Mason Cole

Mason Cole

Johns Hopkins University
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Welcome! I am a Computer Science major, researcher, and software developer at Johns Hopkins University. I am passionate about computer science, robotics, photography, and videography.

I explore my passion in computer science through research in computational genomics and by competing at HopHacks, a biannual Hackathon at JHU. I placed top 10 overall with StudyFire, a project promoting collaboration among students, as well as 2nd place in the data science competition. I also created a program enabling the blind to experience images through sound. Additionally, I was honored to represent Google on my campus as a Google Student Innovator.

I focus my creativity through photography, capturing unique perspectives of life, both locally and abroad. By combining my love of photography and computer science I created an online photo gallery to share my images.

I presented research on emerging technologies and their impact on society at MIT as a National Inspire Competition Finalist. I combined my passion for technology and visual art to create an animated abstract summarizing this research.

To inspire others, I mentored a VexIQ robotics team, BrainSTEM, that progressed to the World Championships three years in a row and placed 8th in the world in programming.

Additionally, I am a prolific software developer and have published several mobile apps as well as applications for the TI-Nspire calculator.

Education

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Johns Hopkins University
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Computer Science Major

Johns Hopkins Ranked #11 Nationally (2018-US News)

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Carnegie Vanguard High School
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4.92 GPA || 35 ACT || Class Rank: 4

Carnegie Vanguard Ranked #8 Nationally (2017-US News)

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Class of 2017 || 4.92 GPA || Class Rank: 4

SAT Math II: 780

ACT English: 35

ACT Mathematics: 35

ACT Reading: 32

ACT Science: 36

AP Exams: AP Calculus AB (5); AP Statistics (5); AP Physics C: Mechanics (4); AP World History (4); AP Human Geography (5); AP US History (4); AP English Language and Composition (4); AP Computer Science A (4); AP Studio Art: Photography (4)

Notable Courses:

  • AP Computer Science
  • AP Art & Photography
  • AP Physics C
  • AP Calculus AB
  • AP Statistics
  • AP Human Geography
  • AP World History
  • AP US Government
  • AP United States Government and Politics
  • AP English Literature
  • AP Macroeconomics
  • Independent Research

 

Volunteer / Work Experience

  • Work Experience
  • Software Developer (Research) - Computational Genomics Research. Developed an initial version of a Genomics Data Processing Platform. Designed the UI and devised the implementation plan for the platform (ongoing effort).
  • Google Student Innovator - Contracted by Google through Vaco as an on-campus resource for Google Cloud Platform (GCP), to beta test products and features, to introduce products to students, and to provide feedback.
    Attended first ever Student Innovator Summit at Google's Mountain View HQ.
  • Electronic Parts Outlet (EPO) - Technical Sales Consultant & Programmer, 2016
  • Volunteer Experience
  • Workshop on Google Firebase for webapps at HopHacks, Spring 2019
  • Workshop on Google Cloud Platform at HopHacks, Fall 2018
  • Google Workshop on Serverless Apps w/ Firebase at MedHacks, 2018
  • Volunteered and Competed at the HopHacks Hackathon, Fall 2017
  • Ran VEX Robotics' University Field at North Texas State Competition, 2017
  • Mentor VexIQ elementary robotics team, 2014-2016
  • Presenter at Bechtel Symposium on Robotics Programming, 2014
  • Instructor at Robotics Summer Camp for high school students and mentors, 2014-2016
  • Organizer and leader of Carnegie High School freshman math camp, 2015-2016
  • Tutor high school mathematics and computer science, 2015-2017
  • Tutor middle school math students, 2015-2017

 

