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Don D. Le

COMPUTER ENGINEER & SOFTWARE DEV

An engineering student @UCLA with experience in low-latency C/C++, scientific computing, system programming, and computer vision.

Languages: C, C++, Python, CUDA, Rust, LaTeX, JavaScript, Assembly [Intel x86], Java

Tools: CMake, Make, Boost, msys2, GDB, MSVC, vcpkg, SIMD, Conda, Docker, Linux, WSL2, CUDA Toolkit

I place a major emphasis on efficiency, performance, and speed; especially in my work with graphics and image processing, embedded systems, and physics simulation. I also do web dev (sometimes), where I value simplicity and minimalism.

Education

UCLA - University of California, Los Angeles

2025 - 2027 (Expected)

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering

GPA: N/A

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Mt. San Antonio College

2022 - 2025

Computer Engineering, Associate Degree in Mathematics

GPA: 3.95/4.00

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Experience
Sep. 2024 - Present

Research Assistant, UAV Lab

California Polytechnic State University - Pomona, CA

Developed UAV stereo camera trajectory estimation and 3D reconstruction system using ORB-SLAM3 and MASt3R-SLAM. Integrated ORB-SLAM3 with YOLOv8 in C++ for real-time UAV navigation. Improved runtime performance by 50% and achieved 90% detection accuracy with custom-labeled data.

C++
Python
VMWare
ORB-SLAM3
Ubuntu
Gazebo
CMake
YOLOv4
PyTorch
Jun. 2024 - Sep. 2024

Computer Vision Research Intern

California Polytechnic State University - Pomona, CA

High-performance UAV image processing using MPI (multi-core processing), OpenMP (multi-threading), and CUDA ORB/SURF with OpenCV C++. Achieved a 300% increase in the speed of the image stitching process and decreased the parallel-processing cost by 61% via CUDA.

*Paper published at AIAA Scitech Forum 2025 (see paper below).

C++
Python
OpenCV
MPI
OpenMP
CUDA
CMake
Feb. 2024 - Present

Math, Physics, Computer Science Tutor and Math TA

Mt. San Antonio College - Walnut, CA

Provided one-on-one tutoring in computer science, engineering physics, and all levels of lower-division math. Teaching Assistant for a differential equations class of 35 students. Led after-class sessions, created and distributed study notes to support students in mastering math concepts.

Differential Equations
Linear Algebra
C++
Java
Calculus
Classical Mechanics
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Publication
  • Publication

    [1]R. Ramirez, J. Korah, S. Bhandari, D. D. Le, Y. Chen, and T. Nguyen. “Accelerated Image Stitching Via Parallel Computing for UAV Applications”. in Proc. AIAA Conference 2025, AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum*, 2025, Orlando, Florida, USA, Jan. 2025.

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