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/ masc @ queen’s university researching robotics in edge-HPC environments
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    1. 2021/
      1. queens-university/basc/

        Computer Engineering

        2021 – Apr 2026

        BASc Computer Engineering · Queen's University

        Completed a Computer Engineering degree, including the Queen's University Excellence Scholarship and Smith Engineering Dean's Scholar recognition.

    2. 2025/
      1. grid-insights/

        Data Engineering Internship

        May 2025 – Aug 2025

        Data Engineering Intern · Grid Insights

        Built graph-based project-location interpolation and NLP data loaders for matching energy-project datasets.

      2. ici-medical/

        Clinical GraphRAG API

        Sep 2025 – Present

        ICI Medical

        Developing a FastAPI clinical-guideline search service backed by a knowledge graph, with Docker and GitHub Actions automation.

      3. queens-hpc-club/

        Distributed Computer Vision Inference

        Sep 2025 – Present

        Queen's HPC Club

        Orchestrating distributed computer-vision inference on HPC clusters with PyTorch DDP and OpenMPI, while onboarding contributors.

      4. connected-intelligence-research-lab/

        Distributed Edge Network Research

        Oct 2025 – Present

        ML Research Assistant · Connected Intelligence Research Lab

        Designing resource-allocation and device-scheduling algorithms for energy-efficient, latency-constrained edge networks.

    3. 2026/
      1. kinghacks-hackathon/

        Omnicast

        Jan 2026

        KingHacks Hackathon

        Won first place for a conversational knowledge platform using RAG, Backboard.io, and ElevenLabs to create live multi-host discussions.

      2. queens-university/basc/graduation

        Graduated from the BASc Computer Engineering program

        Apr 2026

        Queen's University

      3. aetherev/

        Systems Engineering

        May 2026 – Aug 2026

        Lead Systems Engineer · aetherEV

        Built BLE firmware and redesigned EV charging management, including a scalable reservation system for mobile-app integration.

      4. queens-university/masc/

        Master of Applied Science

        Sep 2026 – Present

        MASc Candidate · Queen's University

        Researching robotics workloads in edge-HPC continuum environments.

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