Christopher Soto

Email: christopher.soto@columbia.edu
Mobile: Retracted from Web CV

Columbia University, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

New York, NY
Fall 2021 – Present

Queens College of the City University of New York
Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics with Honors

Queens, NY
2018 – 2021

Experimental Mathematics Lab at CUNY Queens College
Undergraduate Researcher

Virtual Research
August 2020 – Present

Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
Summer Undergraduate Researcher

Virtual Research
June 2021 – July 2021

Algebraic Coding Theory Research at University of Puerto Rico
Undergraduate Researcher

Virtual Research
August 2020 – June 2021

East Tennessee State University and University of Puerto Rico REU
Summer Undergraduate Researcher

Virtual Research
June 2020 – August 2020

Experimental Mathematics Lab at CUNY Queens College
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Queens, NY
Fall 2018

Teaching Assistant, Queens College of the City University of New York
Undergraduate Level Courses:

2021

• MATH 201 - Multivariable Calculus
  Instructor: Christopher R. H. Hanusa

Spring 2021
Enrollment: 20

• Preferential and \(\boldsymbol{k}\)-Zone Parking Functions
  Rebecca Garcia, Parneet Gill, Pamela E. Harris, J. Carlos Martínez Mori,
  Christopher Soto, Pamela Vargas, Dwight Anderson Williams II
  

In preparation, 2021

• The Expected Number of Distinct Consecutive Patterns in a Random Permutation
  Austin Allen, Dylan Cruz Fonseca, Veronica Dobbs, Egypt Downs, Evelyn Fokuoh,
  Anant Godbole, Sebastián Papanikolaou Costa, Christopher Soto, Lino Yoshikawa
  

Submitted, 2020
arXiv:2011.12179

• Introducing Three Best Known Goppa Codes
  Jan L. Carrasquillo-López, Axel O. Gómez-Flores, Christopher Soto, Fernando Piñero
  

Submitted, 2020
arXiv:2010.07278

• Preferential and \(\boldsymbol{k}\)-Zone Parking Functions
  2022 Joint Mathematics Meetings
  Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Special Session on the MSRI Undergraduate Program
  Parneet Gill*, Christopher Soto*, Pamela Vargas*

Seattle, WA
January 2022

• Preferential and \(\boldsymbol{k}\)-Zone Parking Functions
  Sixteenth Annual Texas Undergraduate Mathematics Conference (TUMC)
  Undergraduate Student Talks
  Parneet Gill, Christopher Soto*, Pamela Vargas

Virtual Meeting
October 30, 2021

• Preferential and \(\boldsymbol{k}\)-Zone Parking Functions
  2021 Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium, Rice University
  Undergraduate Student Talks
  Parneet Gill, Christopher Soto*, Pamela Vargas

Virtual Meeting
October 16, 2021

• Preferential and \(\boldsymbol{k}\)-Zone Parking Functions
  2021 MATHFest XXXI, The National Association of Mathematicians (NAM)
  Undergraduate Student Talks
  Parneet Gill*, Christopher Soto*, Pamela Vargas

Virtual Meeting
October 2, 2021

• Preferential and \(\boldsymbol{k}\)-Zone Parking Functions
  Young Mathematicians Conference at The Ohio State University
  Undergraduate Student Talks
  Parneet Gill*, Christopher Soto*, Pamela Vargas

Virtual Meeting
August 21, 2021

• Introducing Three Best Known Binary Goppa Codes
  2021 MAA MathFest
  MAA Undergraduate Student Paper Sessions
  Jan L. Carrasquillo-López, Axel O. Gómez-Flores, Christopher Soto*, Fernando Piñero

Virtual Meeting
August 4, 2021

• Preferential and \(\boldsymbol{k}\)-Zone Parking Functions
  Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
  MSRI-UP 2021: Parking Functions: Choose your own adventure
  Parneet Gill*, Christopher Soto*, Pamela Vargas*

Virtual Meeting
July 23, 2021

• Introducing Three Best Known Binary Goppa Codes
  The Interuniversity Seminar on Research in the Mathematical Sciences (SIDIM), UPR-Humacao
  Contributed Student Presentations
  Jan L. Carrasquillo-López, Axel O. Gómez-Flores, Christopher Soto*, Fernando Piñero