Accolades

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  • 2019
  • HopHacks Spring 2019 - Top 10 Overall, John Snow Labs Prize, Johns Hopkins IT and Semester.ly Prize
  • JHU Photography Exposition - Photos displayed in Johns Hopkins' Mattin Center
  • 2018
  • HopHacks Spring 2018 MINDS Data Science Challenge - 2nd Place
  • Johns Hopkins Study Abroad Photo Contest - 2nd Place
  • 2017
  • PayPal Trek "On the Road" Visit Opportunity
  • First Robotics World Championship (Houston) - Division Finalist
  • First Robotics Rockwell Automation Animation Contest - Placed in Top 10
  • 2016
  • MIT Inspire Finalist - Presented Research Paper at MIT
  • Featured in the Austin American Times Newspaper (Statesman Link)
  • National Merit Commended Student
  • AP Scholar With Distinction
  • Honor Roll
  • Teacher's Award - Top Student in AP Computer Science
  • First Robotics Competition - Quarterfinalist at State UIL Championship
  • 2015
  • Science Olympiad Langham Creek High School Invitational - 4th place in bridge building
  • Presenter at Bechtel Seminar on Robotics Programming
  • Honor Roll
  • First Robotics Competition - Semifinalist at World Championship
  • 2014
  • 2014 VEX Robotics World Championship - Semifinalist
  • Honor Roll
  • 2013
  • Honor Roll
  • School Science Fair - First Place
  • District Science Fair - First Place
  • Regional Science Fair - Sponsor Award
  • Speaker at Gulf Coast Environmental Affairs Group

 

Publications

Dark Skies
Dark Skies: Space Expansionism, Planetary Geopolitics, and the Ends of Humanitykeyboard_arrow_up

Contributed to Dark Skies as a research assistant for Johns Hopkins Professor Daniel H. Deudney
My contributions are listed in the acknowledgements section of the book

 

Oxford University Press

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Provides the first complete and balanced assessment of the space enterprise of the past, present, and future. Examines space advocate arguments about Earth, technology, and world government in the context of great debates about the future of the planet.

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Collaborated once again with Epidemic Proportions Magazine, The Johns Hopkins University’s premier undergraduate public health research journal, on Volume 19: Healing Communities

My photos are published on pages: 2, 3, 5, 20, 21, 36, 44, 45, 50, 56, 79, 93-95, 118-119, 125, & 129

 

Epidemic Proportions Magazine Volume 19

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Epidemic Proportions Magazine Volume 19

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Epidemic Proportions Magazine Vol 17keyboard_arrow_up

Collaborated with Epidemic Proportions Magazine, The Johns Hopkins University’s premier undergraduate public health research journal

My photos are published on pages: 4-5, 6-7, 8, 20-21, 45-49, & Back Cover

 

Epidemic Proportions Magazine Volume 17

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Epidemic Proportions Magazine Volume 17

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Robotics

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First Robotics Competition (FRC) Team 2587

(2013-2017)

Progressed to World Championship 2015 & 2017

2017 World Championship Divisional Finalist

 

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Lead Programmer 2015-2017

Programming in Java

Onboarding New Programmers

CAD Designer

Website Designer

Top 10 in 2017 Rockwell Automation Animation Contest

Produced 2016 Safety Animation Video

Featured in Austin American Statesman Newspaper

Progressed to the World Championship in 2015

Progressed to the World Championship in 2017

2017 World Championship Division Finalist

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(2013-2015)

Lead Programmer 2014-2015

Elected Historian 2014-2015

2 times to World Championship

 

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Programmer 2013-2015

Programming Team Leader 2014-2015

Programming in Robot C

CAD design and prototype robots

Progressed to the World Championship each season and won numerous team excellence awards

VEX Awards

Clubs

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Founding Member

HopAI Launch

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A collaborative platform to bring together tomorrow’s leaders and promote innovative, safe, and responsible AI.

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Member

2017-Present

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Founded in 1978, TNS is “committed to friendship, communication, the adventure of intellectual exploration, and a greater realization of individual potentials”

Membership requires an IQ three standard deviations above average

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Inducted as a sophomore

Organize and conduct high school math tutoring

 

 

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Tutor students in math

Compete in mathematics competitions

Collaborate to solve difficult mathematical equations

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Inducted as a sophomore

Lead volunteer projects

Student tutoring

 

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Lead volunteer projects 2015-2017

Organize and conduct tutoring for incoming freshmen

Organize and conduct tutoring at local middle schools

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(2014-2017)

Club Co-Founder

Positions Held

   Vice President

   Treasurer

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Founded the Carnegie Vanguard Science Olympiad Team with a friend in 2014

Over the past two years, the club has grown to over 20 members

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(2013-2017)

Club Founder

President

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Founder & President  2013-2017

Large technology club dedicated to exploring emerging technologies and their impact on society

 

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Visual Arts

Photography
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Video and Animation
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MIT Inspire Abstract

I combined my passion for technology and animation to create this winning entry to the 2015 MIT Inspire Competition.

