About Me
I am a current junior at Yale University. I love building stuff that people use and occasionally breaking stuff that people use to make sure it's safe. I currently run CourseTable -- a website used by 99% of Yale undergraduates that processes over 7 million requests a month, and just finished an internship as part of Verizon's Artificial Intelligence Red Team. Read more about my work at CourseTable in this article, and about my ethical hacking here.
Education
Yale University | New Haven, CT
B.S. and B.A. Candidate (Majors: Computer Science, NELC) | Expected May 2026
Relevant Coursework: CPSC 202, CPSC 223, CPSC 323, CPSC 365, CPSC 381, CPSC 413, CPSC 420 CPSC 421
The KIVUNIM Institute | Jerusalem, Israel
October 2021 - June 2022
Gap year studying Arabic and Hebrew, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and Jewish history.
Francis W. Parker High School | Chicago, IL
Class of 2021
Illinois All-Sectional in Scholastic Bowl
Projects
- CourseTable | October 2022 - Present
- @ClusterBuyBot on Twitter | January 2022 - Present
- Yalewrappd.com | Winter 2022
- High School Projects
Lead the team running CourseTable, Yale's most popular student run website.
Tracking cluster buys as filed to the SEC via a Form 4. Built with Python.
Interactive website to calculate and share the most popular artists and songs at Yale University. Built with Spotify APIs. Check out the playlist!
squiblib.com - Secure social network for private groups to share news articles. My first dive into backend and web development.
yourlifeintunes.com - Playlist of top songs from important dates using Spotify and Billboard APIs. Another early project exploring web development.
Experience
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) | NYC, NY
- Verizon | Chicago, IL
- Yale University | Chicago, IL
- Lendbuzz | Tel Aviv, Israel
- Dr. Richard Condit, Smithsonian Center for Tropical Forest Science | Chicago, IL
- Lincoln Park Sports Camp
Software Development Intern | Summer 2025
Incoming intern for summer 2025 working on Generative AI platforms (Sagemaker/Bedrock).
Artificial Intelligence Red Team Intern | Summer 2024
Ensuring security for the rapid growth of AI worldwide.
AI Legal Research Assistant | August 2024 - Present
Working with Professors Scott Shapiro and Ruzica Piskac on AI-powered "lawbots" to parse legal codes using automated reasoning, improving access to legal information through formal verification.
Software Engineering Intern | Summer 2023
Implemented crucial features and reduced runtime of processes by over 90%.
Research assistant and programmer | 2020 - 2021
Created a Shiny web app to analyze the spread of COVID-19. Cited in the final product.
Founder and CEO | Summer 2020
Created profitable sports camp, managed staff, and utilized SEO for marketing.
Contact
You can reach me at alex_dot_schapiro_at_yale_dot_edu