Daniel Cao

Hello World

My name is Daniel Cao. Welcome to my GitHub portfolio showcasing my Computer Science projects!

In 2023, I graduated with a Bachelor of Science with Honors, Cum Laude in Computer Science from California State University, Fullerton. My grade point average was 3.64 / 4.00.

In 2024, I enrolled in Georgia Institute of Technology aka Georgia Tech’s Online Master of Science in Computer Science program.

Georgia Institute of Technology Projects

Java Object-Oriented Programming

• Army Clash
• Heroes and Enemies

Robotics: Artificial Intelligence Techniques (Python)

• Hop Scotch Kalman Filters
• Solar System Particle Filters
• Drone Control using Proportional, Integral, and Derivative (PID)
• Indiana Drones Simultaneous Mapping and Localization (SLAM)

Graduate Operating Systems (C/C++)

• Multi-threaded Server
• IPC: Inter-Process Communication
• GRPC and Distributed Systems

Game Artificial Intelligence (C#)

• Path Networking
• A Star Pathfinding
• Prison Dodgeball - Finite State Machine

Computer Networks (Python)

• Distance Vector Routing
• BGP Hijacking
• Software Defined Networking Firewall

California State University, Fullerton Projects

Advanced Algorithms (Graduate Course)

• It’s a Small World (Python)
• Electric Car Traveller (Python)

Computational Bioinformatics

• Edit Distance (Python)

Artificial Intelligence

• Navigating a farmer to carry a wolf, cabbage, and a goat across a river (Python)
• Game of Nim (Python)
• Tic Tac Toe Pyramid Game (Python)

Parallel & Distributed Computing

• Chang Roberts algorithm using MPI (C++)
• Bernstein’s conditions for Data Dependencies (C++)

Operating Systems Concepts

• Utilizing proper syncronization on threads in a binary search tree using pthread mutexes (C/C++)
• Implemented serial and parallel downloaders (C/C++)

Algorithm Engineering

• Navigating a seaport among buildings to reach the most cranes (Dynamic Programming in C++)
• Finding the most balanced hash table (C++)
• Loading goods onto a container ship (Greedy and Exhaustive algorithms in C++)

Objected Oriented Programming & Data Structures in C++

• Word counter using unordered containers (hash tables)
• Book Store using associative containers (maps & trees)
• Book Library using sequence containers (singly linked lists, doubly linked lists, arrays, & vectors)

Introduction to Programming in C++

• Shuffle & Sort Arrays
• Crown & Anchor Game
• Multiplying Arrays
• Grade Calculator Project

Python Programming

• Ice Cream Sales Report
• Abbreviation Slang Translation
• Calculate a Loan to Buy a Car

Personal C++ Projects

• Collection of Bank Accounts
• Palindrome using a queue & a stack
• Occurrences of a Word in a Text File using maps & sets
• Music Playlist using linked lists
• Matrix Multiplication using multidimensional arrays
• Games Collection
• Movie Collection
• Character Count

Personal Python Projects

• A Space Adventure Game