Sam der

Sam Der is an Associate Software Engineer at Capital One since August 2024, with prior experience as an Undergraduate Researcher at AS^2Guard Research Group, where significant contributions included co-authoring a paper for VehicleSec 2024 and deploying ROS simulations on major cloud platforms. Notable roles also included Control Systems Engineer for UCI HyperXite, where Sam helped develop control systems for a Hyperloop pod and won the Dean’s Choice Award, and Director of Technology at Hack at UCI, leading teams to enhance hackathon website frontends. Previous internships at DIRECTV and Capital One involved creating Grafana dashboards and improving authentication systems, respectively, resulting in substantial cost savings for Capital One. Sam holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from UC Irvine, expected in 2024.