Min Aung Paing's Portfolio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Software Engineer Intern

Position: Software Engineer Intern

Company: University of Southern California (USC)

Duration: - Present

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Responsibilities and Achievements:

  • Developed an end-to-end deployment pipeline to run OpenVLA on a physical robot (xArm7), including real-time image preprocessing, model inference, and action execution
  • Benchmarked OpenVLA performance in both simulation (LIBERO, SimplerEnv) and real-world zero-shot settings, analyzing the impact of environment familiarity on success rates
  • Built and integrated a GELLO teleoperation system to enable efficient demonstration collection, and designed a modular data collection framework for OpenVLA fine-tuning

Skills Used: Python, PyTorch, Robotics, Machine Learning

Machine Learning Intern

Position: Machine Learning Intern

Company: American Express

Duration: -

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Responsibilities and Achievements:

  • Collaborated with a team of 5 fellows and an Engineering Director to iteratively enhance data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model tuning for high-accuracy PII (Personally identifiable information) detection
  • Developed and optimized a hybrid entity recognition approach, leveraging Regex, Named Entity Recognition (NER), and Large Language Models to enhance detection accuracy, and achieve over 90% precision in identifying and redacting PIIs
  • Utilized Microsoft Presidio and spaCy model for entity detection, integrating format-preserving encryption (FPE) to maintain data format for alphanumeric entities

Skills Used: Python, NER, LLMs, spaCy, Presidio

Full-Stack Developer Intern

Position: Full-Stack Developer Intern

Company: Think Round Inc

Duration: -

Location: Remote

Responsibilities and Achievements:

  • Managed the migration of Think Round's website from SquareSpace to a custom-built platform, enabling greater control over design, improving site performance, and simplifying maintenance
  • Collaborated with designers to refine the UI/UX and develop the frontend using React and Next.js, enhancing responsiveness, enabling smoother animations, and creating an immersive interactive experience for virtual museum exhibits
  • Built a backend system using Node.js and Express with a MongoDB database, facilitating dynamic content updates and improved scalability, while developing RESTful APIs to efficiently manage data flow between the frontend and backend

Skills Used: React, Next.js, Node.js, MongoDB, Express

Mobile App Development Intern

Position: Mobile App Development Intern

Company: Pasadena City College

Duration: -

Location: Pasadena, CA

Responsibilities and Achievements:

  • Collaborated with software engineering students and UX/UI Figma designers to develop cross-platform iOS and Android college app, facilitating streamlined communication for over 20,000 students and multiple college departments
  • Integrated SAML-based Single Sign-On (SSO) for secure and seamless user authentication, utilizing a custom Identity Provider (IDP) for enhanced security, reduce login friction, and improve user experience across various college services
  • Developed and implemented key app features using Angular and Ionic frameworks; ensured efficient task tracking and project alignment through Asana for organized and timely project delivery

Skills Used: Angular, Ionic, TypeScript, SSO, Figma