# Yoko Furukawa

> Data Science B.A. with Journalism minor @ UC Berkeley | SPF Scholar

Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/yoko

## Work Experience
### UIUX Engineer @ Berkeleytime
Jan 2026 – Present | Berkeley, CA

### Frontend Engineer @ University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2025 – Present
UIUX Engineer at Office of CTO Web Development Team

### SLC Tutor (Math/Statistics) @ University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2025 – Present | Berkeley, California, United States
Peer tutor for Math 54: Linear Algebra

### SA Mass Communications Video Production Intern @ University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2024 – Present | United States
@ucberkeleylife on Instagram (25K followers -> 50K!)
@ucberkeley on TikTok (22.5K followers -> 33K!)

### Film Editor / DP / Sound Design @ Cinematic Arts and Production Studios
Jan 2023 – Present | Berkeley, CA

### Lead Developer (Project: Money Maker) @ Open Project
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | Berkeley, California, United States

### Marketing Team @ Open Project
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | Berkeley, California, United States

### Data Scientist (Client: ChessBlitz, Berkeley Chess School) @ Open Project
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | Berkeley, California, United States

### Data Developer @ The Daily Californian
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | Berkeley, California, United States

### Data Scientist @ Toyoko Bio
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | Emeryville, California, United States
- Built a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system using Ollama and DNALinux, a locally served LLM library for bioinformatics; reduced inference latency by ~78% (from 7 min to 1.5 min) through optimized retrieval and generation workflows. Developed a fully functional macOS-compatible version.
- Constructed Kronecker graphs and applied Bayesian inference to analyze LDIR-mediated bystander effects using single-cell transcriptomics in RStudio, enabling detailed modeling of radiation-induced cellular responses for KGI (Keck Graduate Institute)

### 3D Modeler / Animator @ UCBUGG (UC Berkeley Undergraduate Graphics Group)
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | Berkeley, CA

### News Director @ CalTV
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Berkeley, California, United States

### Student Research Assistant @ Warner Bros. Discovery
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Berkeley, California, United States


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Data Science
UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society

### Bachelor or Arts - BA in Journalism Minor
University of California, Berkeley

### Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
Kyushu University

### Kokura High Schiol


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/yoko-furukawa-014993276
- GitHub: https://github.com/YokoFurukawa456

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Last updated: 2026-04-10