Lara Gouda

WELCOME TO MY LITTLE WORLD

Hi, I'm Lara!

Computer Science @ Stony Brook University

I love building things, figuring out how technology works, and finding ways to use what I've learned to help other people.

Explore My Builds & Get to Know Me
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PLAYER 01: LARA
Portrait of Lara Gouda
CLASS OF 2028
THERE'S MORE TO EXPLORE

01 THE PLAYER PROFILE

Meet the Player.

A little about the person behind the projects

A FEW PAGES FROM MY STORY

I'm a Computer Science student at Stony Brook University who loves getting involved on campus and meeting people from different backgrounds. I've also always been the go-to tech person in my family, whether it was fixing a phone or figuring out a computer. Helping them sparked my curiosity about how technology works and eventually led me to study CS. I still love figuring things out, especially when I can use what I've learned to make someone's life a little easier!

TOOLS FOR THE ADVENTURE

My Inventory

A few things I build with.

Languages

  • Java
  • Python
  • C/C++
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • HTML/CSS
  • SQL

Frameworks & Tools

  • React
  • Node.js
  • Express.js
  • PyTorch
  • Supabase
  • Stripe
  • Google APIs
  • REST APIs
  • DigitalOcean

02 THE QUEST LOG

My Journey.

Experience, leadership, and the things I've learned along the way

SEP 2026 — PRESENTStony Brook, NY
RESEARCH + SOFTWARE

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Arabic Language Acquisition Research Team, Stony Brook University

  • Collaborate with an 18-student interdisciplinary research team and faculty lead to redesign Arabic pronunciation training.
  • Maintain and extend a full-stack speech experiment platform hosted on DigitalOcean, using Node.js, Express.js, JavaScript, and SQLite to support 100-prompt recording sessions and persist participant data.
  • Research integration of an open-source Arabic phoneme recognition model and spectrogram-based acoustic analysis to detect pronunciation errors and design real-time feedback that identifies mispronounced segments.
  • Node.js
  • Express.js
  • JavaScript
  • SQLite
  • DigitalOcean

Pronunciation model integration is research in progress.

JAN 2025 — PRESENTStony Brook, NY
TECHNOLOGY + TEACHING

Academic Software IT Support

Department of Information Technology, Stony Brook University

  • Support Brightspace and academic tools for 26,000+ students and faculty, troubleshooting issues and escalating cases.
  • Investigate issues across 7,500+ courses, reproducing defects and documenting root causes for supervisors and vendors.
  • Lead 30-minute technology workshops for students and faculty across varying levels of technical experience.
  • Selected as 1 of 11 interns from 250+ applicants and earned 1 of 5 return offers as an IT Support & Specialist.
26,000+ students & faculty7,500+ courses supported
MAY 2026 — PRESENTStony Brook, NY
LEADERSHIP

Secretary, Executive Board

Stony Brook Computing Society

  • Manage documentation for an 11-person leadership team for a 300+ member club using ClickUp and Google Workspace.
  • Coordinate 20+ events per semester, aligning owners and deadlines across the executive board and committees.
  • Support SBUHacks sponsor outreach, helping secure partnerships toward a $20K+ fundraising goal.
  • ClickUp
  • Google Workspace
  • SBUHacks

THE SIDE QUESTS MATTER, TOO

Around Campus

Other ways I've gotten involved at Stony Brook

Stony Brook Libraries

Social Media Communications

  • Co-owned a social media strategy for University Libraries, increasing engagement and TikTok followers 60% in six months.
  • Identified underused library services and developed campaigns around student needs to improve awareness and engagement.
  • Analyzed metrics and student feedback to prioritize content aligned with audience needs and organizational goals.
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Student Engagement & Activities

Event Staff

  • Assisted with weekly campus events by managing logistics, setup, check-in, and breakdown for 150+ attendees
  • Collaborated with event coordinators to deliver programs that strengthened student engagement and campus life.
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New Student & Transition Programs

Orientation Leader

  • Coordinated New Seawolf Welcome orientation logistics for 6,000+ new and transfer students.
  • Led interactive campus tours to introduce students to key resources, services, and facilities.
  • Directed small group sessions of 25–50 students, fostering engagement and peer-to-peer connections.
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CSE 113

Teaching Assistant

  • Supported students in understanding course concepts and assignments through weekly office hours and Piazza support.
  • Proctored exams and converted 100+ lecture slides into accessible HTML format to improve course material usability.
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03 THE BUILDS INVENTORY

My Builds.

A collection of things I've brought to life

3 BUILDS, MANY LESSONS

A FEW MORE THINGS I'VE BUILT

More from my workbench

04 THE FINAL CHECKPOINT

Let's Connect!

Whether you want to talk about a project, collaborate on something, or just say hi, I'd love to hear from you!

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Thanks for stopping by my little world.