**Kevin Hostler**
Pittsburgh, PA
412-354-2860 | kch34@pitt.edu
linkedin.com/in/kevin-hostler

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### **EDUCATION**
**University of Pittsburgh**, Pittsburgh, PA
- M.S. in Computer Science (Expected April 2024)
- B.S. in Computer Science (April 2019)

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### **EXPERIENCE**

**University of Pittsburgh**, Pittsburgh, PA
*Graduate Student Researcher (Computer Science)* | Jan 2024 – May 2024
- Researched computer vision techniques for resource-constrained IoT devices.
- Developed automated training pipelines for cloud resources.
- Built predictive models for housing prices (Beijing) and NLP models for political bias detection.

*Teaching Assistant (Computer Science)* | Sep 2022 – Jan 2024
- Instructed and evaluated upper-level graduate courses.
- Provided student support, including mental health guidance.

*System Administrator (Center for Research Computing)* | Sep 2019 – Oct 2021
- Managed computational resources, user access, and ticketing systems.
- Automated resource utilization scripts and hardware procurement.

**Pacific Northwest National Laboratory**, Richland, WA
*AI & Data Analytics Ph.D. Intern* | May 2023 – Sep 2023
- Maintained AWS cloud pipelines for IoT devices.
- Tested computer vision pipelines for drones in network-constrained environments.

**Carnegie Mellon University**, Pittsburgh, PA
*Software Engineer (Robotics Center)* | Oct 2021 – Jan 2023
- Managed cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS) for AI model training.
- Led student teams in multi-model AI systems for hazardous environments.

**University of Pittsburgh**, Pittsburgh, PA
*System Administrator Intern (Geology)* | May 2018 – Sep 2019
- Established a computational research cluster.
- Developed automated data display systems using C#.

**Carnegie Mellon University**, Pittsburgh, PA
*Web Developer Intern (Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center)* | May 2017 – Sep 2017
- Integrated legacy C code into a Blender application using Python.

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### **SKILLS**
- **Languages**: C, C++, Python, Java, SQL, R, Rust
- **Tools/Frameworks**: PyTorch, TensorFlow, Docker, AWS, Azure, Git
- **Domains**: Computer Vision, NLP, DevOps, AI/IoT Research

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### **TEACHING HISTORY**
**University of Pittsburgh**
- CS:1501 (Algorithms & Data Structures) | Fall 2022
- CS:1666 (Computer Game Design) | Fall 2023
- CS:1566 (Intro to Computer Graphics) | Fall 2023

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