Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science
Expected May 2026
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Master of Computer Science
August 2023
GPA: 3.973 / 4.0
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science
May 2021
Magna Cum Laude, Computer Science Departmental Honors
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
E. Zhang*, M. Clark*, and A. Doryab, "Predicting the Severity of Anxiety in Adolescents Through Passively Sensed Behaviors," To appear in The 2025 IEEE/ACM Conference on Connected Health: Applications, Systems, and Engineering Technologies (CHASE '25), June 24-26, 2025, New York City, New York, United States.
J. Chin*, M. Clark*, and A. Doryab, "Creating Emotion-Evoking Music to Communicate Wellness for Users with Diverse Musical Backgrounds," Companion of the 2024 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp Companion '24), October 5-9, 2024, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, doi: 10.1145/3675094.3678495
M. Clark and A. Doryab, "Changing Your Tune: Lessons for Using Music to Encourage Physical Activity," Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT), vol 8. no. 2, p. 79:1-79:14, June 2024, doi: 10.1145/3659611
P. Sadekar, J. Baitinger, S. Conway, M. Clark, and A. Doryab, “Personalization in Circadian Rhythm-Based Event Scheduling,” The 2023 Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium (SIEDS), Apr. 2023, doi: 10.1109/SIEDS58326.2023.10137806.
M. Clark and A. Doryab, “Sounds of Health: Using Personalized Sonification Models to Communicate Health Information,” Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable, and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT), vol. 6, no. 4, p. 206:1-206:31, Dec. 2022, doi: 10.1145/3570346.
C. F. Reilly and M. Clark, “Moving Recursion Out of the RDBMS for Transactional Graph Workloads,” The 11th IEEE Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics Mobile Communication Conference (UEMCON), Oct. 2020, pp. 0371–0376. doi: 10.1109/UEMCON51285.2020.9298122.
A. Prasad, M. Clark, H. Nguyen, R. Ruiz, and E. Xiao, “Analyzing Privacy Practices of Existing mHealth Apps,” The 13th International Conference on Health Informatics (HEALTHINF), Feb. 2020, pp. 563–570. doi: 10.5220/0009059605630570.
*Equal Contribution
Graduate Research Assistant
August 2021 - Present
University of Virginia
Investigated how to model users' perceptions to improve personalized messaging.
Designed and ran four user studies with a total of 665 participants.
Cleaned, analyzed, and visualized extensive quantities of data using statistical modeling.
Modeled human behavior using supervised and unsupervised machine learning techniques, and association rules.
Presented my research to hundreds of attendees at multiple premier international conferences.
Research Assistant
January 2019 - May 2021
Skidmore College
Designed and coded an environment to analyze the usefulness of expression recognition technology in online learning.
Annotated the privacy policies of 200 mobile apps and analyzed differences using Chi-Squared tests in Python.
Developed a pipeline in Java using parallel programming to test the runtimes of SQL queries.
Teaching Assistant
August 2023 - Present
University of Virginia
Computational Behavior Modeling: Managed assignments and aided discussion for 23 graduate students.
Programming Languages: Held office hours, created answer keys, and helped design the course structure of a 100-student undergraduate course.
Human-Computer Interaction: Held officer hours and graded assignments for a course of 70 graduate students.
Research Mentor
August 2022 - Present
University of Virginia
Advised 16 undergraduate and high school students on assisting with research projects.
Guided a 2023 capstone project consisting of 3 Systems Engineering 4th year students with the design, implementation, analysis, and writing of their capstone project.
Graduate:
AI for Social Good; Cloud Computing; Communication, Test-Beds & Policy; Engineering Interactive Technologies; Formal Methods, Safety and Security; Human-Computer Interaction; Human-Robot Interaction; Machine Learning; Signal Processing, Machine Learning and Control
Undergraduate:
Algorithms; Artificial Intelligence; Calculus II; Computability and Complexity; Computer Vision; Graph Theory; Introduction to Computer Organization; Linear Algebra; Math Reasoning and Discrete Structures; Programming Languages; Web Development and Data Security
Computer Science Graduate Student Group General Co-Chair
January 2024 - December 2024
University of Virginia
Elected by computer science graduate students for a one-year term.
Represented the computer science program as a member of the School of Engineering Graduate Student Council Executive Committee.
Organized and oversaw the 12-member Computer Science Graduate Student Group.
Computer Science Graduate Student Group Social Chair
January 2022 - December 2023
University of Virginia
Elected by computer science graduate students for 2 one-year terms.
Planned and ran upwards of 3 monthly social events for computer science graduate students.
Represented computer science graduate students in meetings with the department.
Outreach Event Volunteer
January 2022 - Present
University of Virginia
Represented the computer science graduate program at 21 graduate, undergraduate, and faculty recruitment events.
Represented the Link Lab at 5 recruitment, outreach, and funding events.
Journal Reviewer
September 2021 - Present
University of Virginia
Provided reviews of 10 potential publications for venues including IMWUT, CHI, and ACM Health.
Computer Science Outstanding Graduate Service Award
May 2024
University of Virginia
MIT Policy Hackathon Finalist
November 2023
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Link Lab Student Flash Talk Speaker
September 2023
University of Virginia
Computer Science Department's John A. Stankovic Research Award Nomination
April 2023
University of Virginia
Link Lab Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award Nomination
April 2023
University of Virginia
National Science Foundation National Research Traineeship
August 2021
University of Virginia
Robert and Marcia DeSieno Prize for Excellence in Computer Science
May 2021
Skidmore College