Hi, I'm Derek

Computer Science and Engineering at Santa Clara University
Football Analytics & Network Optimization

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Football Analytics

Projects, tools, and resources for football data analysis & visualisation:

Matchday: Hudl Wyscout Report Generator

Player Catapult & VALD Outliers

Premier League Scouting Portal

Transfer List Comparison

Game Shot Preceding Actions

Goal Contributions vs Usage Rate

Player Dashboard

Player Phase Involvement Comparison

Progression Analysis

Network Optimization

Efficient user clustering in NOMA (Non Orthogonal Multiple Access) 6G Networks:

State of the Field Poster

Semantic Greedy NOMA Grouping

Traditional vs Semantic User Grouping

NOMA Algorithm Comparison

Research

Submissions to conferences, grants, symposiums, awards, showcases and more derived from my research:

Jan 2026

IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference

Pending

Semantic-Aware Learning-Based NOMA User Grouping for Programmable 6G RANs

Jan 2026

Helene Lafrance Library Undergraduate Research Award

Pending

Semantic-Aware NOMA with Hybrid Rate Modeling and Q-Learning based User Grouping

Jan 2026

SCU School of Engineering Research Showcase

Pending

Semantic Aware User Grouping for 6G NOMA Networks using Q-Learning

Nov 2025

Hackworth Applied Ethics Research Grant

How AI Biases Can Silence Certain Users in 6G Mobile Communications

Oct 2025

IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference Poster

Accepted

Semantic Utility-Aware User Grouping for 6G NOMA Networks (2 Page)

Sep 2025

BayLearn Machine Learning Symposium

Semantic-Aware User Pairing for 6G NOMA Networks

Aug 2025

IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference

Semantic Utility-Aware User Grouping for 6G NOMA Networks

Apr 2025

2FURS (Faculty-mentored Undergraduate Research) Grant

Accepted

Awarded in undergraduate research funding

Projects

Here are some of the projects that I've worked on:

Football Analytics

IN PROG.Python

GitHub Twitter

Network Optimization

IN PROG.MATLAB

GitHub

Personal Website

Astro

GitHub

Benchmark

Multiple

GitHub

FPL

C++

GitHub

Phonebook

GitHub

Word Gravity

JavaScript

GitHub

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Education

Santa Clara University

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering

Minor in Responsible Artificial Intelligence

Sep 2023 - June 2027

Experience

My work experience and professional development:

Research Assistant · Santa Clara University

InternshipHybrid

Apr 2025 – Present

Teaching Assistant · Santa Clara University

Part-timeHybrid

Sep 2025 – Dec 2025

Sales Development Representative · ProofJump

Part-timeRemote

Jul 2024 – Apr 2025

Training Specialist · Honeywell

Part-timeOn-site

Jul 2024 – Nov 2024

Video Editor · Freelance

Remote

Feb 2021 – Jul 2024

Content Creator · Self-employed

Remote

Dec 2015 – Feb 2021

Most Used

Languages I work with regularly:

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C/C++

Used with most of my projects and classes

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MATLAB

For current network optimization project

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Python

Football (soccer) data analytics & visualization

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Astro

Framework used to build and update this website

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Get In Touch

I'm always open to discussing new projects and opportunities!

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