Hi, I'm Sebastien
Fourth-year Honours Computer Science and Mathematics student, Researcher, Dean's List recipient, and CFA Level II candidate.
Motivation
I fell in love with programming when I created a choose-your-own-adventure game for my programming class at Dover Bay. I spent days working on it, totally hooked, and that's when it clicked — this is what I want to do. I went on to building my own PC, exploring software development concepts, and coding Unity games. Now, I'm coding more than ever.❤️
Skills
| Programming Languages | TypeScript, JavaScript, C, C++, C#, Assembly, SQL, Python, Bash, R |
| Typesettings/Markup/Other Languages | LaTeX, Markdown, HTML, CSS, JSON, DAX |
| Frameworks & Libraries | React.js, Node.js, Next.js, Websockets, Prism, Express.js, React Router, PyTorch, Scikit-Learn, Selenium, Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, Seaborn, SciPy, CORS, Express, etc. |
| Tools & Platforms | Apache Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes (Basic), OpenAI API, Vim, AWS (S3, CloudFront, Lambda), Cloudflare, Firebase, Postman, ThunderClient, SQLite, PowerBI |
| Productivity Tools | Windows, Git, Linux, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, Bookings, Planner, etc.), Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, Slides, etc.), TeamDynamix, Prezi, Notion, Visual Studio, RStudio |
Projects
Turning caffeine into questionable variable names, overengineered solutions, and the occasional working feature.
Personal Website (Old)
2024
Old version of my website which showcases my projects, competitions, and education. It also served as a portfolio of experiences.
Auto File Sorter
2024
Sorts your files by extension, also includes flags to customize your sorting.
URL Shortener
2024
Enter a long URL and it returns a shorten URL for easy use.
Traffic Light Simulation
2024
Created a traffic light simulation based on realtime traffic data and streets. Used statistics to show adaptive control of traffic lights is better than fixed control.
ScrabbleTastic
2024
Scrabble Clone with a twist of losing health for every second you don't play. Full login page, dashboard and match making system.
Personal Website 2.0
2025
Updated version of my website, gives a new fresh look!
Music Genre Detector
2023
Built a machine learning system using Genius's API and trained a Multinomial Naive Bayes model, achieving 90% accuracy on predicting Music based on lyrics.
Tic-Tac-Toe
2024
Tic-Tac-Toe. What's more to say.
Calculator
2024
Calculates numbers.
Wordle Clone
2024
A copy of the famous game Wordle.
Realtime Messanger
2024
A realtime messanger to message your friends, family and more.
NPM Package: Code Snippets
2024
Allows you to easily add code snippets to your project. Coloring is customizable with presets already for popular languages.
Machine Learning Pipeline
2025
My laptop is slow at training large neural networks so I setup my computer at home, with a bulky GPU, for this purpose. I used Arch Linux as the operating system, Cloudflare tunnels with port forwarding and SSH to access the system from anywhere and setup the system to be a secure as possible using pacman packages for google authenticator and adding a Python script to send me a text message for every SSH sign in.
Competitions / Hackathons
Glug, glug, glug, coffee down the hatch.
Battlesnake Competition
2023
Developed a battlesnake using BFS.
UVEC Programming Competition
🥉 3rd Place 🥉
2024
Created a math game to help educate children. Utilizes a leaderboard, sounds and highscore mechanism.
Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe Competition
2024
Collaborated with a four-person team to create an AI for ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe using the min-max algorithm with alpha-beta pruning.
Advent of Code
2024
Solved all 49 puzzles while exploring new algorithms, problem solving techniques and learning efficient optimizations.
Research Experience
Applying the scientific method and occasionally questioning my life choices.
Efficient Inference in Deep Learning
With Professor George Tzanetakis
2025
Focused on improving the efficiency of deep learning inference while maintaining prediction accuracy. Techniques such as pruning, weight quantization, and layer clustering were leveraged to optimize performance. The analysis was conducted using models like VGGs, applied to well-known datasets like CIFAR-10 and ImageNet, to evaluate and enhance the inference process.
Bias in Word Embeddings
With Professor Alex Thomo
2024
Leveraged popular large language model APIs to obtain embeddings for in-depth bias analysis. By examining the top 100,000 words in the English language, the project focused on identifying and quantifying biases related to gender and race using SC-WEAT (Subspace Alignment-based Word Embedding Association Tests). The analysis also explored how industry-specific terminology correlates with gender, expanding the scope to include various word types and categories. Comprehensive visualizations, including t-SNE plots, frequency bar charts, and clustering diagrams, were created to effectively interpret and highlight bias patterns.
Certifications
Why do employers love certifications? Because nothing says 'I know my stuff' like a PDF with my name on it.
CFA Level II Candidate
Passed the CFA Level I exam above the 90th percentile. In Level I, I learned about quantitative methods, economics, corporate issuers, equity investments, financial statement analysis, derivatives, alternative investments, portfolio management, fixed income, and ethical and professional standards
Continuous Learning Repository
A Github repository of every certificate, video or book I did. I learned major technologies, frameworks, paradigms and more.
Contact
Want to reach me? Just send a message! Or try smoke signals, I'm pretty responsive unless it's a windy day.
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