Experience
Research Intern
Microsoft Research
2026
- Incoming Research Intern to work on neuromorphic computing topics with the AI/ML group
Research Intern
Mila - Quebec AI Institute
Sep - Dec 2025
Montreal
- Research Intern working on low resource language translation with Dr. David Ifeoluwa Adelani
Research Intern
RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Jun - Aug 2025
Tokyo, Japan
- Research Intern in the Brain Image Analysis Unit working on diffusion models with Dr. Henrik Skibbe
- Explored how diffusion models can improve synthetic neuron image generation versus cGAN baselines
- Created models for image-to-image, text-to-image, and class-conditioned image generation
Research Intern
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Apr - Sep 2024
Okinawa, Japan
- Developed a tool for the creation of Spiking Neural Networks to simulate specific regions of the brain
- Leveraged LLMs and NLP methods to parse SNN parameters from academic journals for knowledge graphs
- Paper "Jack and the BeansTALK: Towards Question Answering in Plant Biology" accepted for WiNLP at EMNLP 2024
- Poster "AI-Powered Platform for the Digital Brain in Brain/MINDS 2.0" accepted at INCF 2024
Research Assistant
Athabasca University
Sep 2023 - Apr 2026
- Working on knowledge graph construction and completion using LLMs, Neo4j and NLP algorithms for education
- Paper "Decentralized Fire Seeking MARL UAVs" accepted for CoCoMARL at RLC 2025
- Paper "Linguistic Analysis of Japanese Text Simplification and Implications for AI-Driven Educational Tools" accepted for SEGA at IEEE SWC 2025
- Paper "Educational Knowledge Graph Creation and Augmentation via LLMs" accepted for ITS 2024
- Paper "Preliminary Systematic Review of Open-Source Large Language Models in Education" accepted for ITS 2024
Software Intern
General Motors
Jan - Aug 2023
Toronto
- Developed tools to automate hardware and software verification, improved fault detection by 50%
- Implemented pipelines in Python to automate complex bench testing for critical embedded systems
- Built hardware and software-in-the-loop systems to increase simulation throughput for 40+ engineers
Software Intern
Genetec
Sep - Dec 2022
Montreal
- Developed ETL pipelines using Python, C# and SQL to improve the fault-tolerance for offline remote customers
- Automated offline tracking of 70,000+ users in remote regions, saving 1000s of man hours during rescue operations
- Implemented load testing and data processing for ID scanners, processing over 100,000+ credentials per minute
- Automated user access reporting via SAP Crystal Reports and SQL decreasing reporting times by 98%
Software Intern
CSG
May - Aug 2022
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Software Engineering Intern
Research Assistant
University of Alberta
May - Aug 2021
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Game AI and Reinforcement Learning research in the Department of Computing Science
Research Assistant
University of Alberta
Oct 2019 - Aug 2020
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Game AI and Reinforcement Learning research in the Department of Computing Science
Research Intern
CHM Le Mans
Jun - Aug 2019
- Research internship focused on early AI and machine learning applications