Andrew Cameron

Skills Summary

• Experienced with object-oriented programming and design: 2 years each with C/C++, MATLAB, and Python
• Experienced in embedded development on multiple platforms, including Arduino and PIC32
• Experienced in system modelling, analysis, and control, with applications to thermodynamic, electromechanical, and aerodynamic systems
• Experienced in applying and implementing pattern recognition theory
• Experienced with GNU/Linux and Windows operating systems
• Other programming experience: R, Verilog, LaTeX
• Bilingual; graduate of the BC French Immersion program with work experience in Montréal and Ottawa

Work Experience

WorkSmart Labs, Inc.

Software Engineering Intern

• Performed unsupervised clustering to group related foods for improved usability in meal-logging application; validated results.
• Improved food search performance and usability on the Android mobile platform by improving caching and by tokenizing search queries for more intelligent search results.
• Improved user experience by designing and implementing context-dependent volume adjustments to balance background music with voice notifications and incoming calls.
• Aided Machine Learning consultant in exploratory data analysis and visualization of findings.

VBT Innovations, Inc., on contract for Shaw-Almex Industries

Systems Design Engineering Co-op

• Designed many components of an integrated process automation system used on mining sites.
• Modelled thermodynamic process and analyzed model using statistical techniques to aid in control system design.
• Developed user-side applications for the Android operating system to control industrial machinery, with a focus on usability.

VBT Innovations, Inc.

Senior Product Development Engineering Co-op

• Co-invented patent-pending core intellectual property for flagship VBT product (US Pat. 12590009).
• Developed code to run on PIC32 microcontroller, including pattern recognition algorithms and analog signal acquisition.
• Mentored new co-op students, teaching them various pattern recognition algorithms, design considerations, good coding practices, etc., improving their productivity and work quality.
• Convinced senior executives to migrate version control systems from Subversion to Git; subsequently performed migration and set up Gitosis to manage repository administration.

Product Development Engineering Co-op

• Designed and implemented an essential pattern recognition algorithms in C++, improving the accuracy and efficiency of the Virtual Button.
• Convinced senior executives to protect source code in a version-control system; subsequently set up Subversion.
• Innovated and developed new features for the Virtual Button, adding value to VBT's flagship product.
• Maintained and refactored existing LabVIEW codebase in order to fix bugs, add new features, and improve code maintainability.

University of Waterloo

Research Assistant

National Research Council of Canada — Institute for Aerospace Research

Engineering Intern

• Planned, prepared, and surveyed outdoor testing area for research experiment with dGPS hardware and software.
• Redesigned power system for research devices to be used in the experiment, solving both temperature and charging problems.
• Coordinated with lead designer for software redesigns and hardware modifications to research devices.

Canadian Space Agency

Radarsat Planner – Client Support

Extracurriculars

Software Development (personal projects)

• Created an application to crawl a popular social news website and visualize relationships between categories.
• Currently developing an Android application to analyze the call log and display statistics to the user, such as histograms of call lengths, contact categorization based on frequency of call and time of day, etc.

2009 CAIAC Precarn Intelligent Systems Challenge

Applied various Intelligent Systems concepts to develop software to recognize and classify maritime encounters between two vessels. Concepts applied include feature extraction, pattern recognition, and system identification. Developed software using Python.

Project Euler – Level 1 Eulerian

Learning and applying mathematical and programmatic theory in order to solve problems which usually cannot be solved by mathematical or programmatic methods alone.

Vice-President – University of Waterloo Photography Club

• Teaching photographic technique and theory to inexperienced club members.
• Preparing meeting topics and directing club meetings.
• Coordinating with external organizations to photograph their events.

Awards and Scholarships

• 4th Place – CAIAC Precarn Intelligent Systems Challenge, 2009
• President's Scholarship – University of Waterloo, 2006
• Euclid Math Contest School Champion – Kelowna Secondary School, 2006
• BC Provincial Scholarship – BC Ministry of Education, 2006
• Carl Dunaway Trophy (Outstanding Senior Music Student) – Kelowna Secondary School, 2006

Education

University of Waterloo

Candidate for Bachelor of Applied Science, Honours Systems Design Engineering

• Designed and implemented state estimation and linear feedback control scheme for hang glider, tested in simulation for fourth-year design project.
• Selected courses: Introduction to Control Systems; Digital Control Applications; Multivariable Control Systems; Statistics; Applied Statistics; Numerical Methods; Engineering Optimization; Data Structures and Algorithms; Digital Systems; Circuits, Instrumentation, and Measurements