Tabatha Lewis

Founder, Model Developer

Stealth Start-Up•  October 2020 - Present

Trained and deployed Facebook's computer vision software Detectron2 to identify and count pills on trays. Investigated different Data Augmentation methods. Set up APIs to send images to the cloud for inference and return a count and image with bounding boxes. Worked on a React app to create a user interface for pharmacists to count and identify pills.

Opinion Columnist, News and A&E Contributor

Daily Bruin•  October 2017 - June 2020

Wrote articles for UCLA’s award-winning newspaper. Collected and vetted facts within time constraints by conducting informative interviews for and with the public. Quickly understood advanced research topics in a variety of fields, such as neuroscience, biology, psychology and sociology, and explained the research to the general public in a digestible manner.

Lab Consultant

SEASnet Computing Facility•  January 2019 - June 2020

Answered technology and software related questions in a time sensitive environment. Diagnosed and resolved hardware and software failures.

Machine Learning Intern

NBCUniversal•  January 2020 - May 2020

Investigated the XGBoost Machine Learning Algorithm and its application to NBC’s recommendation engine. Conducted data analysis on datasets with hundreds of millions of entries using Python, Spark and SQL to draw data driven consumer insights. Cleaned datasets and created visualizations using DOMO to present findings.

Summer Video Engineering Intern, Fall Video Engineering Intern, Software Developer

Fox Corporation•  May 2019 - January 2020

Created internal tools such as a tool to extract id3 tags and Nielsen watermarks from live video streams (VDMS and AWS) utilizing AWS and Python and created a web interface to access the tool with React (JavaScript, HTML/CSS). Resolved issues with Verizon's API logging messages to Splunk. Worked with complex Video and API structures and formats.

Undergraduate Researcher

Geschwind Laboratory UCLA•  October 2016 - February 2017

Analyzed gene expression in hundreds of thousands of cells and used R to eliminate biases introduced by the gene detection methods.

Undergraduate Researcher

Ozcan Research Group•  June 2016 - August 2016

Prepared biological samples and examined samples using imaging techniques, such as dark-field and bright-field microscopy.