Major
Computer Science
Hometown
Oceanside, NY
Affiliations
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Matthew Crocco
Matthew Crocco has extensive knowledge of Java, the JVM and the Java Memory Model and has released several Java based project
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Matthew Crocco has extensive knowledge of Java, the JVM and the Java Memory Model and has released several Java based projects and has experience in contributing to various Open Source repositories such as Minecraft Forge (an in-depth modification utility for the popular game Minecraft) and LibGDX ( a Java game development framework).
Having participated in FIRST Robotics Competitions in the last two years of high school, where he was a the sole programmer and later President leading the design and development of competitive robots who competed in the SBPLI Regional Competition. Now he is a Programmer Mentor helping other teams and has developed an extension and abstraction layer to make development and innovation easier in FIRST Robotics.
Before choosing to study Computer Science, Matthew Crocco focused on scientific research particularly in the area of genetics and microbiology. Through a school program he took an internship at LIU Post under, the then Head of Biology, Dr. Theodore Brummel where he conducted research on the effects of nutrition and genetics on aging and fitness in the common fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.
Education
Rochester Institute of Technology is emerging into one of the world’s most innovative, agile, diverse and forward-thinking universities. At RIT, we forge greatness by being different.
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CollegeRochester Institute of Technology
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LocationRochester, NY
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Dean's List (5)
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Matthew Crocco makes the Dean's List at RIT
Matthew Crocco, who is in the computer science program, made the Dean's List for the spring semester at Rochester Institute of Technology. Degree-seeking undergraduate students are eligible for D...Spring 2018
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Matthew Crocco makes the Dean's List at RIT
Matthew Crocco, who is studying computer science , made the Dean's List for the spring semester at Rochester Institute of Technology. Degree-seeking undergraduate students are eligible for Dean's ...Spring 2017
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Matthew Crocco named to RIT Dean's List
Matthew Crocco was named to the RIT Dean's List for the fall 2016-2017 semester. Degree-seeking undergraduate students are eligible for Dean's List if their term GPA is greater than or equal to 3.4...Fall 2016
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Spring 2016 Dean's List
Congratulations on making the Dean's List! Degree-seeking undergraduate students are eligible for Dean's List if their term GPA is greater than or equal to 3.400; they do not have any grades of "Incomplete", "D" or "F"; and they have registered for, and completed, at least 12 credit hours.Spring 2016
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Fall 2015 Dean's List
Congratulations on making the Dean's List! Degree-seeking undergraduate students are eligible for Dean's List if their term GPA is greater than or equal to 3.400; they do not have any grades of "Incomplete", "D" or "F"; and they have registered for, and completed, at least 12 credit hours.Fall 2015
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Work Experience
Rochester Institute of Technology
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Student Lab InstructorJanuary 2015 - PresentLed a group of Computer Science 1 students through a series of lab activities involving Python and Rochester Institute of Technology's own Python library, ritlib. Held tutoring hours where students could come to me seeking assistance with particular problems, teaching critical and logical thinking as well as in-depth problem solving using computers. Graded lab assignments according to a rubric with certain grader discretion and met with Professor to discuss lab and grading rubric weekly.
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Freelance
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ProgrammerJune 2013 - PresentOffered my services as a general purpose programmer to various small game development teams and other miscellaneous application development teams.
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