Valeria Popescu

Valeria Popescu

United Kingdom
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I am an ambitious, driven, and keen to improve Computer Science Student. I am looking for…

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Experience

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    Two Sigma

    London, England, United Kingdom

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    London, England, United Kingdom

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    London, England, United Kingdom

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    Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

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    London, England, United Kingdom

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    London, England, United Kingdom

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    Cluj County, Romania

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    Cluj County, Romania

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    Cluj County, Romania

Education

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    University of Birmingham

    First Class

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    ● Awarded one of the 10 Computer Science Excellence Scholarships, in light of achievements
    ● First-year representative for the Computer Science Society, working towards organizing events and workshops
    ● First-year representative for the Teaching Committee in the School of Computer Science
    ● Student Ambassador

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Volunteer Experience

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    Programming Tutor - AIT Preparatory Course

    Meet IT

    - Present 5 years 10 months

    Education

    Volunteered as a tutor for the AIT Preparatory Course with Meet IT to help underprivileged young students from Philipines to help them get started on studying Computer Science.
    It involves weekly online classes with the students, teaching Computer Science fundamentals, monitoring, and reporting the progress through the use of quizzes and report forms.

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    Founder

    Women In Tech UOB

    - Present 5 years 10 months

    Education

    A society created to inspire women in the world of technology! We focus on empowering and encouraging more women in STEM to follow their dreams and achieve their goals, particularly in the technological field. This is why we have created a great network of women, with like-minded goals and high ambitions.

    This society is open to all individuals who self-identify as women and are keen to involve themselves in the ever-growing world of Tech. No prior experience is required- that's what…

    A society created to inspire women in the world of technology! We focus on empowering and encouraging more women in STEM to follow their dreams and achieve their goals, particularly in the technological field. This is why we have created a great network of women, with like-minded goals and high ambitions.

    This society is open to all individuals who self-identify as women and are keen to involve themselves in the ever-growing world of Tech. No prior experience is required- that's what we're here for!

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    Lead

    Google Developers

    - Present 5 years 1 month

    Education

    Organising events for the Birmingham Google Developers Group chapter. Collaborating with other chapters on creating events on different tracks: Flutter, or International Women's day.

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    Organiser

    Hackathons for Schools

    - Present 5 years 8 months

    Working towards the organization for the one-week event designed to help young students interested in technology.

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    Gobal Ambassador

    WomenTech Network

    - Present 5 years 10 months

    ●On a mission to unite 100 000 women in tech to discuss things that matter!
    ●Join the WomenTech Global Conference 2020 on June 10th. Get Free Access: 👉🏼 https://lnkd.in/dyQzRUA
    ●As a member of the WomenTech Network, I get to learn about diversity & inclusion, develop my leadership skills and expand my network.

Projects

  • Noublie

    At the Uni-SaIN hackathon, organized by Babes-Bolyai University and the Technique University from France. I was part of a team of 4 and we won first place, by also being the only high school students.

    We built a mobile application in Android Studio. The app was connected to a device that released appropriate pills at certain hours to help users manage their medication.

  • EcoAlert

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    As part of the Technovation Challenge, an international hackathon destined for women, we built EcoAlert. I was part of a team of 5 and we were selected as one of the 5 teams to present our application at the National Stage.

    EcoAlert is an app adapted to the specific needs of an ecological project. It aims to strengthen the relationship between the volunteer and the organizer. A volunteer can get involved in projects, as well as identify problems in the local community and organize their…

    As part of the Technovation Challenge, an international hackathon destined for women, we built EcoAlert. I was part of a team of 5 and we were selected as one of the 5 teams to present our application at the National Stage.

    EcoAlert is an app adapted to the specific needs of an ecological project. It aims to strengthen the relationship between the volunteer and the organizer. A volunteer can get involved in projects, as well as identify problems in the local community and organize their own event. Organizing an ecological event has never been easier!

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  • MedFinder

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    As part of DPIT - "Discover your passion in IT", which is a national challenge in my country, me and my team formed of 4 high school students built a mobile application in Android Studio to provide users with a list of medical institutions in the area, a rating, and an appointment system.

    We won a special prize from Fortech Company.

  • Code For Good JP Morgan Hackathon

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Honors & Awards

  • Google Generation Scholarship for women in computer science

    Google

  • BP Undergraduate Scholar

    BP

    Have been awarded one of the few BP scholarships in light of achievements.

  • Women in Technology Palantir Scholarship

    Palantir

    Was selected as one of the 10 scholars from 2000+ applicants in Europe.

  • vGHC 2021 EMEA scholarship

    AnitaB.org

  • 3rd Place - UK & Ireland Facebook HAck

    Facebook

    Worked on solving programming problems and a Product Thinking Challenge.

  • GHC Scholar 2020

    AnitaB.org

    I have been awarded a Student Scholarship to attend the Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) which is the world's largest gathering of women technologists.
    From 9000 applicants, I am one of the 138 international applicants that got the scholarship.

  • Computer Science Excellence Scholarship

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    Awarded one of the 10 Computer Science Excellence Scholarship, in light of achievements and excellent exam results.

  • 1st place - UNI-SaIN Hackathon 2019

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  • National Informatics Olympiad

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    Bronze Medal

Languages

  • Romanian

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Russian

    Professional working proficiency

  • English

    Professional working proficiency

  • French

    Elementary proficiency

  • German

    Elementary proficiency

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