Objective
Jessie Yang Shen
COMPUTER ENGINEER
OBJECTIVE
Bright young computer engineer looking to apply computer technology in the development of
assistive medical devices.
Skills Summary
SKILLS SUMMARY
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Extensive experience liaising between medical and engineering experts
Efficient organizational abilities combined with patience and good communication skills
Excellent understanding of current technology and medical issues
Skilled Matlab, VHDL, Perl, Java, C/C++, Turbo Pascal, Labview programmer
Fluent in French, Chinese (Mandarin, Shanghainese), working knowledge in Cantonese
Work Experiences
WORK EXPERIENCES
2003-Present ~ RESEARCH ASSISTANT ~ University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
 Medical Instrument Analysis and Machine Intelligence research group
 Narcolepsy Assistive Device Project
o Conceptualized assistive device for narcoleptic patients
o Recruited engineers and medical experts and facilitate their cooperation
o Acquired NSERC research grant
o Innovated sleep detection and alertness prediction algorithm
 Prostate Cancer Project
o Developed intelligent feature extraction and classification for diagnosis
Summer 2002 ~ Digital Hardware Engineer ~ Jaldi Semiconductor, Inc., Richmond Hill, ON
 Extended VHDL to Perl through foreign language interface of ModelSim simulator
 Tested and debugged DDC module in Cheddar video chip.
 Researched methods to link coprocessors efficiently into microprocessor
Fall 2001 ~ System Software Engineer ~ Cacheflow Canada Inc., Waterloo, ON
 Participated in the upgrade of Cacheflow's C-based operating system
 Debugged policy management in operating system
 Generated test scripts in Perl and test cases for the Policy Management
 Upgraded test harness and test utility in VC++
Winter 2001 ~ Project Analyst ~ Canadian National Railway Company, Montreal, QC
 Designed a Matlab Neural Network to study current signatures from power switches and
predict future failures from historical data
 Created a Labview server to retrieve data collected by CR10X, to activate the Neural
Network in Matlab to analyze data, and to send alarms to maintenance stations for
hazardous readings
Summer 2000 ~ QA Specialist ~ Corel Corporation, Ottawa, ON
jessie_y_s@yahoo.ca
http://www.eng.uwaterloo.ca/~y5shen/
 Tested Corel Photo-Paint 10, Corel Painter 6.0.3, Corel Bryce 4, Corel Art Dabbler, Corel
Knock-Out, on Windows and Macintosh environments
Education
EDUCATION
2004-Present ~ M. A. Sc. Electrical and Computer Engineering (Candidate)
 University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
 Cumulative average: 86.0%
 Relevant Courses:
o ECE 710 - Biomedical Image Processing (Ultrasound)
o SYDE 750 - System Modelling (Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks)
o SYDE 770 - Communication and Information System (Statistical Image Processing)
o CS 870 - Scientific Computing (Medical Image Processing)
o CS 886 - Artificial Intelligence (Multi-Agent System for Real-Time Application)
1999-2004 ~ B. A. Sc. Honors Co-op Computer Engineering
 University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
 Graduated with distinction under Management Science Option
 Recipient of the Architel Entrance Scholarship
 Cumulative average: 84.2%
Awards
AWARDS
1995-1999 ~ Mathematics Competition Winner
 Won gold medals in Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge three consecutive years
 Won gold medal in Canadian High School Math Competition
 Won gold medal in Canadian National Algebra Contest
 Won gold medal in Canadian Invitational Mathematics Challenge
 Received Honorable Mention in Canadian Mathematical Olympiad
1996-1998 ~ Science Fair Winner
 Projects were Lichen as Pollution Indicators, Controlling our T Cells, and DNA Computer
 Three time gold medalist at the Montreal Regional Science Fair
 Received Concordia Bridging-the-Millenium Award, McGill Biology Award, Chemical
Engineering Award, Science Award, Biological Science Award, Super Expo-Sciences Bell
Award, Interdisciplinary Research Award, NACE Award, Bourse de Pratt-Whitney Canada.
Extra-curricular Activities
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
2001-2002 ~ Editor of UW Arts Journal, Phoenix, Waterloo, ON
2001-2002 ~ Treasurer of IEEE Student Branch of UW, Waterloo, ON
1999-2001 ~ Volunteer at Food Bank of University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
1999-2001 ~ Volunteer at Waterloo International Student Office, Waterloo, ON
1997-1999 ~ President of Math Club, Marianopolis College
1997-1999 ~ Coordinator of Creative Corner, Arts and Crafts Club, Marianopolis College
1996-1999 ~ Activity Coordinator for Chinese Outstanding Youth Society, Montreal, QC
1996-1999 ~ Volunteer at Jewish General Hospital, Maimonides Geriatric Hospital
jessie_y_s@yahoo.ca
http://www.eng.uwaterloo.ca/~y5shen/