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Christine Hwang

Third-year CS and cybersecurity student at William & Mary. I want to bridge the gap between technical teams and the policy and decision-makers they answer to — turning complex security and technology risk into terms leaders can act on.

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// 01. About

Who I Am

I am a third-year computer science/cybersecurity student at William and Mary, heading into my last year of university. I am drawn to this field because it hosts the intersection of emerging and evolving technologies, risk mitigation, and implications with national security. While I am building the technical skills necessary to understand cybersecurity threats and frameworks, I also understand the importance of soft skills such as distilling information for the appropriate audiences, building rapport with potential partners and clients, and heading into conversations with others with curiosity at the forefront.

Outside of coursework you'll usually find me constantly trying new things and chasing unfamiliar experiences. I am a big advocate of embracing discomfort in order to grow as a whole person, and believe these new experiences and skills all tie together in my academic and work life.

Location
Fairfax Station, Virginia
Focus
Cyber Compliance & Data Analytics
Currently
Interning with the NSA
Open to
Full Time Positions & Shadowing Experiences

// off the clock

Reading List

  • Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution — Francis Fukuyama
  • Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science - Charles Wheelan
  • Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
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// 02. Projects

Things I've Built

HPC filetransfer2026

An HPC file-transfer benchmarking suite that times, monitors CPU/RAM/network, and checksum-verifies transfers between cluster nodes across both many-small-file and single-huge-file workloads. Includes MSC and MCD — two multithreaded, multi-socket copy tools written in C — benchmarked against scp and dd through a SLURM-driven harness.

C Python HPC / SLURM Sockets

Android Static Analysis

Androguard-based static analysis of 199 real-world Android APKs for TLS certificate-validation misuse, over-privileged and unused permissions, and unguarded exported components (CWE-295, -250, -926; OWASP MASVS). Every automated finding is run through LLM triage and a manual sample, then reported with a per-check precision rate — the study's real result is where scanners are trustworthy versus where they just generate alert fatigue. Co-authored research paper included.

Python Androguard Android AppSec Static Analysis CWE / OWASP

Cyber Bridge VR

A low-fidelity product concept for an immersive VR cybersecurity-awareness platform that drops users inside realistic phishing and social-engineering scenarios to build threat-recognition instincts in real time — targeting the ~83% of breaches that trace back to human error, where slide-and-quiz training falls short. Built with a William & Mary team for the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative's Innovate Cyber Challenge, where it won $500 (Spring 2026).

Security Awareness Lo-fi Prototype Product Design

// 03. Resume

Background

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Skills

Languages

Java Python C / C++

Developer Tools

Git Slurm VS Code Eclipse

Cybersecurity

OSINT Cryptography Forensics Active & Passive Recon Documentation

Honors & Certifications

CompTIA Security+

Certified
Award

Cisco Systems Award

Award

Dean's List

College of William & Mary

Honor

Education

Aug 2024 – May 2027

B.S. Computer Science

College of William & Mary · Williamsburg, VA

Viceroy Scholar

Relevant Coursework

Data Structures Algorithms Computer Organization Operating Systems Software Development Penetration Testing Mobile Application Security U.S.–China Relations

Experience

Jun 2026 – Aug 2026

High Performance Computing Intern

National Security Agency, Laboratory for Physical Sciences · Catonsville, MD

  • Researched high-performance data transfer methods for large-scale computing environments
  • Improved transfer performance through benchmarking, protocol testing, and system optimization

Jan 2026 – May 2026

Student Government Senator

William & Mary Student Assembly · Williamsburg, VA

  • Collaborated with academic stakeholders to develop AI-related student government legislation
  • Served on the finance committee, helping allocate $800,000 in funding to student organizations across campus

Jun 2025 – Aug 2025

Marketing Intern

Go Ape Inc. · Springfield, VA

  • Designed an interactive field-marketing activation deployed across 16 locations nationwide
  • Managed outreach and relationships with military- and government-affiliated corporate accounts