Experience

University of Toronto Machine Intelligence Student Team (UTMIST)

• Canada
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Project Manager, Reinforcement Learning Developer

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Virtual Creatures Team • Evolved and trained creatures with custom morphologies and neural structures using reinforcement learning in Unity. • Leading the development of multiagent collaboration in a new soccer environment. Virtual Creatures Team • Evolved and trained creatures with custom morphologies and neural structures using reinforcement learning in Unity. • Leading the development of multiagent collaboration in a new soccer environment.



Hack the North

• Canada
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Computer Vision and Full Stack Developer

  • Sep 2023 - Sep 2023

  Hack the North 2023 Project - Iridis • Developed a physical heads-up display helmet record attendee faces & information to display it when you encountered them. • Used Computer Vision (CV) to scan and recognise faces, and created a realtime database to store users for further recollection. • Designed a backend API and deployed our code to create a fast, scalable system while allowing rapid prototyping. Hack the North 2023 Project - Iridis • Developed a physical heads-up display helmet record attendee faces & information to display it when you encountered them. • Used Computer Vision (CV) to scan and recognise faces, and created a realtime database to store users for further recollection. • Designed a backend API and deployed our code to create a fast, scalable system while allowing rapid prototyping.



NerveX

• Canada
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Artificial Intelligence Engineer

  • May 2023 - Aug 2023

  • Performed feature engineering and unsupervised anomaly detection to detect seizures in epileptic dogs for improved treatment. • Designed algorithms to denoise biosignals and extract vital signals with 50% higher accuracy using noise detection and removal methods. • Developed and deployed microservices & algorithms at scale using AWS and Docker, and optimized existing algorithms to perform 3x faster. • Designed an autonomous robotic testing device which identified a critical flaw in production products Show less



Robotics for Space Exploration

• Canada
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Robotics Engineer

  • Sep 2022 - Apr 2023

  • Rapidly prototyped and developed a robotic arm for multipurpose use using Fusion 360, and electronics. • Performed rapid testing of hardware and software components to discover potential errors and limitations. • Rapidly prototyped and developed a robotic arm for multipurpose use using Fusion 360, and electronics. • Performed rapid testing of hardware and software components to discover potential errors and limitations.



UofT Hatchery

• Canada
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Tunescape Co-Founder, Full Stack Developer

  • May 2022 - Jan 2023

  • Founded a startup helping individuals discover new music on both web and mobile through the analysis of technical characteristics and AI. • Developed the backend for the application using Flask with Python, and frontend for the supported platforms using Flutter. • Implemented models with TensorFlow and used the Spotify API to fetch information and classify songs based on technical components. • Analyzed profits, costs, market acquisitions, created business pitch, created testing procedures and conducted over 100 market fit tests. Show less



Hack the North

• Canada
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Full-stack Developer

  • Sep 2022 - Sep 2022

  • Designed and built an online tool to alleviate difficulties in organizing social events by automating activity recommendations & scheduling. • Transformed favourite activities into locations and slotted them into a dynamic timetable using Natural Language Processing (NLP). • Integrated with APIs including Cohere for natural language processing and Google Maps to create a roadmap of the day’s scheduled events. • Deployed our code and backend using Docker on Heroku creating a fast, scalable system while allowing rapid prototyping. Show less



Adaptive Neurorehabilitation Systems Lab | University Health Network at UofT

• Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Research Student and Developer

  • Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  • Programmed, tested and documented MyndTech electrical stimulation devices, creating the first standard testing procedure for the group. • Designed, cut, and soldered circuits to act as an intermediary between stimulation devices and a DAC for testing purposes. • Programmed, tested and documented MyndTech electrical stimulation devices, creating the first standard testing procedure for the group. • Designed, cut, and soldered circuits to act as an intermediary between stimulation devices and a DAC for testing purposes.



Touch Guitar Project

• Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Engineer

  • Jan 2022 - Apr 2022

  • Designed and created a touch-screen add-on to a guitar to lessen the pressure required to press frets for arthritis patients (CAD & Prototype). • Communicated with stakeholders, identified key criteria: Reduced force required, ergonomic, authentic sound, maintain creative freedom. • Accomplished a 97% reduction in force required while maintaining 89%-94% of the original sound quality. • Designed and created a touch-screen add-on to a guitar to lessen the pressure required to press frets for arthritis patients (CAD & Prototype). • Communicated with stakeholders, identified key criteria: Reduced force required, ergonomic, authentic sound, maintain creative freedom. • Accomplished a 97% reduction in force required while maintaining 89%-94% of the original sound quality.



UTM IMI AI Case Competition - Finalist

• Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Machine Learning Developer

  • Jan 2022 - Mar 2022

  • Accurately identified corporate financial risk with over 80% accuracy using a random forest classifier on real dataset provided by CIBC. • Performed data cleaning, and feature engineering to achieve a more accurate model with reduced over-fitting. • Accurately identified corporate financial risk with over 80% accuracy using a random forest classifier on real dataset provided by CIBC. • Performed data cleaning, and feature engineering to achieve a more accurate model with reduced over-fitting.



Daisy Intelligence Hackathon 2022

• Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Machine Learning Developer

  • Jan 2022 - Jan 2022

  • Trained a logistic regression model capable of identifying major indicators of heart disease from over 70 variables. • Discovered parameters which were not part of the 14 variables used in literature but were key for identifying the severity of the disease. • Trained a logistic regression model capable of identifying major indicators of heart disease from over 70 variables. • Discovered parameters which were not part of the 14 variables used in literature but were key for identifying the severity of the disease.



