Jeffrey Xiao

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Hi! My name is Jeffrey, and I'm a full-time student at Stony Brook University studying computer science. I'm also a member of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps and will commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army in May 2025.

My Top To-do Right Now:

• Graduate from university
• Add a photography subpage to website
• Earn CompTIA Network+
• Finish the 46 High Peaks

Experience

Information Technology Support Specialist

Stony Brook University Dept. of Computer Science • October 2021 - Present

• Provide client-facing technical support for department faculty and staff

• Maintain and troubleshoot audio/visual systems across three academic buildings

• Use tools such as balenaEtcher, Rufus, and Ventoy for efficient OS imaging and deployment

• Manage user accounts and group policies through Microsoft Active Directory

• Administer and monitor virtual machines using Proxmox VE

• Develop and use shell scripts to diagnose and resolve system and network issues

COMPAS Undergraduate Research Assistant

Stony Brook University Dept. of Computer Science • August 2024 - Present

• Assist in the operation and maintenance of the COMPAS Cloud platform [📑]

• Develop hands-on experience in cloud infrastructure, virtualization, and system administration

• Enhance system performance by implementing Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)

• Integrate hardware monitoring capabilities using Zabbix for real-time system insights

PragSec Undergraduate Research Assistant

Stony Brook University Dept. of Computer Science • January 2024 - May 2024

• Contributed to PragSec Lab's research on honeypots and cyber deception technologies

• Deployed LAMP stack infrastructure to support web-facing applications and simulations

• Leveraged backend APIs from LLMs such as Bard and ChatGPT to generate context-aware synthetic data

• Streamlined research workflows through advanced use of Python and Bash scripting

Projects

Redistricting Data Viewer🔗

Visualize and interact with economic, electoral, and racial demographic information. Develop insights into how various factors shape voting patterns.

Study Buddy🔗

Transform education with Study Buddy! Pick a default course or upload your own course material for limitless personalized practice problems. Master any subject in minutes!

Password Vault🔗

Secure Password Vault Manager: A Python-based CLI tool for managing encrypted password vaults. Features include password generation, lookup, update, and deletion, secured using AES-GCM encryption and scrypt-based key derivation.

Dynamic Memory Allocator🔗

Dynamic memory allocator that manages heap memory at runtime. Provides functionality to allocate, reallocate, and free memory similar to malloc, realloc, and free methods in C.

OML Calculator🔗

Calculates current OMS points based on criteria outlined in USACC Circular 601-24-1. Written in Python and utilizes a basic command-line interface.

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