<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Digital Logic | Zerui "Jerry" Ma's personal website</title><link>https://jerma88.github.io/tags/digital-logic/</link><atom:link href="https://jerma88.github.io/tags/digital-logic/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description>Digital Logic</description><generator>Hugo Blox Builder (https://hugoblox.com)</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><image><url>https://jerma88.github.io/media/icon_hu_982c5d63a71b2961.png</url><title>Digital Logic</title><link>https://jerma88.github.io/tags/digital-logic/</link></image><item><title>Graduate Teaching Assistant (Machine Learning, Advanced Python, Digital Logic)</title><link>https://jerma88.github.io/teaching/smu-ta/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://jerma88.github.io/teaching/smu-ta/</guid><description>&lt;h1 id="graduate-teaching-assistant--southern-methodist-university">Graduate Teaching Assistant — Southern Methodist University&lt;/h1>
&lt;p>&lt;strong>Lyle School of Engineering&lt;/strong>&lt;br>
&lt;em>January 2025 – May 2026 | Dallas, TX&lt;/em>&lt;/p>
&lt;h2 id="courses-supported">Courses Supported&lt;/h2>
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&lt;li>&lt;strong>Machine Learning&lt;/strong> (Undergraduate / Graduate)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;strong>Advanced Python Programming&lt;/strong>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;strong>Digital Logic Design &amp;amp; Hardware Laboratories&lt;/strong>&lt;/li>
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&lt;h2 id="key-responsibilities">Key Responsibilities&lt;/h2>
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&lt;li>Instructed and mentored over &lt;strong>100+ students&lt;/strong> in fundamental and advanced Machine Learning concepts, including gradient descent optimization, loss functions, neural network architectures, and transformer attention mechanisms.&lt;/li>
&lt;li>Led weekly hands-on coding laboratories and office hours, guiding students through implementing machine learning models from scratch in Python, PyTorch, and scikit-learn.&lt;/li>
&lt;li>Designed curriculum and laboratory experiments for digital systems and VLSI testing, directing students in implementing JTAG boundary-scan controllers and debugging Verilog HDL on Xilinx FPGAs.&lt;/li>
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