Virtual Meeting
February 26, 2021

• Enumerating ”Good” Permutations
  2021 Joint Mathematics Meetings
  AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Mathematics
  Undergraduates and Students in Post-Baccalaureate Programs, II
  Austin Allen*, Veronica Dobbs*, Sebastián Papanikolaou Costa, Christopher Soto*, Lino Yoshikawa*

Virtual Meeting
January 7, 2021

• A Short Tour Through the Wonders of the Field of Computational Complexity
  Bridging Mathematics and Computer Science, CUNY Queens College
  2019 CUNY Adjunct Incubator Project
  Christopher Soto

Flushing, NY
November 19, 2019

• Introducing Three Best Known Binary Goppa Codes
  2021 SACNAS - National Diversity in STEM (NDiSTEM) Digital Conference
  Undergraduate Research Poster Presentation
  Jan L. Carrasquillo-López, Axel O. Gómez-Flores, Christopher Soto*, Fernando Piñero

Virtual Meeting
October 29, 2021

• Introducing Three Best Known Binary Goppa Codes
  2021 Joint Mathematics Meetings
  MAA Undergraduate Student Poster Session
  Jan L. Carrasquillo-López, Axel O. Gómez-Flores, Christopher Soto*, Fernando Piñero

Virtual Meeting
January 7, 2021

• People Over Math: A Co-created Principle for Successful Research Communities
  Faculty authors: Rebecca Garcia, Pamela E. Harris, and Dwight Anderson Williams II
  Graduate student authors: J. Carlos Martínez Mori and Casandra Monroe
  Undergraduate student authors: Tomás Aguilar-Fraga, Yasmin Aguillon, Daniel Alofamoni Quiñonez, Dylan Alvarenga, Aalliyah Celestine, Parneet Gill, Imhotep Hogan, Jakeyl Johnson, Kobe Lawson-Chavanu, Lina Liu, Aaron Ortiz, Lauren Quesada, Cynthia Marie Rivera Sánchez, Christopher Soto, Camelle Tieu, Dirk Tolson III, Jacob van der Leeuw, Pamela Vargas

Submitted, 2021

• ArtVote (https://artvote.net/)
  Currently working with Professor Christopher Hanusa in the Experimental Mathematics Lab at Queens College CUNY, where we are investigating the aesthetics of generative art. We generated thousands of different images incorporating randomness using Mathematica and are using Mathematical analysis and modeling to determine various preferences in style, color, density, and more to create more aesthetically pleasing art.

In-Progress

• Apple-tite
  Created a mobile app that provides healthy food recipes and financial information for each recipe, as well as connects healthcare professionals and patients through a system I created called the CareID system. Provides various functions such as allowing users to add favorite recipes, allows caregivers / professionals to regulate patients health information and dietary restrictions. Funded by the Young Science Achievers Program, AT&T, and IBM. Mentored by Dr. Dean Saghafi-Ezaz, MD.

Completed: 2016

• Mind's Eye
  Created a mobile app for patients with Alzheimer's and Dementia. Mind's Eye is a variation to the game Shake Loose a Memory which asks users various questions about their life and recent events, allowing the user to choose Yes or No, based on their recollection to the question asked. Results of the game could then be exported and shown to a medical professional to see whether an individual overtime may be experiencing memory issues. Funded by the Young Science Achievers Program, AT&T, and IBM. Mentored by Dr. Dean Saghafi-Ezaz, MD.

Completed: 2015

• Math Alliance Scholar, The National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences
  Awarded to underrepresented undergraduates with potential to receive a doctoral degree in a mathematical science.

2020

• Languages: Python, Java, C/C++, Lua, LaTeX
• Applications and Frameworks: Mathematica, SageMath, Cirq, Qiskit, NumPy, Matplotlib, pandas, Voro++
• Miscellaneous: Git, HTML/CSS, Javascript, Bootstrap

• Member of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
• Member of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
• Member of the National Association of Mathematicians (NAM)
• Math Alliance Predoctoral Scholar