Yuliang Ma | 734-717-1253 | mayuliang@gmail.com | www.yuliang.net

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EDUCATION 

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Master of Science in Information, Human Computer Interaction - 2011

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Master of Science in Biology - 2009

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Mobile Application Developer at Genentech, Inc | Oct 2011 - Current

¥ Develop enterprise iOS applications.
¥ Deploy and update applications to internal and iTunes app store.


Mobile Developer at General Motors | Jul 2011 - Oct 2011

¥ Participated in building Buick Showroom app, now on iTunes app store.
¥ Built two GM Survey iPad applications for sales group.


Mobile Developer (part-time) at University of Michigan | Apr 2010 - Jul 2011

¥ Made an iPhone app that retrieves data from XML-based APIs and will submit to app store soon.
¥ Created, deployed and tested mobile version of a JSP web application.


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PROJECTS


MySQL/PHP Database Application | Mar 2011 - Apr 2011

Client: Liberty Pediatrics, Ann Arbor, MI
Methods: PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, MySQL, database design
Key Achievements: Created a web database application that allows client to view, edit or delete patient information. Supports sorting, autocomplete and date picker.


Library of Congress Data Analysis | Feb 2011 - Mar 2011

Client: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Key Achievements: Wrote Perl scripts to automate comparison of large national survey data sets.


Simple Looper iPhone Application | Nov 2010 - Dec 2010

Key Achievements: Accepted by AppleÕs App Store and has over 2000 downloads up to date. 
App URL: http://itunes.apple.com/app/simple-looper/id401535065?mt=8


UM Clinical Trials iPhone Application | Sep 2010 - Dec 2010

Client: Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research, Ann Arbor, MI
Course Project: Interface & Interaction Design
Key Achievements: Conducted contextual inquiry, interviews, and usability testing. Made Lo-Fi and Hi-Fi prototypes and tested on device.


DTEEnergy.com Usability Testing | Jan 2010 - Apr 2010

Client: DTE Energy, Detroit, MI, USA
Course Project: Evaluation of Systems and Services
Key Achievements: Conducted website analytics, interviews, survey, and heuristic testing for client.


Last.fm Tag Explorer | Jan 2010 - Mar 2010

Client: Last.fm
Course Project: Data Manipulation
Methods: Perl, CGI, query fetching, data munging, information visualization
Key Achievements: Used Last.fm API to retrieve, analyze, visualize data and implemented as a simple Perl CGI web application.


Google App Engine Chat | Sep 2009 - Dec 2009

Course Project: Design of Complex Website
Methods: Python programming, AJAX, sessions and cookies
Key Achievements: Acquired knowledge in developing AJAX web applications.


Alignment of Short Sequences | Oct 2008 - Dec 2008

Client: University of Michigan School of Public Health
Course Project: Statistical Computing
Methods: C programming, indexing, double hashing, Smith–Waterman algorithm
Key Achievements: Independently designed and implemented sophisticated algorithms to map millions of short DNA sequences to a human chromosome.


Java DNA Sequence Converter | Dec 2007

Course Project: Programming I
Methods: Java programming, GUI design, data handling
Key Achievements: The Java applet has been used by many biomedical researchers.

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SKILLS

Programming

Objective-C
Java
C/C++
Python
Perl


Web Development

Tomcat
Drupal 6
Google App Engine
cPanel
HTML/CSS
JavaScript
AJAX
PHP
XML
MySQL
MAMP


Software

Xcode
Eclipse
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
Dreamweaver
Subversion
Git


Methods

Contextual inquiry
Interviewing
Usability testing
Personas & Scenarios
Surveying
Prototyping
Data mining/analysis
Heuristic evaluation
Website analytics