Joshua Van Rossum

     Hello, my name is Joshua Van Rossum. I am a first year graduate student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, working towards my master's degree in Computer Science. I'm focusing my studies on machine learning and in my spare time, I have begun developing a site for NBA fans to create their own custom NBA statistics for ranking and comparing their favorite basketball players. To hone my data science and machine learning skills, I participate in online data science competitions through Kaggle. In my free time, I enjoy playing basketball and solving puzzles like sudokus, crosswords or Rubik's cubes.

Check out Full-Court-Stats.com

This website is still in its early stages and is currently running on a free instance at render so allow some time for the initial load of the website

full-court-stats.com
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Werner Electric Supply

Business Intelligence Intern

May 2024 - August 2024     Appleton, WI
  • Worked with the IT team performing administrative duties within the warehouse management system
  • Conducted data validation and integrity checks across databases using SQL
  • Collaborated with teams across the company to develop solutions for day-to-day challenges
  • Developed a Microsoft PowerApp and associated Power Automate Flows to easily capture images of inventory and upload to customer
  • Streamlined the existing process, improving time per photo from 4.5 minutes to around 30 seconds

Caterpillar Inc.

Digital and Analytics Intern

May 2025 - Current     Peoria, IL
  • Developing Microsoft Power Apps application to track Issue deadlines, status, escalation and progress.
  • Creating an automated emailing system to notify and connect teams across the company using Power Automate
  • Creating data visualizations to bring visibility to current Issues and their status / progress.

Sylvan Learning

Math Tutor

February 2025 - Current     Peoria, IL
  • Help high school students prepare for ACT / SAT exams
  • Provide homework support for middle and high school students
  • Instruct students in math concepts like algebra, geometry, and calculus

Detecting Cancerous Masses in Mammograms

Senior Thesis Project

University of Wisconsin - La Crosse     La Crosse, WI

For my senior thesis project I trained CNNs and RNNs to identify mammogram images that contain cancerous masses using training data provided by the Mayo Clinic.

  • Designed and trained Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) using PyTorch Lightning to classify images with high accuracy
  • Split the dataset into training, validation, and test sets to ensure accurate model evaluation and prevent overfitting
  • Used image preprocessing techniques and transformations to build a robust training set and more accurate model