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Postdoctoral Research Fellow

• Co-Advised by Xuhai "Orson" Xu and Noémie Elhadad

PhD in Computer Science

• Dissertation: Multimodal Tracking with Ubiquitous Devices to Foster Holistic Menstrual Health Sensemaking
• Co-Advised by Khai Truong and Alex Mariakakis
• Committee: Gillian Einstein, Fanny Chevalier, Stephen Friend

Masters in Computer Science

• Focus: Assistive wearables, head-worn displays, menstrual tracking
• Advised by Thad Starner
• Collaborators: Jim Foley, Neha Kumar, Elizabeth Mynatt

Bachelors in Computer Science

Student Researcher, Research Intern

• Mentor: Anupam Pathak
• Developed LLM-powered prototypes to help users interpret personal health data via memory capture, goal refinement, and reflection.
• Conducted cross-cultural user studies (U.S., Japan) to assess usability, trust, and perceptions of AI-supported goal setting.
• Improved prompting, tool integration, and interface feedback based on insights, shaping product design. Presented to Google Execs.

Research Intern

• Mentor: Afsaneh Fazly
• Investigated user task experiences with advanced natural language smart assistants.
• Conducted 30-participant user study and analyzed data with open-coded sessions and statistical analysis.

Research Engineer Intern

• Worked with Sajid Sadi, Curtis Aumiller
• Built wearable experience with voice augmentation and gesture-detection using smartwatch sensors.
• Worked with an interdisciplinary team of bioengineers, physicists, business strategists, designers, and legal on productization of application.

Site Reliability Engineer Intern

• Innovated real-time data pipeline from internal sources to data warehouses using REST endpoints.
• Built machine learning models to predict required computational resources based on server metrics.
• Built NLP models for predicting product innovation ratings and metric data for PayPal innovation lab.

Data & Analytics Operations Developer Intern

• Created big data visualization to provide business intelligence for internal DevOps, sales, and SRE teams.
• Saved tens of thousands of developer hours per year with live-data hub connections and custom templates.

Fullstack Engineer

• Collaborated with clients and clinicians to design and engineer a full-stack application for collecting and analyzing nerve signals through wearable electrophysiology devices for multi-million dollar start-up.

Bill Buxton Outstanding Dissertation Award in HCI

• Presented annually by Graphics Interface to the single most outstanding dissertation in Human-Computer Interaction from a Canadian institution.
• Received $5,000 CAD (competitive)

Canadian CS Distinguished Dissertation Award

• Awarded annually by CS-Can|Info-Can to the top PhD dissertation in Computer Science across all Canadian universities.
• Received $1,000 CAD (competitive)

National Library of Medicine Fellowship

• Appointed to Columbia University's National Library of Medicine Training Grant for post-doctoral research fellows.
• Received $72,116 USD

University of Toronto Alumni Association Graduate Scholar

• Adel S. Sedra Distinguished Graduate Award finalist, a fellowship awarded annually to a doctoral student who demonstrates outstanding academic and extracurricular leadership.
• Received $1,000 CAD (competitive)

Department of Computer Science Award

• Awarded thrice by the University of Toronto's Department of Computer Science for 2022, 2023, and 2024 academic sessions based on research and academic merit.
• Received $15,000 CAD ($5,000 each, competitive)

Google PhD Fellowship

• Recognizes a select group of graduate students doing exceptional and innovative research in areas relevant to computer science and related fields.
• Received $55,100 CAD (competitive)

Mitacs Accelerate

• Funded research collaboration with top Canadian partner organizations based on relevant expertise.
• Received $20,000 CAD (competitive)

Wolfond Fellowship

• Recognizes outstanding scholars who are pursuing research at University of Toronto.
• Received $20,000 CAD (competitive)

GVU Distinguished Masters Student Award

• The GVU Distinguished Masters Student award is the highest honor given by the GVU Center at Georgia Tech to a singular Masters student.
• Received $1,000 USD (competitive)

