Containerizing an eTextbook Infrastructure
Alexander Hicks, "Containerizing an eTextbook Infrastructure." In the proceedings of Proceedings of the 5th Educational Data Mining in Computer Science Education, 2021, 2021.
CV
Education
- Ph.D. in Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2025 (expected)
- M.S. in Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2024 (expected)
- Graduate Certificate in Engineering Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2024 (expected)
- B.S. in Computer Science and History, University of Virginia, 2020
- Study Abroad - Global Technology Practice, University of Stuttgart, 2017
- A.A. in General Studies, Laurel Ridge Community College, 2016
Work experience
- Fall 2020: Developer
- Virginia Tech
- Docker Make-Cache
- Created a Docker cache layer to store images in a local registry to minimize pull times
- Implemented a daemon to periodically refresh commonly used images
- Fall 2019 - Present: Developer and Maintainer
- Meals on Wheels Charlottesville
- Developed a new web application using Docker and Django to help Meals on Wheels of Charlottesville manage volunteers and keep track of customer records as part of a Computer Science capstone project
- Successfully migrated customer and volunteer data from the previous application through a database schema change
- Provided ongoing maintenance and new feature development
- Summer 2019: Software Engineering Intern
- McKesson Corporation
- Collaborated in an Agile development environment to implement new API calls and redesign the user experience using Vue.js for an internal tracking application
- Spring 2019: Developer
- University of Virginia
- Built a scalable and multi-tier service architecture with Docker and Django to provide a platform for home cooked meal sharing
- Indexed meals using a containerized pipeline with Kafka and Elasticsearch
- Generated co-views using Apache Spark to produce user recommendations in a scalable fashion
Skills
- Programming Languages
- Python
- Java
- C/C++
- LaTeX
- Bash
- R
- Ruby
- Tools and Technologies
- Docker
- Git
- AWS
- Django
- Selenium
- Locust
- TravisCI
- Kafka
- Elasticsearch
Publications
Integration and Implementation (Int) Cs 5604 F2020
Alexander Hicks, "Integration and Implementation (Int) Cs 5604 F2020." In the proceedings of CS 5604, 2021.
Live Catalog of Smart Learning Objects for Computer Science Education
Alexander Hicks, "Live Catalog of Smart Learning Objects for Computer Science Education." In the proceedings of Sixth SPLICE Workshop, 2020, 2021.
Talks
Talk 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Talk at UC San Francisco, Department of Testing, San Francisco, California
Tutorial 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Tutorial at UC-Berkeley Institute for Testing Science, Berkeley CA, USA
Talk 2 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Talk at London School of Testing, London, UK
Conference Proceeding talk 3 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Conference proceedings talk at Testing Institute of America 2014 Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA
Teaching
Advising
- Graduate
- Hyunjin An: MEng Computer Science at Virginia Tech - 2022
- Undergraduate
- Shreya Mallamula: BS Computer Science at Virginia Tech - 2022-2023
- Sa Hyun Min: BS Computer Science at Virginia Tech - 2021
- Sean Gruber: BS Computer Science at Virginia Tech - 2020
- Peixuan Ge: BS Computer Science at Virginia Tech - 2020-2021
Service and leadership
- Advisor: Computer Science Graduate Council - 2023-2024
- President: Computer Science Graduate Council - 2022-2023
- ACM Student Research Competition Judge: SIGCSE Technical Symposium - 2022, 2023
- Small Groups Coordinator and Peer Mentor: New Horizons Graduate Scholars - 2021-2023
- Vice President: Computer Science Graduate Council - 2021-2022
- Blue Ridge Highlands Regional Science Fair Judge - 2021, 2022
- Senator: Graduate Student Association - 2020-2021