ipathe international phonetic alphabet, a universal way for linguists to write speech sounds

cs + linguistics @ uiuc

Aryanna Mong

I build things that turn noisy human signals (speech, EEG, language) into something a computer can actually use.

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Experience

Synchrony Financial

May 2026 – Present

Software Engineer Intern · Middleware Team

  • Developed a decoupled Spring Boot microservice in an Agile environment to optimize asynchronous REST API routes
  • Validated API performance and endpoint security using Postman for integration testing across middleware boundaries
  • Architected data pipelines monitored via Splunk, leveraging automated exception handling to ensure data integrity
  • Built a vulnerability-filtering GitHub Copilot agent for the Hunters security team

NeuroTech @ UIUC

Sept 2024 – May 2026

Lead Developer · VR NeuroFeedback Project

  • Designed Bluetooth Low Energy sensors for low-latency communication between embedded sensors and the game
  • Built VR and Windows games in Unity that adapt dynamically to user responses using EEG data streams
  • Implemented WebSocket-based scripts to integrate real-time VR neurofeedback therapy into interactive games

UIUC Gies College of Business

Aug 2025 – May 2026

Research Intern

  • Engineered an automated pipeline using HuggingFace models to extract and structure data from 2,500+ unformatted text feeds
  • Researched methods to analyze the economic impact of advertising "USA made" products under Prof. Takeda & Feng

UIUC Siebel School of Computing and Data Science

Feb 2025 – May 2026

Undergraduate Researcher

  • Built a speech processing pipeline with OpenAI Whisper and PyAnnote for voice diarization and multi-stream transcription
  • Architected and implemented multiple client-facing applications using Python and PsychoPy

Ascend UIUC Chapter

Aug 2025 – Jan 2026

DEI Director

  • Directed the chapter's DEI strategy through targeted workshops and presentations for 150+ members
  • Collaborated with 2+ external groups to host large-scale events, increasing visibility and attendance by 80%
  • Managed multiple high-priority initiatives across 6 internal departments in a fast-paced setting
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Projects

  1. 01Research tool

    AxB Speech Perception Interface

    200+

    students in the Phase 1 trial

    A Python experimental interface with randomized stimulus presentation, deployed in a Phase 1 trial and enabling large-scale speech perception research.

    Python · PsychoPy · Pavlovia · GitLab

  2. 02NLP

    Business Operations Monitor

    65% → 92%

    precision, regex to DistilBERT

    Classified company stances on Russia post-2022 across 5,000+ news articles. Swapping brittle regex for DistilBERT semantic analysis drove the jump.

    Python · PyTorch · Pandas · Regex · NLTK · TensorFlow

  3. 03Web app

    FindMyIllini

    A React navigation tool that helps UIUC students find resources and rooms inside Grainger Library: dynamic map, interactive buttons, and the specific relief of never getting lost on the 3rd floor again.

    React.js · JavaScript · Figma · CSS

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Skills

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Languages

Frameworks

AI / ML & Data

Infra & DevOps

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CS × Linguistics

Speech, EEG signals, and language data are all the same thing written in different fonts: noisy human signal.

I study computer science and linguistics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. My curiosity and passion for that signal has led me to build the pipelines and interfaces that manage it.

Languages
English · Vietnamese · Spanish · Cantonese
Status
US citizen, eligible for security clearance