Samantha Mallari

Graduate Student

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


Interests: ML, AI, NLP, LLMs, Software Engineering, Robotics, Internet of Things


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