This is Laura Zhang, a sophomore studying Computer Science & Statistics at Illinois, and this was her first semester at ATLAS. She first heard of the internship program through department newsletters and careers. Laura decided to join the ATLAS Internship Program because she wanted to gain hands-on experience and develop some professional skills, such as problem-solving, while working on...
Student Spotlights
Serena Xia is a sophomore majoring in Statistics. She was initially notified of the ATLAS program through newsletters and department emails and decided to join, seeking to gain technical skills and replicate a real-life work environment. She works as a data intern for the ATLAS program itself. Through her work, she is responsible for cleaning data, constructing stories and visualizations in...
Introducing Kasey Wang, a senior majoring in Economics and Statistics in her first semester with the program. She initially learned about the ATLAS Internship Program through department emails and newsletters, the career fair, and friends and classmates and decided to join to gain professional experience in machine learning. Kasey is an AI/ML developer on the ATLAS Machine Learning and AI Intern...
Introducing John Thomas, a senior majoring in Economics. John initially heard about the program through friends and classmates and decided to join to gain experiences in professional development and become more knowledgeable in data analysis. He hoped to become overall more prepared for his upcoming graduate school program. John is in his second semester with the program and is an LMS specialist...
Introducing Sydney Tate, a junior studying Political Science and History at the University of Illinois. She is also the public relations director for Illinois Global Review and the finance director for Global Empowerment for Women's Medical Support. Sydney first learned about ATLAS through an academic advisor, and this is Sydney’s second semester at ATLAS. She believed that the ATLAS Internship...
Jason Tang is a sophomore majoring in Computer Science and Economics in his second semester with the program. He initially learned about the ATLAS Internship Program through friends and classmates and decided to join to further develop his web development skills while continuing his professional growth. Jason is a web development intern working with Professor Osman. In this role, he is...
Chenghan Tan is a sophomore Mathematics major. He first heard about the ATLAS Internship Program through department emails and newsletters and decided to join because he wanted to obtain transferable skills and utilize data to solve real-world problems through an internship. He also believes the ATLAS Internship Program is a great start to explore career paths, which helps him develop...
Meet Josy Rojas, a sophomore majoring in Math and Computer Science. He caught wind of the internship program through department emails and newsletters and decided to join this semester because it would allow him to evaluate a career in tech and gain professional workplace skills. He works as a web development intern for the ATLAS program itself. Within his role, he has specifically helped the...
Chris Peter is a freshman in the Computer Science & Linguistics major. He knew the ATLAS Internship Program through his friends and decided to join because he wanted to gain more data analytical and visualization skills in a real work environment while also dealing with projects used with data and visualizations. Chris worked with the ATLAS Data Intern Teams as his client. More specifically,...
Daniel Ni is a junior majoring in Mathematics and Computer Science in his first semester with the program. He initially learned about the ATLAS Internship Program through department emails and newsletters and decided to join to gain experience and improve his technical skills. Daniel is an LMS specialist for ATLAS. In this role, he works on web development, data-related tasks, and Pythonbased...