University of Toronto Engineering Competition (UTEK) - Finalist

• Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Engineer

  • Jan 2022 - Jan 2022

  • Finalist in UTEK Junior Design 2022. • Designed and created a prototype robot for trash collection which is capable of capturing and store various forms of garbage. • Finalist in UTEK Junior Design 2022. • Designed and created a prototype robot for trash collection which is capable of capturing and store various forms of garbage.



Hack the North 2020 & 2019, Hack the 6ix 2019, Citizen Hacks 2018 (Award Winner), Starter Hacks

• Software and AI Developer

  • Sep 2018 - Jan 2022

  • Built numerous software and AI based projects for hackathons such as Hack The North in 2019, 2020 and 2022 and HackThe6ix. • Participated and won awards in specialized hackathons like Citizen Hack for building a bot to help transfer currency while retaining privacy. • Other projects include using PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit Learn, and Javascript, such as a random forest classifier to predict seismic activity. • Built numerous software and AI based projects for hackathons such as Hack The North in 2019, 2020 and 2022 and HackThe6ix. • Participated and won awards in specialized hackathons like Citizen Hack for building a bot to help transfer currency while retaining privacy. • Other projects include using PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit Learn, and Javascript, such as a random forest classifier to predict seismic activity.



York Mills Programming Design Team

• Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• President & Founder

  • Sep 2020 - Jun 2021

  President & Founder (1 Year) • Identified an absence of design and engineering based clubs during the pandemic and founded a club focusing on software development. • Taught how to create structured projects using Python, C#, and Unity to new students to build an ecosystem simulation program. • Hosted a 2 week Game-Jam using Python and C# (Unity) with the goal of inspiring students to get involved with software development. President & Founder (1 Year) • Identified an absence of design and engineering based clubs during the pandemic and founded a club focusing on software development. • Taught how to create structured projects using Python, C#, and Unity to new students to build an ecosystem simulation program. • Hosted a 2 week Game-Jam using Python and C# (Unity) with the goal of inspiring students to get involved with software development.



Science Fair Design Project - Text to Braille

• Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Electronics and Programming Inventor

  • Sep 2018 - Jun 2021

  • Received a Gold Medal in the Toronto Science Fair and a Silver Medal in the Canada Wide Science Fair. • Featured in Make Magazine as a Cutting Edge Contribution for building a reading aid for the visually impaired. • Identified an opportunity to provide a reading aid for the visually impaired through stakeholder interaction. • Created a device to capture an image of text and convert it to braille and audio in real time using both software and hardware. • Implemented using a Raspberry Pi with Embedded Linux and Python for processing, Arduino for I/O, cloud and OCR for processing. Show less



York Mills Computer Science and Programming Club

• Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Executive

  • Sep 2018 - Jun 2021

  Executive (1 Year) • Led team students learning foundations of programming using Python and prepared the team for competitive programming competitions. • Taught fundamental data structures like lists and maps as well as algorithms such as BFS, DFS, Dijkstra and Dynamic Programming. Executive (1 Year) • Led team students learning foundations of programming using Python and prepared the team for competitive programming competitions. • Taught fundamental data structures like lists and maps as well as algorithms such as BFS, DFS, Dijkstra and Dynamic Programming.



York Mills Mathematics Club

• Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• President

  • Sep 2018 - Jun 2021

  President (1 Year), Vice President (1 Year) • Hosted a club in which individuals would explore and share complicated mathematics problems to further advance problem-solving skills. • Created mathematics problems and hosted a school-wide mathematics competition to demonstrate interesting areas of mathematics. President (1 Year), Vice President (1 Year) • Hosted a club in which individuals would explore and share complicated mathematics problems to further advance problem-solving skills. • Created mathematics problems and hosted a school-wide mathematics competition to demonstrate interesting areas of mathematics.



Shad Canada

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Play It By Ear Design Project - SHAD

  • Jul 2020 - Jul 2020

  • Designed an experiment to determine the behaviour of fluids in the human semicircular canals in space. • Worked on designing the experiment, researching risks & benefits, stating the purpose of the mission, and preparing a timeline. • Research on combating the effects of Vertigo on Earth, and the extreme loss of balance after returning from space. • Designed an experiment to determine the behaviour of fluids in the human semicircular canals in space. • Worked on designing the experiment, researching risks & benefits, stating the purpose of the mission, and preparing a timeline. • Research on combating the effects of Vertigo on Earth, and the extreme loss of balance after returning from space.



York Mills Robotics Team - Team 29979 Titan Bots

• Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Vice-President and Team Lead

  • Sep 2018 - Jun 2020

  Vice President (1 Year) • Effectively led, taught and trained a team of students to design, build and program VEX EDR robots for competitions such as Turning Point. • Responsible for design and build of one robot, designing the core drive-train, arm, and launcher to accurately shoot small balls to flip flags. • Developed robot software using Robot-C using sensor and controller data to create efficient autonomous & user-controlled modes. Vice President (1 Year) • Effectively led, taught and trained a team of students to design, build and program VEX EDR robots for competitions such as Turning Point. • Responsible for design and build of one robot, designing the core drive-train, arm, and launcher to accurately shoot small balls to flip flags. • Developed robot software using Robot-C using sensor and controller data to create efficient autonomous & user-controlled modes.