innovation & impact
Experience
Research
IBM Digital Health Researcher
(In collaboration with Harvard Medical School)​
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I contributed to an LLM-based book club designed to promote cognitive stimulation in seniors. I worked on creating profiles that stored participants' interests, reading progress, and conversation history, creating personalized book discussions. My work on the accessible UI included implementing large fonts, voice-to-text and text-to-speech functions, high contrast colors, smart pacing, allowing for a straightforward experience that would accommodate users with varying abilities. I also helped with prompt engineering strategies so the LLM used a conversational tone, asked thoughtful questions, and monitored users' energy levels.
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Project Link: https://research.ibm.com/publications/large-language-models-as-a-tool-for-cognitive-stimulation-chatbot-book-clubs-for-seniors
IBM Digital Health Intern - Yorktown Heights
(In collaboration with Cleveland Clinic)
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I worked on a project creating a digital tool for carbohydrate quantification to assist people with diabetes in managing their glucose intake. I built a nutrition data pipeline by processing Calorie King and USDA databases, cleaning and standardizing portion sizes across diverse food entries, implementing a RAG system with semantic embeddings, and tested it on real patient meals. I also created an LLM evaluation framework that tested OpenAI and WatsonX in nutrition factual accuracy, mathematical computation, health recommendations, and error detection.
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Project Link: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/research/computational-life-sciences/discovery-accelerator/our-projects (Living Longer, Stronger, Better, Faster: Developing a Digital Tool to Assess Function and Screen for Geriatric Syndromes to individualize care and improve outcomes in Older Adults with Diabetes)
Independent Researcher with Prof. Agrawal, LSE
I have worked on multiple projects with Professor Agrawal, a corporate finance and economics professor, on the labor market.
1. I analyzed job postings to investigate how required skills vary across different organizational structures (startups versus hierarchical firms), and examined skill variations across occupational categories and company types
2. I developed a RAG system to extract organizational change information, such as restructuring and acquisitions, from SEC 10-Ks, then analyzed their impact on firm hiring patterns and skill demands
3. Other: traced the historical emergence of technology-related skills, created system to assess companies' likelihood of facing skill shortages based on job postings
Projects
Par-ity Project
Founder & President
​Emily created an organization dedicated to making golf instruction accessible for underrepresented groups, specifically girls, through an AI-powered golf swing analysis tool. She is currently partnering with high school varsity girls golf teams across 3 states and golf organizations dedicated to deploy this technology.​
North Star Analytica
Founder & President
As an avid fashion lover, Emily started North Star Analytica for AI optimization in the fashion industry. She has conducted research on the use of AI agents to simulate consumer purchasing behavior, as well as published Fetchly, an app for fashion boutiques to track inventory efficiently with AI.
Girls in AI
Founder & President
Emily founded Girls in AI to create a welcoming and supportive space for girls to explore AI, growing it to one of the largest clubs at NNHS. She initiated projects including
1. School wide volunteer matching platform for high schoolers
2. Created student-faculty AI policy committee
3. Organizing AI exploration workshops
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She created a machine learning model creator for the club's use: ​https://girls-in-ai-club-no-code-ml-app-ujra55.streamlit.app/
Community
Green Newton Data Analytics Intern + Youth Leader
Leveraged data analytics to enhance communication of environmental info in Newton, reaching 2K+ residents through targeted mailings, engagement analysis, database management.
NECINA Marketing and YES Team Officer
Applied AI-driven SEO and marketing strategies to expand NECINA’s visibility, led outreach for professional conferences, and advised the YES program by overseeing workshops, marketing, and collaborations
Century Chinese Language School Python & AI Class Instructor
Designed and taught a year-long Python and AI course for 20+ students, creating original presentations, assignments, projects, and tests
Newton North High School Varsity Girls Golf Team Founding Member
Grew team from 3 to 20+ girls. Competed as the team's #1/#2 player. Represented school at Bay State Championships, MIAA Sectionals, and MIAA State Championships. Featured in Boston Globe
Competitions
MIT Beaver Works CRE[AT]E Challenge 2023: https://beaver-works-assistive-tech.mit.edu/create-challenge/2023-projects-section/2023-porject-page-the-pi-patisseries
Modeling The Future Challenge
Wharton Global Youth Investment Competition
Conrad Challenge