Distinction, Graduation Highest Honors

Distinction, Thank-the-Teacher Certificate

Zell-Miller Scholarship

• Georgia's Zell Miller Scholarship is available to students who have demonstrated academic achievement. Covers full tuition through undergraduate studies.
• Received $36,636 USD

Distinction, Graduation Highest Honors

Distinction, Thank-the-Teacher Certificate

Hackathon Prize / Award, Overall Hackathon Finalist

Hackathon Prize / Award, Best Use of Google Cloud Platform Winner

Hackathon Prize / Award, State Farm App Challenge Winner

Hackathon Prize / Award, Infotech On the Spot Prize

Hackathon Prize / Award, Top 3 Finalist

Hackathon Prize / Award, Most Creative Winner

Hackathon Prize / Award, Biggest Wow Factor

Hackathon Prize / Award, Top 3 Finalist

Keynote

• "End-to-End Research to Foster Holistic Menstrual Health Sensemaking," Cycles of Care Workshop Series, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, May 2026.

Paper Presentation

• ”Understanding the Menstrual Experience through Longitudinal Tracking and Physiological Sensors,” ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp), October 2024.
• ”Functional Design Requirements to Facilitate Menstrual Health Data Exploration,” ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, May 2024.
• ”Identifying Multimodal Context Awareness Requirements for Supporting User Interaction with Procedural Videos,” ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, April 2023.
• ”Investigating Culturally Responsive Design for Menstrual Tracking and Sharing Practices Among Individuals with Minimal Sexual Education,” ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, April 2022.
• ”Towards Finding the Optimum Position in the Visual Field for a Head Worn Display Used for Task Guidance with Non-registered Graphics,” ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, September 2021.
• ”Comparing Order Picking Guidance with Microsoft Hololens, Magic Leap, Google Glass XE and Paper,” International Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications, February 2021.
• ”Conversational greeting detection using captioning on head worn displays versus smartphones,” ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, September 2020.

Other

• Invited Talk, “Transforming Commodity Health Data into Meaningful Insights,” Einstein Cognitive Neuroscience, Gender and Health Lab, February 2025.
• Invited Talk, “Investigating Gendered Health and Wellbeing through Tracking and Physiological Sensors,” Google Consumer Health Research Team Center Review, June 2022.
• Demo Presentation, “Towards an Understanding of Real-time Captioning on Head-worn Displays,” MobileHCI Conference Series, October 2020.

CSC318H - The Design of Interactive Computational Media

• Facilitated hands-on studio sessions, guided students through user-centered design processes, provided feedback on project iterations, and evaluated final design solutions.

CSC2524H - Topics in Interactive Computing

• Coordinate grading for weekly student assignments and discussion on the uses of LLMs and GPT in ubiquitous computing applications

C4M Computing for Medicine Workshop

• Taught a three-phase workshop course averaging 20 medical students per semester, covering topics on python basics, human mobility and epidemic modeling, machine learning on sensor data
• Held office hours for assignments, projects, and lectures
• Review and coordinate project materials such as handouts, coding notebooks, lab assignments

CS3651 Prototyping Intelligent Devices

• -Taught an undergraduate course averaging 40 students per semester for one semester - Developed quizzes and homework and coordinated grading and labs with a team of 2 teaching assistants

CS 4605/CS7470 Mobile & Ubiquitous Computing

• Taught a mixed undergraduate/graduate course averaging 80 students per semester
• Developed quizzes, exams, and homework
• Coordinated grading and labs with a team of 3-4 teaching assistants
• Mentored multiple student groups for semester-long projects

Computer Science Graduate Society Treasurer

• Senior executive member overseeing financial business and budget spending of Society which acts as a course union for the graduate students of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto.

Graduate Visit Day Graduate Student Panelist

• On graduate visit day for the University, I help organize and participated in a graduate student panel where prospective students can learn and ask questions about the University.

DGP Lab Faculty Candidates Student Roundtable Panelist

• I welcome and provide graduate student perspectives for incoming prospective faculty interviewing with the University of Toronto DGP lab.

