James Nguyen
Chicago, IL
CS graduate from UIC, class of 2026. I like building things that actually work.
Projects
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Edge-Based Damaged Package Detection ↗
Jan – May 2026On-device YOLO11n + EfficientNet-B0 pipeline on NVIDIA Jetson. 21 ms inference at ≥30 FPS — damaged packages trigger a pneumatic pusher via MQTT in ~1 ms while telemetry streams to AWS IoT Core.
Virtual Piano ↗
March – May 2026Touchless piano played through webcam hand gestures — no hardware needed. Finger flicks trigger notes across two octaves (C4–E5) using relative velocity to filter false presses.
Vanishing Spaces ↗
Jan – May 2026First-person mystery game with chest puzzles, key-based doors, and a 4×4 sliding tile puzzle. Custom URP HLSL rim lighting shader highlights interactable objects. Shipped stable beta on itch.io.
Education
University of Illinois at Chicago
2026
Wilbur Wright College
2023
Skills
Languages
C
C++
Python
Java
JavaScript
SQL
Golang
F#
Libraries & Frameworks
PyTorch
OpenCV
MediaPipe
TensorRT
Pygame
Unity
Tools & Platforms
AWS IoT
Git
GitHub
NVIDIA Jetson