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Research on methods to derive data on what users want to know most when querying something belonging to a certain "class", using search engine logs and the semantic web. For instance, the search "hotels in Hawaii" would map the string "hotels in" to the class <place>. We can then query these hierarchical classes (in this example, places) to find the most common user tasks. Awarded best research work / presentation amongst our year.
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Research on methods to derive data on what users want to know most when querying something belonging to a certain "class", using search engine logs and the semantic web. For instance, the search "hotels in Hawaii" would map the string "hotels in" to the class <place>. We can then query these hierarchical classes to find tasks users commonly associate with them. Awarded best research work / presentation amongst our year.
 
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Revision as of 16:06, 23 September 2014

Icon-doc.pngExperience
Research Intern
June 2014 - August 2014
Microsoft Research Cambridge

8-week research internship through the Bright Minds Intern Competition programme for undergraduates.

I worked on Project SmartFence - an application of machine learning on Bing data for personalized web access control. Users block and allow the sites they know and SmartFence infers the suitability of the rest of the web. Delivered a concept prototype for the OneWeek company-wide hackathon. Currently working on first-name publication.

Project supervisors: Pushmeet Kohli, Yoram Bachrach | Project members: Ulrich Paquet, Filip Radlinski
Software Developer
June 2013 - 2014
Unientry.Ltd

Delivered a pilot site for sixth form students and their teachers/mentors to find the right university for them. The platform publishes and filters information from the Higher Education Statistics Agency and gives recommendations based on students' perceived ability from their registered information and grades.

Scope: ~3 months + support | Team size: 3 | URL: http://www.unientry.org
Research Project: Task identification in search engine query logs
Jan 2014 - Apr 2014
UCL

Research on methods to derive data on what users want to know most when querying something belonging to a certain "class", using search engine logs and the semantic web. For instance, the search "hotels in Hawaii" would map the string "hotels in" to the class <place>. We can then query these hierarchical classes to find tasks users commonly associate with them. Awarded best research work / presentation amongst our year.

Scope: ~3 months lit review, ~3 months research | Team size: 1-4
SynthJS - Music made quick
Dec 2013 - present

An experiment in music synthesis and representation using HTML5-based technologies and an exercise in UI design.

I intended to turn it into a JavaScript application to let people synthesize music quickly with little to no musical knowledge required - and then transform their creation into a personalized rhythm game. Progress is currently halted due to UI scaling performance issues.

Project: RoboHome
Sep 2012 - May 2013
UCL

To develop a home automation platform capable of controlling devices locally, as well as remote surveillance. Platform is capable of controlling Arduino, Gadgeteer, and Wiimo (Belkin) devices, and has limited voice recognition functions. Remote component is hosted on Azure, local server is a Raspberry Pi running ArchLinux, which our Flask-based Python backend runs on.

Scope: ~9 months | Team size: 5 | Project site: http://comp2013group7.wikia.com/wiki/Comp2013group7_Wiki

JP Morgan Spring Week 2013
Apr 2013

To implement a performant volatility calculator for a stream of options prices (to estimate the inverse of the Black-Scholes algorithm). Implementation was in Java, core algorithm is a simple Newton-Raphson iterator. Team awarded second best for code performance and code review, and best for presentation.

Scope: ~8 hours | Team size: 4
JP Morgan Code for Good Challenge 2012
Nov 2012

Code jam to develop a clip art application to raise awareness about nature in cities. Final application uses HTML5 canvas (Kinetic.js) with a PHP backend for uploads.

Scope: 48 hours | Team size: 4 | Source: https://github.com/horaceli/naturegram
Robot Race
2012
UCL Computer Science

To program a maze-solving robot in C. Final algorithm is based on a wall-follower. Team placed 10th out of 30.

Scope: ~3 months | Team size: 2
Project: Android App
2012
UCL Computer Science

To develop an Android app for the Restless Beings charity to conduct field studies on children in poorly-developed countries.

Scope: ~3 months | Team size: 2
Public wiki administration and community management
Feb 2010 - present

Wiki administrator / bureaucrat for kirby.wikia.com. My technical responsibilities include maintaining and implementing the custom theme, which I have overhauled from Wikia's default over several months, the templates in use, and the custom AJAX script + template wrapper used to pull soundtrack playlists off Youtube, to display them alongside documentation within a custom player.

Community management involves page patrols, user rights and site policy management, handling new anouncements from Nintendo, and liasing with Wikia regarding updates and MediaWiki plugins.

Scope: ~4years, ongoing | Team size: N/A | URL: http://kirby.wikia.com


Icon-doc.pngEducation
University College London
2011 - present
MEng Computer Science, First class (expected, 2015)

Current institution of study.

Imperial College London
2009 - 2011
MBBS Medicine

Withdrew during second year to transition to computer science. No credits transferable.

Concord College, Shrewsbury
2008 - 2009
A levels (Pre-A*)

AAAAab (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, AS English literature, AS Music)

  • Outstanding Chemistry Student of the Year 2008
  • Outstanding Music Student of the Year 2008
  • Hovercraft, solar buggy races participant


Icon-doc.pngSkills and interests
C#
Java
Python
ASP.NET
HTML
CSS3
JavaScript
TypeScript
jQuery
Backbone.js
Knockout.js
SQL
MediaWiki
Interests
AI
Machine learning
Natural language processing
Game theory
Distributed systems
UI/UX
Design patterns
Japanese language
Social psychology
Piano
Erhu
Spoken languages
English
Mandarin
Malay