computer Systems, Foundations of Probabilistic Modeling, Fairness in Machine Learning, Automated Reasoning
University of California, Berkeley
Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts w/ Honors
2013 - 2017
Coursework: Data Structures, Algorithms, Networking,
Security, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Computational Photography, Computer Architecture
FPF - UC Berkeley
Fall 2013
During my first semester at UC Berkeley, I took classes on and off campus in a unique program where I formed closer relationships with my professors and classmates.
EXPERIENCE
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Graduate Student Instructor - COS226 Algorithms and Data Structures
Fall 2017, Fall 2018
AI4ALL
Summer 2018
- Developing material for an Artificial Intelligence summer course and its applications to Internet of Things devices. Teaching to high school students and mentoring their final projects.
Research: Programmable Dataplanes
Jennifer Rexford
Spring 2018 - Curent
- Designing an end-to-end system for monitoring network traffic and answering queries about packet statistics. Supports user queries written in the Spark stream processing language, and dynamically reconfigures the network's packet processing logic using programmable switches to operate at line rate.
Graduate Student Instructor - COS461 Computer Networks
Spring 2018
Software Engineering Intern - District Attorney's Office (Riverside County)
Summer 2017, Summer 2014
Research: Autostyle, Scale-driven Hint Generation for Coding Style
Armando Fox
Spring 2017
- A system that provides real-time code style feedback to students in large introductory computer science classes.
Software Engineering Intern -
Pure Storage
Summer 2016
Built with the Apps team; responsible for seamlessly integrating third-party software into the Pure infrastructure.
Teaching Assistant - CS 375 Teaching Techniques for Computer Science
Summer 2016
- Mentored first-time TAs by providing daily feedback/advice on their teaching.
Teaching Assistant - CS 61B Data Structures
Summer 2015 - Spring 2017
Fall 2015
- Taught weekly discussion and lab sections for 30 students in the
CS Scholars program and held office hours. - Produced YouTube videos to introduce students to their programming projects.
- Led the team of 8 tutors/graders and created the rubrics for the class's projects.
- Worked on bug-submits and met with struggling students.
- Spread my love of Data Structures!
Summer 2015
- Led a 3 hour lab session 4 days/week where students completed all their assignments.
- Aided in creating and revamping course material.
Spring 2015 (Reader)
- Graded course projects and midterms.
- Head reader for the largest project, where I debugged and graded
75 of the trickiest submissions. - Held office hours.
Founding Member -
Computer Science Mentors
Spring 2015
- Led a group of 4 junior mentors, who taught small supplementary 61B sections throughout the year.
- Developed weekly worksheets for 61B used by more than
200 students in the organization, which are still in use. - Taught a small section of students myself.
