Work / Research Experience
Works Applications, Singapore
Research & Development Engineer (Software)Jan 2017 - Present
- Prototyped and implemented new features in TalentSearch Human Resource Management system, from requirement gathering, database design with Cassandra and Elastic Search, to back and front end implementation
- Changed server-side rendering page updates to client-side, resulting in over 5 times improvement in load time
- Innovated a bash scripted workflow generating high fidelity mock-up for design discussions and demonstrations, allowing the team to make batch changes to tens of images in a few minutes instead of hours
- Assisted leaders and managers in project management to ensure work load balancing and progress tracking
- Collaborated with teams in Tokyo and Shanghai for build flow, data science and quality assurance
Deutsche Bank AG Asia Pacific Head Office, Singapore
Technology Analyst Intern in Production Services, Chief Technology Office May 2016 - Jul 2016
- Conducted ITRS Geneos Monitoring software trainings to tens of Client Service Managers over web conferences
- Designed and processed assessment collection exercise for more than 20 application teams
- Analysed and presented technological threats and opportunities to a group of directors
Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR, Singapore
Science and Engineering Research Intern May 2015 - Jul 2015
- Automated and streamlined the grain growth simulation, developed features in Fortran and C++
- Initiated and enforced git source code Version Control System; optimizing parameters via controlled tests
JetBrains s.r.o., Singapore
Dec 2014 - May 2015
Campus Ambassador, remotely for the Czech Republic-based company
- Started JetBrains' presence in NTU, organized events up to 300 audience on software technology topics
- Achieved two-fold increase in new sign-up of student developers
Education
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science (Hons), First Class HonoursAug 2013 - Dec 2016
Dean's List 2013-14 (Top 5% of the cohort)
Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), France
Overseas Exchange: Information Science and Technology SemesterSep 2015 - Jan 2016
URECA-Final Year Project, Computational Cognition in Big Data AnalyticsJan 2016 - Dec 2016
- Implemented the Projection-based Learning in Meta-Cognitive Radial Basis Function Network (PBL-McRBFN) for classification problems in Apache Spark, from an earlier basic prototype in Matlab, based on Meta-Cognitive Learning research in Big Data Analytics
Undergraduate Research Experience (URECA), Human Gesture Control Multiple Quadcopter DronesAug 2014 - Jun 2015
Awarded NTU President Research Scholar completing URECA programme with Distinction
- Integrated gesture control using LEAP Motion depth-sensing controller with Quadcopter flight control in Node.js, significantly reduced the difficulty in controlling aerial vehicles
- Expanded the flight control from one to multiple concurrent Quadcopters, with live video feeds
First Prize, Mulinga, Yota Challenge in Hackatron Asia 2014 Dec 2014
- Leveraged the dual-screen handset to interface Google Translate for better user experience
- Google Voice-to-Text and Translate API and Yota Phone API integration on Android
Second Prize, Djengue Unchained, NUS Hack&Roll Hackathon 2014 Jan 2014
- Data Visualization of Djengue Outbreak and Prediction patterns on map.
- Data processing and transformation using Leaflet.js, html5, Twitter Bootstrap, LeafletGeoCsv, Python
Languages and Technologies
Languages:
English, Mandarin Chinese, Teochew; French (CEFR B2); limited Spanish, Cantonese, Shanghainese
Technologies:
Java, JavaScript, Google Closure, Python, MySQL, LESS, CSS