PhD, Computer Science Toronto, Canada
Professor and Program Coordinator at Humber Polytechnic. Postdoctoral Fellow and Contract Lecturer at Toronto Metropolitan University.
I build simulation and applied AI systems, and I teach people to build software. My doctoral work produced a virtual reality platform for explosive ordnance disposal and critical incident training, along with a framework for measuring whether simulation training actually works. Since 2021 I have taught college and graduate courses in person and online, built courses from outline to full Rise 360 delivery, and coordinated two programs. I also lead development of a multi-tenant course marketplace on AWS and run AI teaching assistants in graduate courses.
Programming, web, mobile, capstone, big data and image processing, in person and online. Course design from outline to full Rise 360 builds, and two programs coordinated.
ResearchVR training for explosive ordnance disposal and critical incidents, a framework for measuring training efficacy, and AI teaching assistants in real courses.
ServiceExternal reviewer for NSERC, peer reviewer for IEEE, invited book proposal reviewer, conference organizing, and public engagement on online fraud.
Lead developer
A course marketplace built with TMU’s Talent Accelerator and a BioHubNet group at the University of Toronto. I own the architecture, infrastructure and CI/CD, with single sign-on into external learning platforms such as TalentLMS, Docebo and Blackboard.
Designer and developer
AI TAs for a graduate research methods course. Students get guided, assignment-specific feedback before they submit, and instructors get a portal with per-student logs and advisory marks. They run on a departmental server behind TMU single sign-on for about $2 per course term.
Doctoral research
A virtual reality simulator for IED neutralization training, later extended to USP Online for multi-participant disposal exercises. It anchors the CIERT framework for evaluating critical incident training.
Technical lead
Research tooling for Protexxa’s AI cybersecurity workforce platform: skills parsing, integration of real-time job-posting data, and platform design documents for the industry partner.
ICACTE 2023, for the CIERT framework paper.
College and Community Innovation program, 2023 to 2024: three Applied Research and Development applications totalling over $400,000.
Open to teaching, research collaboration, corporate training and contract development work.
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