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.
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 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
- 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
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