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My name is Wagiha (wa-jee-ha). I'm currently an undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania studying Cognitive Science and CIS. I'm passionate about AI/ML applications, UX design, and data science. I aim to combine technical expertise with a creative mindset to solve complex problems. My work spans diverse fields, including machine learning research, software development, and user experience design.

here are some of the languages my tech stack include:

I'm also interested in equitable policy and social justice , and serve on ASAM UAB, as an SEC Fellow and on exec board for Undergraduate Women in AI, and WUDAC, to support inclusion and amplify underrepresented voices.

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Projects

ASL Detector

Real-time ASL gesture recognition using OpenCV and deep learning.

Live Satellite Tracker

A real-time 3D satellite visualization tool built with CesiumJS and satellite.js. Tracks live orbital positions, displays metadata, and supports interactive features like satellite search, label toggling, and TLE inspection.

J Compiler

J- compiler translating C code into optimized RISC-V assembly.

Free Our Vote Website

Redesigned non-profit website using Figma and Framer. Created low-fi wireframes, mid-fi prototypes & a responsive, user-friendly UI.

Stock Market Predictor

Built a predictive model for stock market trends using historical market data using Python libraries.

Interactive Particle Galaxy Simulation

GPU-accelerated Three.js simulation with dynamic galaxy, nebula, and black hole modes using custom shaders.

Experience

Undergraduate Research Assistant – Cognitive Modeling and NLP

(LLM-Based Risk Analysis)

Jan 2025 – Now

Tools/Technologies: Python, OpenAI API, Pandas, Scikit-learn, NLP (spaCy), Regex, Git

Machine Learning Research Assistant

PDRI Dev Lab

Sep 2024 – Mar 2025

Tools/Technologies: Python, Satellite Imagery Analysis, Google Earth Engine, Scikit-learn, Data Cleaning, Jupyter, Git

Software Designer

Free Our Vote

May 2024 – Aug 2024

Tools/Technologies: Figma, Framer, HTML, CSS, JavaScript — User Research, A/B Testing, Wireframing, Prototyping, Competitor Analysis

AI/ML Fellow

Break Through Tech

June 2023 – Dec 2023

Tools & Technologies: Python, NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Linux CLI, Keras, Git/GitHub

Projects: K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), Decision Trees, Logistic & Linear Regression, Random Forest, Gradient Boosting, Model Evaluation (AUC, Precision, Recall), NLP (TF-IDF, Word Embeddings), Neural Networks.