CHAI Lab Reading Group Coordinator

• I help coordinate and organize reading groups within and outside of CHAI lab headed by Dr. Alex Mariakakis. These focus on ubiquitous computing and health.

Undergraduate Mentor

• I currently mentor four undergraduates on three different projects within the CHAI lab. They are currently learning about the research pipeline from project conception to paper writing. One is beginning to propose their own independent research and applying for Mitacs funding award.

Graduate Application Assistance Program (GAAP)

• As a volunteer, I offer support to prospective students in underrepresented groups in CS for their applications to grad school through mentorship and offering editing help.

PursueSTEM Mentorship Program

• Mentored team of grade 10 students as part of capstone projects competing for Canada Wide Science Fair and Canadian Black Scientist Network Youth Regional Fair.

PursueSTEM Workshop and Panel

• Help organize and create workshop activities for grade 10 students as part of an outreach program that encourages and supports Black students interested in STEM. Also held Q&A panel.

Department of Computer Science DCS Women

• Regularly attend meetings and applied to be a mentor for female undergraduates interested in applying to graduate programs at University of Toronto.

Women and Gender Equity Center

• Regularly attend meetings on allyship, advocacy, and women’s health and hygiene resources at University of Toronto.

National Deaf Center and Office of Disabilities

• Was a notetaker for Georgia Tech’s Office of Disabilities as an extension of academic accommodations provided by the National Deaf Center. I took notes that were sent to students with disabilities and also earned a certificate for my accessible notes.

Student Alumni Association

• Was an executive chair for the largest student organization on Georgia Tech campus. Prior, I was the mentorship chair and led the mentorship program between current and alumni students.

Chinese Student Association

• Was the fundraising chair for the Chinese Student Association. I organized and ran fundraising events to fund organizational events and activities.

Program Committee Member, CHI Conference

• Serve as a program committee member for the Understanding People — Mixed and Alternative Methods Committee for the 2026 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.

Program Committee Member, Conversational User Interfaces Conference

• Served as a program committee member for the full paper track for the 2025 ACM Conversational User Interfaces Conference.

Committee Member, IMWUT Distinguished Paper Award

• Assist committee chairs in the selection and review process for the distinguished paper award.

UbiComp 2022 Student Volunteer

• Helped organize the five-day long premier conference for Ubiquitous Computing. UbiComp 2022 was collocated with the 2022 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC’22) with shared Workshops and Tutorials. I helped lead student volunteer training, was an AV for main tracks that was broadcasted in Atlanta and Cambridge simultaneously, and also managed conference registration.

Peer Reviewer

• 2 recognitions for CHI 2024 Papers, 1 recognition for CHI 2025 Papers, 1 recognition for UIST 2025 Papers
• ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
• ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT)
• Conversational User Interfaces Conference (CUI)
• ACM Transactions on Computing for Healthcare (ACM Health)
• Transactions on Machine Learning Research (TLMR)
• BMC Public Health
• IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR)

Girls SySTEM

• Part of the executive team for the Ontario-based non-profit organization. As an events lead for the Toronto chapter, I oversee a committee that organizes events that grows young girls' interests in STEM and inspires them to seek out STEM leadership opportunities.

PAWS Chicago Foster

• I foster puppies, elderly, and sick/injured dogs for the rescue center PAWS Chicago. As a foster parent, I welcome pets into my home and provide them food, water, toys, training, socialization, and lots of love.

Trees Atlanta

• Was a volunteer at Monthly Grow & Learns which are chances to learn about topics relating to the Urban Food Forest at Browns Mill and then help strengthen the food forest! I help care for the forest and orchard by weeding, watering, mulching, pruning, etc.

Girls Who Code

• Was an administrative coordinator for the Georgia Tech chapter of Girls Who Code. I served as a communicator between parents, clubs, sponsors, and schools and the chapter. We lead after-school programs at local public schools for girls to learn technical skills.