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Hi, I'm Crista 👋

Oboist,

FLI Advocate,

Comp&Cog @ MIT,

Hi! I am an MIT student in the class of 2023 studying computation and cognition. Check out what I've been up to lately!

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About Me

I was born in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and moved to Boston in 2019 to attend MIT. I am a Burchard Scholar, a Questbridge scholar, and a first-generation, low income (FLI) college student. I'm interested in pursuing a career in neuroscience and currently work in an MIT lab studying computational models of motor control. In my free time, I play the oboe in musical groups such as the MIT Wind Ensemble and Video Game Orchestra. I am also passionate about FLI advocacy and representation on campus and currently serve as co-director on the executive board of FLI@MIT.

Current fascinations: C. elegans worms, medieval dog names, and pottery!

Check out my current work with the MIT Motor Control Lab →

See what I'm up to with FLI@MIT →

Read my IdentityX Blog post about my experiences abroad →

Take a look at my resume and CV →

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Skills

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Python... as my main language

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Numpy, SciPy, MATLAB, and PyTorch... for data science, ML, and comp neuro

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Figma... as my designing tool

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Javascript/TS/HTML/CSS.. as general need-to-know

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React... as my prefered web framework

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... LaTeX, git, Java, und sprechen Deutsch auch!

Projects

C. ELEGANS GRAPH NEURAL NETWORK

Fall 2022

Research completed for my Projects in the Science of Intelligence class in which I trained a Graph Attention Network to classify neuron type in the C. elegans worm connectome.

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PYTHON MUSIC PROJECTS

Fall 2021

Two projects I developed using the Music21 library for Python music information retrieval (MIR). One work is a stochastically generated musical score. The other is the demonstration of a SATB chord visualizer.

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INTERVALS

January 2021

Intervals is a web-app designed to make microscheduling your life's routines simple and repeatable to keep you on track, whether you're working out, practicing piano, or studying for a test. Created using ReactTS, Node, Electron, and MongoDB.

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ELECTRONIC MUSIC

Fall 2020

A series of electronic music compositions and sound experiments created using the Reaper DAW, Max, and various other sound technology software.

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FOUR PART COUNTERPOINT

May 2020

A four-part string ensemble piece I composed, inspired by the bittersweet feelings of returning home but feeling homesick for somewhere else.

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CENTRAL DOGMA

Fall 2019

Simulating the stages of protein synthesis (top down overview of the stages of mRNA transcription and DNA translation) to map out the central dogma of biology.

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STICKY NOTES

August 2018

A concise Python application in the vein of Notepad for writing and saving text notes to your Desktop.

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GIBBERISH ENCRYPTOR

May 2018

A short project for my CS principles class which translates a message into different "gibberish"; languages using Tkinter (the Python binding to the Tk GUI toolkit).

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