Resume

• 9262537

  Chinese (Mandarin)

  English

  Ontario Graduate Scholarship

  Ontario's Ministry of Training

  Postgraduate Scholarship

  Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

  Competent Communicator

  Toastmasters International

  Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship

  Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

  Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship in Science and Technology

  University of Toronto

• 7689004

  Hui Zhou

• 2009

  PhD

  Computer Engineering

  University of Toronto Engineering Toastmasters

  University of Toronto

• 2007

  MASc

  Computer Engineering

• 2002

  BASc

  Computer Engineering

  IEEE Student Branch

• Functional Verification

  Software Development

  SystemVerilog

  Algorithms

  Shell Scripting

  Bash

  C++11

  Testing

  Java

  Software Engineering

  TCL

  Subversion

  Python

  x86 Assembly

  C

  Formal Verification

  Boost C++

  C++

  Linux

  Perl

  GPU Acceleration of ILUTE

  GPU acceleration of a microsimulation used for transit planning by Prof. Eric Miller from civil engineering (Prof. Miller is on the panel that advised the TTC transit plan).

  Eric Miller

  Keng

  Brian

  Keng

  University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

  Marketwired

  Rubikloud Technologies

  University of Toronto

  Altera

  ATI

  Vennsa Technologies

  Inc

  University of Toronto

  Epson

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  Lead Data Scientist

  Rubikloud Technologies

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  Adjunct Professor

  Data Science

  University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

  • Designed imaging algorithms to determine image quality of scanned checks that could potentially save the company millions of dollars in licensing fees.\n• Researched and developed an automatic orientation detection system for digitally scanned consumer images.\n• Prototyped an auto focus demo for digital cameras using image processing techniques.\n• Prototyped implementations for printing solutions in Windows CE involving COM

  ATL and Epson printer libraries.

  Epson

  Vennsa Technologies

  Inc

  • Fifth employee of Vennsa Technologies Inc.

  a startup company in the Electronic Design Automation industry commercializing over 15 years of academic research in automated hardware debugging.\n• Senior C++ developer and principal researcher responsible for devising

  implementing and evaluating novel algorithms and optimizations that increased performance of backend C++ engine by over 300%.\n• Team lead and co-developer of user-facing shell scripting infrastructure.\n• Interviewed

  trained

  and mentored interns via formal training sessions and one-on-one interactions.\n• Demonstrated technical capabilities of products at multiple industry trade shows and conferences

  generating over 50 customer sale leads.\n• Provided on-site training and support for three major customers in North America and Asia.

  Senior Software Engineer

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  • Solved and debugged complex kernel level device driver issues in C

  C++ and x86 assembly that increased team’s productivity by 10%.\n• Gained intimate knowledge of Windows Driver Development Kit (DDK).\n• Qualified new silicon for next generation ASICs through system

  stress and regression software test cases.

  ATI

  Rubikloud Technologies

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  Chief Data Scientist

  • Technical lead and senior data scientist for a six-member research team developing innovative social media analytics for the Sysomos social media monitoring and analytics platform.\n• Advised

  researched and developed solutions for enterprise clients on how to use social data and analytics to achieve specific business goals and insights.\n• Researched and developed innovative social media analytics that were instrumental in generating sales leads and retaining multimillion-dollar clients.\n• Employed a variety of techniques to analyze over 500 million daily social conversations including machine learning

  data mining

  text analytics

  natural language processing (NLP)

  graph analysis and data visualization.\n• Interviewed

  trained

  and mentored new hires via formal training sessions and one-on-one interactions.

  Senior Data Scientist - Technical Lead

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  Marketwired

  • Key developer on C++ automated hardware debugging tool.\n• Implemented several key features and enhancements that improved performance and quality-of-results of debugging algorithms.\n• Created hundreds of unit and regression tests to verify functionality and maintain quality of the code.\n• Organized and led monthly technical seminars introducing co-workers to relevant leading-edge research in the field.

  Software Engineer

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  Vennsa Technologies

  Inc

  • Investigated FPGA floorplanning using customer designs to determine best practices.\n• Demonstrated that the utilization of Altera tools on a key customer design resulted in increased productivity with a clear advantage over competitors.\n• Active developer of the chip visualization tool that allows users to visually make assignments and changes to their designs.\n• Created and maintained regression tests to ensure proper coverage and functionality of Quartus II.

  Altera

  University of Toronto

  • Course instructor for core Electrical and Computer Engineering undergraduate course: Algorithms and Data Structures (ECE 345).\n• Delivered three weekly lectures to 100+ students about the design and analysis of algorithms and data structures.\n• Helped students understand abstract concepts through lectures and one-on-one help sessions.

  Sessional Lecturer

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  • Teaching assistant for undergraduate (ECE 345) and graduate (ECE 1762) algorithms and data structures course.\n• Delivered over 5 hours of weekly tutorials to over 200 students.\n• Prepared problem sets

  midterms

  and final examinations.\n• Helped students understand abstract concepts through tutorials and one-on-one sessions.

  Teaching Assistant

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  University of Toronto