Isabell Berzsenyi
Get to know Izzy
Hi I'm Izzy Berzsenyi!
I'm a third year Computer Science student at Northeastern University. Currently, I am taking the fall semester off of school to work at Thermo Fisher Scientific, as a Software Engineering co-op. My love for programming can be traced back to my first semester of freshman year and I have not looked back since. I enjoy learning and applying various programming languages to solve challenging problems. When I'm not behind a computer, you can find me on a plane to a new country. I have gotten the amazing opportunity to spend over 6 years living abroad in Europe. During my times abroad, I have learned to be appreciative, adaptable and fully immersed in different cultures.
Education
School
Northeastern University | Boston, MA
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Expected: Dec 2021
GPA: 3.7
Relevant Courses
- Object-Oriented Design:
Programming course that introduced the concepts of object-oriented programming. Class, inheritance, polymorphism, inheritance vs. composition and many other topics were covered. I learned how to approach a given problem and create a thoughtful solution from start to finish through the indepth weekly assignments.
- Fundamentals of Computer Science 1 and 2:
A two part programming course that introduces the ideas of computing and programming for beginners. These courses teach students how to program in Dr. Racket (Fundies 1) and Java (Fundies 2). Through these courses, I have learned to feel comfortable with coding in Java and applying concepts like inheritance, recursion and polymorphism.
- Logic and Computation:
Logic course that introduces the concepts of logic and how it can be applied to Computer Science courses. Main ideas are taught through the usage of programming to better understand how to prove termination and speed of programs, along with logic concepts: propositional and first- order logic, induction, etc. This course was a good introduction to many new ideas to me (termination) and a good reinforcement of ideas learned in Discrete Structures (induction, logic and speed).
- Discrete Structures:
Mathematical course that teaches mathematical structures and methods that are vital to computer science concepts. This course covered sets, sequences, lists, trees, graphs, counting, ordering and many other concepts. Through this course I became familiarized with these ideas through difficult weekly homework assignments and regular quizzes.
- Differential Equations and Linear Algebra:
Mathematical course that taught the concepts of differential equations and how they can be applied to Engineering problems. Topics I learned include linear and nonlinear first and second order equations applied to forced oscillation, resonance and mechanical systems. In addition the course covered, matrices, vector spaces and eigenvectors/eigenvalues applied to systems of differential equations.
Skills
Programming Languages:
C++, Java, Javascript (Intermediate), HTML, CSS, Command Line, Dr. Racket, SQL (Intermediate)
Frameworks:
React (Intermediate), Bootstrap
Methodologies:
Agile
Languages:
English (Native), Hungarian (Fluent), French (Intermediate)
Work
Thermo Fisher Scientific
July 2019 - Current
Software Engineering Co-op
Boston, Massachussetts
- Participate and contribute in daily sprint meetings and bi-weekly planning and retrospective meetings
- Curate solutions to bugs and customer issues on released products
Luxfer Holdings, PLC.
May 2018 - August 2018
Intern, Investor Relations
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Proposed and implemented new architecture and design for corporate website, done by reorganizing information and pages (see: www.luxfer.com)
- Developed and revised written content on the website to make information more readable and up to date
- Led communication with international vendors and business unit managers to collaborate on ideas and execute design
Projects
Easy Animator
Tags:
Java, Group, School
Easy Animator
This program was assigned as a group homework assignment that spanned a couple weeks for my Object-Oriented Design course. Through this assignment the goal was to design a model, controller and view, in Java, to ultimately create an editor animator. The model is created to represent an animation model and all of its functionalities. The view is created to portray the animation in four different ways: svg, text, visual and edit view. The svg and text views output the animations to a file, and the visual and edit views are shown in a popup window to show the animation. The edit view will have a second window popup where all aspects of the animation can be changed (number of shapes, colors, speed, looping, play/ pause, etc). Lastly, the controller was designed to communicate between the model and view.
Through this program, I learned how to create a View class and implement it through the text, svg, visual and edit views. The assignment was assigned in a vague manner, giving us room for interpretation and control over how we chose to implement the program.
Simple HTML Website
Tags:
Java, Personal
Simple Resume Website
I started this personal side project to portray my resume in a visual manner and to learn how to work in HTML and CSS. This is a simple one page HTML website styled with Bootstrap (Version 3.0) and custom CSS written by me. Through this project I learned what HTML tags are, how they can be used to style the HTML code. Lastly, I learned how to make the most of Boostrap to create a website that is responsive on various screen styles.
Marble Solitaire
Tags:
Java, Group, School
Marble Solitaire
This program was assigned as a homework assignment that spanned a couple weeks for my Object-Oriented Design course. The goal of this assignment was to create a Marble Solitaire game in Java, by designing a model and controller then implementing each. The model represents the solitaire, and is implemented in three ways for three different shapes: European, Triangle and English. The controller was designed to communicate with the user through a Readable and Appendable to allow the user to play the game.
Through this assignment I learned how to implement multiple models and better abstract functions to reduce redundancies. In addition, I learned how to create a main function for the program to be run through.