Chen Wang

Professional Projects

Science gateways, research platforms, and the data infrastructure underneath them.

Projects

Social Media Macroscope Project Lead

Science gateway for social media analytics

A globally used suite of social media analytics tools. I led the NCSA Center Directed Discretionary Research project evolving SMM for new use cases including industry applications, and through Illinois Computes, integrated YouTube data sources and analytics.

My workLead platform design and development, coordinate developers and stakeholders, manage project priorities and releases, and build research collaborations.

Illinois Cloud Biofoundry Technical Project Manager

AI, cloud computing, and automated scientific workflows

A platform that makes biological research more accessible and efficient by letting researchers interact with scientific knowledge and computational tools through an AI driven interface, going from a research question to a planned and executable experiment.

My workTranslate research goals into technical scope and requirements, coordinate developers and designers, review code, support DevOps, and manage project planning, reporting, and stakeholder communication.

Direct Air Capture Hub Technical Lead

DOE funded, with Illinois Sustainable Technology Center

An application for planning optimal greenhouse gas capturing site locations across the Illinois Basin.

My workLead technical planning and development, coordinate stakeholders and developers, translate research requirements into software, and research and design algorithms for optimal direct air capture site selection.

MarginDx Senior Developer

ARPA-H funded

Surgical precision for tumor removal, with AI model optimization for tumor imaging and detection.

My workDevelop backend pipelines integrating NLOI imaging, deploy and customize authentication and MLflow services, and step in to coordinate on-site system integration when the team needs it.

Illinois Chat Senior Developer

University of Illinois

An AI teaching assistant platform supporting deep document search, literature review, and creative research applications.

My workWork with PostgreSQL and pgvector alongside the application services, handle deployment on AWS, and support project planning and coordination.

Permafrost Discovery Gateway Developer

Woodwell Climate Research Center

AI/ML driven tracking of Arctic permafrost thaw.

My workTurn scientific lake drainage algorithms built on Google Dynamic World into continuous processing workflows, develop cloud workflow services, and set up Kubernetes and Argo CD deployment on Google Cloud.

IN-CORE Senior Developer

NIST funded, Interdependent Networked Community Resilience Modeling Environment

Backend services, scientific computation packages, and web applications for natural hazard and community resilience research.

My workDevelop full stack services and applications that turn scientific models into usable analyses and tools, and coordinate development of the Community Resilience application.

Clowder Framework Senior Developer

NSF CSSI funded, open source

A data management system for long tail research data. Related NIH funded work integrated ML models predicting CONSORT statement labels.

My workCore developer of Clowder v2, a modern rewrite of the Clowder research data management platform, contributing across frontend, backend, data services, Helm charts, and Kubernetes deployment.

SHIELD K-12 Playbook Project Lead

Rockefeller Foundation funded

An interactive web application guiding K-12 school reopening during COVID-19. Related work included AWS pipelines automating COVID-19 test result ingestion and a quarantine procedure application for Champaign-Urbana public health administrators.

My workLead development of the interactive K-12 COVID-19 playbook, working closely with researchers and designers to turn public health guidance into an accessible web application.

SMILE Core Developer

Social Media Intelligence and Learning Environment, Technology Services, UIUC

A web application for social media data ingestion and analysis built with GraphQL, Node.js, AWS, and HUBzero, with NLP, network visualization, and sentiment analysis.

My workCore developer of the social media analytics platform, building full stack features and interactive tools for exploring and analyzing social media data.