 

Interpretation of The Vagabond

Created using Maya, After Effects, Premiere Pro and iClone

First Robotics Safety Animation

Produced for the First Robotics UL Safety Animation Competition 2015-2016

 

Robotics Time Lapse

Photos of FRC robot build over several days compiled to produce time lapse effect

Space Race PSA

Public Service Announcement on the Space Race

 

Programming and Software

iOS and Android Apps (C, C++, Java)
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Cluster

Cluster is an app that helps people schedule and attend local events they organize and plan. Cluster utilizes Google Firebase and demonstrates a proper UI implementation following material design guidelines.

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Angry Cows App
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Mismatch App
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FRC Planner App
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Algorithms, Web Apps, and Programs (Java, JavaScript, Python)
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SeeNu Health Genomics Data Platform

A Genomics Data Processing Platform created for SeeNu Health. This web app is comprised primarily of JavaScript, PHP, and HTML. A light material design front-end allows for a dynamic UX while a custom JavaScript backend utilizes Google Cloud Platform to handle account and data management. Currently an ongoing project.

Unsupervised Machine Learning Algorithm

Unsupervised Machine Learning for Image Clustering

An unsupervised machine learning algorithm written in Python using CUDA, Sklearn, TensorFlow, and Keras

Won second place in the MINDS Data Science Challenge at the HopHacks Spring 2018 Hackathon

Source Code on Github
StudyFire

StudyFire

StudyFire began as a project at the HopHacks Spring 2019 Hackathon aimed at increasing student interaction by facilitating the formation of study groups. After winning top 10 at HopHacks, the JHU IT/Semester.ly Prize, and the John Snow Labs Prize, and garnering support from the Johns Hopkins IT Department for the utilization of SIS API's for course integration, we decided to continue to develop this project.

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artPeggio

artPeggio

An experimental concept that explores the intersection between sound and sight. Created during HopHacks Fall 2017 Hackathon, this program analyzes pixels from an image and converts them into music notes, transforming the two-dimensionality of pictures and art into a new, multifaceted experience. Features full GUI, multithread processing, and the ability to load both prepackaged and external images to play back as music.

Download Jar Source Code on Github
Java Program Go-Fish

Go-Fish

Game written in Java with combined AI and human interaction complemented with a GUI and session multithreading

Source Code on Github
TI-Nspire (LUA)
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Polar Equation Grapher & Converter

Converts polar equations, graphs them, and identifies them

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Advanced Exponential Equation Solver

Solves for any variable in half-life, compound interest, and logistic functions

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Linear Optimization

Solves for all the locations on a provided function closest and farthest from a given point.

 

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Vector Calculator

Calculates the angle between two vectors (2d or 3d), the area of a parallelogram formed vectors, cross products, triple scalars, magnitude and direction, and direction angles

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Power Series Calculator

Performs Euler's Formula to estimate e^x and performs power series for transcendental functions sin(x) and cos(x)

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Mean Value Theorem

Will find points between x1 and x2 where the average slope between x1 and x2 equals the instantaneous slope

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Exponential Equation Solver

Solves for any variable in half-life and compound interest functions

 

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Product and Quotient Derivatives

Will perform product derivatives and quotient derivatives on a provided function. Shows process.

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Enthalpy and Entropy Solver v1.0

Solves for temperature change and heat energy of substances, including specific heats of fusion and vaporization. Shows Work.

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Gas Laws Solver

Identifies proper gas law with given constants and then optionally solves for the unknown variable

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Acid/Base Calculator

Provides the OH− concentration and H+ concentration of an ion

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Random Variable Stats

Calculates the mean and standard of deviation based on the provided independent values and probabilities

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Sample Size Solver v2.0

Solves for the sample size needed to achieve the desired accuracy for a predicted interval with either a known or unknwon standard of deviation. Shows process leading to final answer.

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AP Statistics Library

Fetch possible distribution tests with a provided substring or to fetch a specific test. Assists user in choosing the best distribution test to model their data.

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