CV

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Education

• B.S. in Computer Science, The University of Texas at Arlington, August 2023 - May 2027 (expected)

Work experience

• Web Developer, The University of Texas at Arlington (Nov 2023 - Present)
  • Developed and deployed Flask-based web applications, migrated legacy applications from PHP to Python, and improved search query performance by over 90%.
• Junior Full Stack Developer, SilverLine System Integrators Pvt. Ltd. (Dec 2022 - Jun 2023)
  • Spearheaded the development of 5+ full-stack applications using Django and Flask for a fintech startup.
  • Designed and implemented backend systems, including APIs and authentication mechanisms for point-of-sale devices.
  • Built responsive front-end interfaces with ReactJS and Next.JS, and managed SQL databases.

Skills

• Programming: Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, SQL, PHP, C
• Frameworks/Tools: Next.js, React, Flask, Django, Node.js, Express, Jinja, Postman
• Databases: MongoDB, SQL, SQLite, Redis
• Other Skills: Full Stack Development, Machine Learning, OpenCV, REST, Automation, GraphQL, Git, Nginx, Linux, Agile Development, Data Scraping

Publications

A Data-driven Approach to the Longitudinal Study of Canine Vocal Pattern Development

Lekhak, Hridayesh and Wang, Theron S. and Dang, Tuan M. and Zhu, Kenny Q. (2025). A Data-driven Approach to the Longitudinal Study of Canine Vocal Pattern Development. In Proceedings of the 33rd ACM International Conference on Multimedia (MM \"25).

Toward Automatic Discovery of a Canine Phonetic Alphabet

Wang, T. S., Li, X., Lekhak, H., Dang, T. M., Wu, M., & Zhu, K. Q. (2025, July). Toward Automatic Discovery of a Canine Phonetic Alphabet. In Proceedings of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers) (pp. 9207-9219).

Emotional Canines: A Dataset for Analysis of Arousal and Valence in Dog Vocalization

Tuan M. Dang, Theron S. Wang, Hridayesh Lekhak, and Kenny Q. Zhu. 2025. Emotional Canines: A Dataset for Analysis of Arousal and Valence in Dog Vocalization. In Proc. ACM MM 25 (Datasets Track).

DogSpeak: A Canine Vocalization Classification Dataset

Hridayesh Lekhak, Theron S. Wang, Tuan M. Dang, and Kenny Q. Zhu. 2025. DogSpeak: A Canine Vocalization Classification Dataset. In Proc. ACM MM 25 (Datasets Track).

Talks

Teaching