Jack Vu

I am a senior at St. John's school interested in using computer science to navigate the fields of linguistics and social policy.

I founded and currently run a program called Digital Doorways that aims to provide public computer centers and computer literacy education for underserved Houston communities. With upwards of $34,900 in funds and materials raised, Digital Doorways has constructed three computer labs that serve 150+ students. Our partners include Baker-Ripley, the YMCA of Greater Houston, Mission Milby CDC, Christian Community Service Center, and the St. Austin Literacy Center.

Aside from computer education, I am deeply interested in building tools to solve pressing issues.

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Updates
  • [September 2024] Founded Amiguitos de Lenguas to teach Spanish skills to indigenous Mayan Q'eqchi' students at Casa San Jose.
  • [August 2024] Mav Hub iOS App reaches 1,000 active users as a consensus 5 star app.
  • [August 2024] Mav Hub iOS App released to the App Store.
  • [August 2024] Digital Doorways featured in the West University Buzz.

Research
  • Turk Adrogue Al-Hakam Fellowship

    Researched practical topics for digital literacy instruction in Houston's East End.

  • A Look at Technology in Immigrant Communities

    Independent Study Project, Spring 2024.

  • Evaluating Coupon Effectiveness: A Comprehensive Analysis Using Logistic Regression and Multivariate Techniques

    IndoorMedia Marketing, Summer 2024.
    Jack Vu, Aashna Poduval, Brock Kelly

Projects
  • Mav Hub iOS App: Helper for St. John's School Life
    August 2024
    [App Store link]
  • Automated Spanish Dialect Identification Using Bag-of-Words and Naive Bayes Classifier
    July 2024
    [code]
  • Tracking and Mapping Post-Hurricane Outages in the Houston Area: A Web Scraping Approach Using Starbucks Location Data
    July 2024
    [code]
  • Building a Flexible Python Curriculum for Elementary-aged Children
    July 2024
    [materials]
  • Comprehensive Compilation and Ranking of Company Patents by Citation Count Using Automated Web Scraping Techniques
    June 2024
    [code]
  • Implementing an Efficient Backtracking Scrabble Algorithm with a User-Friendly Web Interface: Revisiting Classic Techniques
    May 2024
    [video][code]
  • Developing a Bot for Defeating the JKLM Bomb Party Game: Efficient and Automated Word Generation Approach after HTML Parsing
    May 2024
    [code]
  • Building a Spanish-language Curriculum for a Practical Adult Digital Literacy Course
    September 2023
    [materials]
  • Optimizing Wordle Play: An Algorithmic Approach to Word List Reduction and Effective Guess Selection
    June 2023
    [code]
Teaching
Honors