resume
Acclaim for Roman Hauksson
“I also just have to say, your code is very exemplary in its organization and overall cleanliness. And so are your commits. I have a thing or two to learn from you!”
“You're the most technically skilled member on our team.”
“I really do mean it when I say you're more capable than you have a right to be at your age...”
education
University of Texas at Dallas
B.S. in Computer Science
Aug 2021 – May 2026 (Expected)
- National Merit Scholar
- Officer for Cybersecurity Group, Open Source Software Club, and Philosophy Club
work experience
Baby Steps
Founding Engineer
Aug 2024 – Current • Portland, OR (Hybrid)
Supabase Next.js Typescript Tailwind CSS Figma
- Building web app to help prospective parents decide which IVF clinic to go to with a model that predicts their chance of a successful birth at each of the clinics in the US, with 3-person team
- Backed by Astral Codex Ten Grants and a private investor
Capital One
Software Engineering Intern
Jun 2023 – Aug 2023 • McLean, VA
React Go Linux
- Built Chrome extension with React
- Completed 4-week curriculum on full-stack technologies including Go, React, and Linux
Joint Special Operations Command
Software Engineering Intern
Jun 2022 – Aug 2022 • Remote
Python React Node
- Created Python interface for internal Node API; improved React frontend
research experience
Dioptra
Research Assistant
Dec 2023 – Dec 2024 • Remote
Python
- Helped create GameBench, an LLM benchmark for strategic reasoning ability
- Coded benchmark task, conducted literature review, wrote related works section, ran factor analysis, and presented at the Language Gamification Workshop at NeurIPS 2024
ACM UTD Research Program
Director
May 2022 – Dec 2022
- Youngest director of semester-long undergraduate research program with 15% admission rate
- Managed 4 teams of 6 students each, hosted poster presentation event for 50+ attendees
Team Lead
Dec 2021 – Apr 2022
- Fine-tuned GPT-3 to generate targeted password guesses, achieved 3+ times higher accuracy than baseline, won poster presentation contest versus 5 other teams, 70 stars on GitHub
- Presented at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference in NYC to audience of 20+
Assistant
Sep 2021 – Nov 2021
- Trained LSTM model with team of 4, won poster presentation contest versus 5 other teams
projects
Machine learning project page Astro template
Astro Tailwind CSS
- 380+ GitHub stars, powering >40 live project pages for researchers from NVIDIA Research, Google, etc.
Manifold Markets Depth Chart Feature
React Typescript
- React component to visualize market depth of prediction markets
- Won 3rd place in hackathon and pushed to production on site with 800+ daily active users
Demo for "I"
Figma Next.js Vercel Supabase Tailwind CSS
- Simulated trading platform for securitized income share agreements
Your life (before the singularity) in weeks
Next.js
- Visualization of how much of your pre-AGI life you've lived, using the Metaculus API
MF FOOM
Python GPT-3 ElevenLabs
- Fine-tuned GPT-3 on the lyrics of 96 MF DOOM songs to write lyrics in his style, then cloned his voice to edit those lyrics into a song
Just Arrived – HackUTD VIII
Flutter
- Frontend for mobile app to help international students, won Project Nebula Challenge at HackUTD VIII
professional development
Global Challenges Project Existential Risk Workshop
Nov 2023 • Berkeley, CA
- Studied existential risks from AI and bioengineered pathogens.
Program on AI and Reasoning
Aug 2023 • Cambridge, UK
- Studied AI and cognition at 10-day rationalist camp for mathematically talented students (2.5% acceptance rate)
AI safety workshop
Nov 2022 • Berkeley, CA
Effective Altruism Introductory Program
Oct 2022 – Nov 2022 • Remote
TexSAW 2022 Capture The Flag Winner
Apr 2022 • Dallas, TX
- Won cybersecurity CTF competition with a partner against 10+ teams
CodePath Cybersecurity course
Jan 2022 – Apr 2022 • Remote