Hello! 👋

I'm Jaclyn Thi

MEng Computer Science & Engineering — MIT

About Me

MEng student in Computer Science and Engineering at MIT (expected Summer 2026). I build scalable ML and retrieval systems, develop end-to-end research pipelines, and enjoy full-stack and game development. Currently working on graph foundation models for AML and RAG-style document assessment.

Python TypeScript JavaScript React Vue Kotlin C C++ C# HTML CSS SQL Docker Gradle Postman MongoDB Studio 3T Azure Data Studio

Projects

01

Tempo Takedown

Multiplayer local rhythm-based fighting game built with Unity; designed core mechanics, UI/UX, and animations. Public demo available for playtesting.

C#UnityGame DesignUI/UX
02

RAG Document Assessment Pipeline

Pipeline for automated RAG-style document assessment using LLMs to evaluate median relevance and consistency of retrieved documents.

PythonLLMsRetrievalEvaluation

Experience

Graduate Researcher

Decentralized Information Group (DIG) — MIT

Sept 2025 - Present
  • Developing graph foundation models for anti-money laundering using PyTorch and GNNs
  • Designing scalable ML pipelines to generate transferrable transaction embeddings
  • Focusing on reproducibility and downstream integration

Graduate TA & Lab Assistant

MIT — Teaching

Sept 2024 - May 2026
  • Lead recitations and lab sessions for introductory programming courses (Python)
  • Design problem sets, run office hours, and mentor lab assistants

Research Intern

University of Regensburg

June 2025 - Aug 2025
  • Applied advanced query expansion methods for Elasticsearch document retrieval, improving recall as measured by LLM-based relevance judgments
  • Implemented a pipeline for RAG-style automated document assessment using LLM evaluations
  • Contributed to the team's report for the TREC 2025 DRAGUN track

Software Engineering Intern

Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG)

May 2024 - Aug 2024
  • Improved HaAPI call performance in UKG Pro Learning by 325% using Kotlin coroutines and caching
  • Implemented custom retry logic and enhanced logging for failed network requests
  • Resolved tenant identifier compatibility issues between UKG Pro Learning and Schoox

Undergraduate Researcher

Physician-Scientist Impact Group — MIT

Feb 2024 - May 2024
  • Researched author name disambiguation techniques and clustering methods
  • Analyzed patents, grants, and publications to quantify physician-scientist impact

DevOps Specialist Intern

RAS Legal Group

May 2023 - Aug 2023
  • Diagnosed and resolved software issues for a dispersed team of 1100+ employees across 17 states
  • Automated legal document generation using SQL to extract case information from the firm's database

Education

MEng, Computer Science and Engineering — expected Summer 2026

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Sept 2025 - Sept 2026
  • GPA: 4.2 / 5.0
  • Relevant coursework: NLP, Deep Learning, AI and Decision Making

BS, Computer Science and Engineering — May 2025

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Sept 2021 - May 2025
  • GPA: 4.7 / 5.0
  • Coursework: Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Computer Systems Engineering, Software Design, Computer Systems Engineering