Samantha Mallari

Undergraduate Student

Aloha mai kakou! I am currently an undergraduate studying Computer Science in the ICS Department at UH Manoa in the combined Bachelor's and Master's pathway. I expect to receive my B.S. in Spring, 2025 and my M.S. in Spring, 2026.


Interests: ML, AI, NLP, LLMs, Software Engineering, HCI, Cognitive Science, Linguistics, Healthcare, Education, Social Good


Projects

SpireBooks 2024

A financial management decision-making tool made for Spire Hawaii.

Software Engineering JavaScript React Bootstrap Meteor MongoDB

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ProfTCG 2024

A Professor Trading Card Game made for the UH Manoa community.

Software Engineering JavaScript React Bootstrap Meteor MongoDB

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Lyla's Ghostly Adventure 2022

A platformer game demo I made as part of my work-based learning internship at Pilina Education.

Game Development UI/UX JavaScript

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Detector Building 2022

My partner and I won 1st place in Detector Building during the 2022 Leeward Regional Science Olympiad.

Arduino Electrical Engineering Chemistry C++

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Essays

Design Patterns in ProfTCG

25 Apr 2024

Programming is a lot like cooking. Every chef knows how to follow a recipe to create a reproducible dish. However, the best chefs know how to customize a recipe and improve it to make something unique. If the components of...

JavaScript

Project Pitch: ProfTCG

28 Mar 2024

ProfTCG: Professor Trading Card Game Authors: Lucas Horsman, Donald Lipps, Samantha Mallari, Ethan Morrell Overview The Problem Many students experience a sense of disconnection from their professors, whether it be due to large class sizes or even just a lack...

Software Engineering

Say No More to Fuzzy Code: Cleaning Up with ESLint

08 Feb 2024

Before University Before university, I would write code however I wanted. As a beginner programmer, it was more important to me that my code worked rather than be readable or pretty to look at. When it came to being neat,...

JavaScript ESLint

Personal Statement: Inspirations and Goals

19 Jan 2024

Growing up with a brother with a developmental disability meant that I could witness firsthand how technology has made an impact on his life. From providing him an education that caters to his needs, to allowing him to socialize with...

Personal Statement