Research & industry

Experience

Building machine-learning systems across neuroscience, healthcare, climate science, and software engineering.

Machine Learning Research Student

KAIST · Decision Brain Dynamics Lab

  • Investigating brain resilience in Alzheimer’s disease and aging by integrating structural MRI, functional MRI, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), positron emission tomography (PET), and multi-omic data.
  • Developing computational approaches to identify neuroimaging and multi-omic markers associated with preserved cognitive function despite age-related and neurodegenerative changes.
  • Conducting integrative analyses across imaging and molecular modalities to characterize the biological mechanisms underlying resilience.
  • Principal investigator: Dr. Jaeseung Jeong.

Machine Learning Research Student

The Hospital for Sick Children · Ibrahim Lab

  • Developed MRI classification models to predict response to neuromodulation treatment.
  • Worked on impulsiveness classification using intracranial EEG.
  • Created a closed-loop auditory stimulation system for children with epilepsy and designed cognitive testing games.
  • Principal investigator: Dr. George Ibrahim.

Image Processing Research Assistant

PhotoMedicine Labs · University of Waterloo

  • Helped develop Python filtering techniques that digitally reproduce skin-tissue staining.
  • Built algorithms for tissue stain normalization and color deconvolution.
  • Principal investigator: Dr. Parsin Haji Reza.

Research & Development Intern

Hygienic Echo

  • Led development of a chatbot interface using fine-tuned large language models including OpenAI, AWS Lex, and Cohere.
  • Created CNN-based image-processing tools for patient behavior classification and hygiene monitoring.

Barista

Gong Cha

  • Best bobarista the world has ever seen.

DevSecOps Software Engineer

The Co-operators

  • Automated monitoring of server errors and login failures for more than 10,000 clients, reducing weekly computation cost by 90%.
  • Built Python scripts, Jenkins pipelines, and Kubernetes orchestration.

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Neural & Rehabilitation Engineering Lab

  • Led development of a LiDAR terrain-recognition system using PointNet and RangeNet++, achieving 80% accuracy.
  • Developed machine-learning and deep-learning approaches for freezing-of-gait prediction using patient and wearable-sensor data.
  • Built a multimodal sensor-fusion prototype for context-aware assessment of neurological conditions.
  • Developed encryption and privacy-preserving representation algorithms to protect sensitive patient data.

Deep Learning Researcher

Huawei Technologies

  • Contributed to application development and developed computer-vision algorithms for human-behaviour detection and analysis.
  • Evaluated state-of-the-art few-shot meta-learning methods on imaging datasets, including class-incremental learning strategies designed to reduce catastrophic forgetting.
  • Built and optimized PyTorch models with CUDA for large-scale user-behaviour classification.

Data Scientist

Environment and Climate Change Canada

  • Developed machine-learning classifiers in Python to detect weather conditions and predict precipitation type.
  • Built Xarray and pandas pipelines to preprocess and analyze large CSV and NetCDF meteorological datasets.
  • Communicated weather-analysis results through technical reports and presentations.