Presentations
Sometimes I get up and talk to people, here are some of the things I tend to say
2019
G0V Summit - Taiwan
SpringIT Day - Guelph, ON
Community-Engaged Computer Science: Lessons learned in the pursuit of social justice
Invited with my advisor to speak about the lessons we've learned through teaching experiential-learning based classrooms at the g0v Summit in Taiwan in 2018. A different version of this presentation was also done at SpringIT Day at UoG in 2019 on a similar topic.
2018
ArticNet - Ottawa, On
Bridging the Digital Divide to Support Community-Based Monitoring in the Circumpolar North
This hand-designed poster outlines the background research required for my studies on the Digital Divide and its impact on the Circumpolar North. It was presented at ArcticNet in Ottawa in 2018.
2018
PPP Forum - St. John's, NL
LRF - Goose-Bay, NL
LRF - Goose-Bay, NL
Bridging the Digital Divide and Improving Community-Based Monitoring in the Circumpolar North
Invited to speak about my research on network assessment tools and mesh networks to support community-based monitoring and communications systems at the People, Places, and Public Forum in St John's, NF. A version of this presentation was also done at the Labrador Research Forum in Happy Valley Goose-Bay, NF in 2019.
2018
IMW - Ottawa, ON
CBMW - Iqaluit, NU
CBMW - Iqaluit, NU
eNuk: Using mesh technology to support climate change monitoring
Presented the eNuk community-based environmental and health monitoring system at the Indigenous Mapping Workshop in Ottawa. A different version of this presentation was also done at the Community-Based Monitoring Workshop in Iqaluit, Nunavut in 2018.
2018
Academic - CIS*6890
How a Computer Scientist Navigates Trust & Relationships: A strategic analysis of Pareto-Nash misaligned games
In my Technical Writing and Research Methodologies MSc course I was tasked with presenting a mini-lecture on any subject at the beginning of the semester. I took the opportunity to explore my interest in Game Theory and how it relates to every-day life
2018
Teaching - CIS*3750
CIS*3750 Lab Slide Deck
During my second contract as a Teaching Assistant for CIS*3750 Systems Analysis & Design in Application, I was tasked with designing the teaching curriculum for labs for the class of ~150 students. Most of the labs involved activities, questions, open forums and time to work within teams, but I built this deck of slides to keep my on track each week.
2017
Academic - CIS*6650*02
A Literary Review - Who To Follow & Why
A Literary Review on a Paper for my MSc Data Mining course which outlines a WTFW algorithm which predicts the existence of an unobserved link between two nodes in a graph. The model is shown to outperform standard algorithms in recommending new things to 'follow' on social networks.
2017
CPHAZ - Guelph, ON
ArcticNet - Quebec-City, QC
ArcticNet - Quebec-City, QC
A Community-Led Approach to Contextualizing Gamification
This hand-designed poster outlines my research on developing a tailored gamification system for the eNuk program. A version of this poster was presented at ArctNet and at the Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses Symposium in 2017.
2015
UFWH PFP - Guelph
Sustain-a-Bin
A presentation on our hackathon-award-winning smart compost-bin concept (to be developed from the funding won from this competition) presented at the Universities Fighting World Hunger Pitch for Progress Competition.
2015
Net-Zero Hackathon - Guelph
elecTrickle
A presentation on our hackathon-award-winning electricity monitoring Android application presented at the Net-Zero Hackathon at the University of Guelph.
2015
Academic - CIS*4500
magiC
A presentation on our spin on the C Programming Language for the CIS*4500 Program Language Wars Course. The language uses magic-like syntax in an attempt to be both humorous and kid-friendly.