Ronald Nap
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Hello! I'm a machine learning engineer based in San Jose, California. I'm currently studying Data Science at UC Berkeley looking for New Grad 2026 Roles. I have prior experience in medical imaging research, autonomous parking development, and developing software for compilers.

You can check out a pdf verison of my resume here

Education

University of California, Berkeley

Master of Science in Data Science

August 2024 – May 2026 · GPA: 3.95

University of California, Merced

Bachelor of Science in Applied Math

August 2020 – May 2024 · GPA: 3.71

Technical Skills

Programming Languages

Python logoPython
C++ logoC++
Bash logoBash
SQL logoSQL

Libraries & Frameworks

PyTorch logoPyTorch
TensorFlow logoTensorFlow
Scikit-learn logoScikit-learn
NumPy logoNumPy
SciPy logoSciPy
Pandas logoPandas
Matplotlib logoMatplotlib
OpenCV logoOpenCV
Transformers logoTransformers
Pytest logoPytest

Technologies & Tools

Git logoGit
AWS logoAWS
Docker logoDocker
ONNX logoONNX
TensorRT logoTensorRT
SLURM logoSLURM
Conda logoConda
Linux logoLinux
Spark logoSpark
Hadoop logoHadoop
Kubernetes logoKubernetes

Experience

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD)

AI Software Engineer Intern

May 2025 – August 2025 · San Jose, CA

  • Built an internal ONNX manipulation CLI that unblocked compilation and enabled operator substitution at scale.
  • Enabled new compiler support for unsupported operators by decomposing Conv3D to Conv2D, and GRU to LSTM.
  • Resolved dynamic shapes via robust shape inference, unblocking compiler passes and stabilizing model builds.
  • Unlocked full model offloading to AIE, enhancing performance and eliminating the dependency on CPU for inference.

Valeo

Machine Learning Software Engineer Intern

July 2024 – May 2025 · San Mateo, CA

  • Developed and filed a patent on deep learning monocular simultaneous localization and mapping technology.
  • Reconstructed and merged 3D point clouds using deep learning-enhanced keypoint detection and feature matching.
  • Quantized and distilled semantic segmentation networks, achieving a 50% reduction in memory usage.
  • Converted PyTorch/Tensorflow models to ONNX and TensorRT, reducing inference time by 40%.
  • Wrote and submitted a first-author paper on deep learning techniques for localization and mapping to ICRA 2026.

Computational Optimization Group

Machine Learning Researcher

February 2023 – May 2024 · Merced, CA

  • Invented a two-stage weakly supervised framework for classifying high-resolution medical whole slide images.
  • Performed self-supervised pre-training and transfer learning of a ResNet encoder on 80+ GB of image data.
  • Processed images into patches and trained an attention-based classifier for cost-effective and interpretable results.
  • First-authored a conference paper accepted for publication and presentation at IEEE EMBC 2024.

National Science Foundation (REU)

Machine Learning Researcher

June 2023 – August 2023 · Merced, CA

  • Trained a generative adversarial network to generate synthetic images addressing data scarcity and class imbalance.
  • Engineered an iterative refinement pipeline that evaluated and selected high-quality synthetic images for retraining.
  • Boosted classification performance, increasing F1 score by 0.05 and AUROC by 0.03.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Data Science Intern

July 2023 – August 2023 · Livermore, CA

  • Engineered long short-term memory-based models for irregular heartbeats and delivered a presentation on findings.
  • Built and optimized convolutional neural networks for precise reconstruction of cardiac transmembrane potentials.