Hello!

I am currently a first-year PhD student in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland at College Park. In May 2019, I earned my bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from Harvey Mudd College. I am interested in planning algorithms and problems arising from multi-agent coordination and communication.

In the past, I was part of AMISTAD Lab where I studied notions of algorithm capacity and dataset complexity with Prof. George Montañez. I was also part of a neural networks research group exploring programming language translation under the guidance of Prof. Robert Keller.

In my free time, I enjoy running, building physical computing projects, and developing apps for iOS.

Publications

Sandoval-Segura, Lauw, Bashir, Shah, Sehra, Macias, Montañez. "The Labeling Distribution Matrix (LDM): A Tool for Estimating Machine Learning Algorithm Capacity". 12th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART 2020), 2020. [arXiv:1912.10597]

Drissi, Sandoval, Ojha, Medero. "Harvey Mudd College at SemEval-2019 Task 4: The Clint-Buchanan Hyperpartisan News Detector". In Proceedings of The 13th International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (SemEval), 2019. [arXiv:1905.01962]

Drissi, Watkins, Khant, Ojha, Sandoval, Segev, Weiner, Keller. “Programming Language Translation using a Grammar-Driven Tree-to-Tree Model”. Neural Abstract Machines and Program Induction (NAMPI), 2018. [arXiv:1807.01784]

Teaching

CMSC 436: Programming Handheld Systems (Fall 2019), Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Maryland at College Park

CS 81: Computability and Logic (Spring 2019), Grader and Tutor, Harvey Mudd College

MATH 187: Operations Research (Spring 2019), Grader, Harvey Mudd College

Projects

• I developed experimental software to turn AR-enabled iPhones into 3D-scanners. Here's a point cloud of a full-size pickup truck captured with my iPhone 7:

  

• I created TapTunes, an app which brings album dashboards to augmented reality. The project won 2nd Place in the Advanced category of the 5C Hackathon in 2017.

• I built and launched Arithmetical for students. The variety of arithmetic games and upcoming factorization, unit circle, and matrix games can help anyone practice mental math while racing against the clock. View the app's Privacy Policy.

• I recently wired and wrote software for a 32x32 LED matrix that accurately displays time, local weather, and a recent news headline. It uses an Arduino Mega outfitted with an ethernet shield and is installed in my home:

  

Contact

psando AT cs DOT umd DOT edu