Curriculum Vitae

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Education

M. Sc, Computer Science

University of Toronto (UTSG)

2024 - present

Concentration: Computer Science (Information & Data Visualization)

Supervisor: Carolina Nobre

B. Sc., Cognitive Science

University of British Columbia (UBC)

2018 - 2023

Concentration: Computational Intelligence & Design (Computer Science Stream)

Dissertation: "Data Pipelining in Teleoscope"

International Baccalaureate Diploma

Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School

2016 - 2018

Bilingual Diploma (English & French)

Publications

P.Y.K. Lee, N.F. Ma, I.-J. Kim, D.W. Yoon, 2023, "Speculating on Risks of AI Clones to Selfhood and Relationships: Doppelganger-phobia, Identity Fragmentation, and Living Memories", Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, Vol. 7, No. CSCW1, Article No. 91, pp. 1-28, DOI:10.1145/3579524

J. Huang, N.F. Ma, V.A. Rivera, T. Somani, P.Y.K. Lee, J. McGrenere, D.W. Yoon, 2024, "Design Tensions in Online Freelancing Platforms: Using Speculative Participatory Design to Support Freelancers' Relationships with Clients", Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (CSCW), Vol. 8, No. CSCW1, Article No. 209, pp. 1-28, DOI:10.1145/3653700.

P.H. Bucci, L.I. Foord-Kelcey, P.Y.K. Lee, A. Singh, I. Beschastnikh, 2024, "Teleoscope: Exploring Themes in Large Document Sets By Example", Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, submitted.

E. Reid, V. Karasavva, H. Foladare, P.Y.K. Lee, E. Chong, K. Isbister, L.H. Kim, A. Mikami, R. Todd, K.E. MacLean, 2024, "ESSbots: Co-Designing Emotionally Supportive Swarm Robot Interaction for Fostering Teen Social Connection", Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (CSCW), submitted.

Honors, Awards, & Scholarships

  • 2023 - Bill Aiello Memorial Award in Computer Science
  • 2023 - Andrew Wade Memorial Award in Visual Analytics
  • 2023 - Academic Award of Excellence in Computer Science
  • 2023 - Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Award
  • 2023 - Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA)
  • 2021 - Rick Sample Memorial Award in Computer Science
  • 2020 - Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA)
  • 2018 - British Columbia District Scholarship (Community Service)
  • 2018 - British Columbia District Scholarship (Fine Arts)
  • 2018 - Horatio Alger Association Undergraduate Scholarship

Teaching Experience

University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science

Teaching Assistant

2024 - present

Held lectures, office hours, and co-ordinated assessments and junior teaching assistants for:

  • CSC 110: Foundations of Computer Science I (1 semester)
  • JSC 270: Data Science I (1 semester)
  • CSC 316: Data Visualization (1 semester)

University of British Columbia, Department of Computer Science

Student Directed Seminar Coordinator

2023

Developed curriculum for and taught CPSC 490A: Computational Intelligence and Design, a 400-level seminar course

University of British Columbia, Department of Computer Science

Teaching Assistant

2019 - 2023

Held lectures, tutorial sessions, lab sessions, and office hours for the following courses:

  • CPSC 110: Computation, Programs, and Programming (3 semesters)
  • CPSC 103: Introduction to Systematic Program Design (1 semester)
  • CPSC 320: Intermediate Algorithm Design and Analysis (2 semesters)
  • COGS 200: Introduction to Cognitive Systems (3 semesters)
  • COGS 300: Understanding and Designing Cognitive Systems (1 semester)

Professional Experience

D-Lab, University of British Columbia

UI/UX Researcher

2020 - 2023

Investigated the ethical implications of a speculative class of technologies termed AI clones that mimic the likeness of real-world individuals. Conducted user interviews and performed qualitative analysis to unearth themes in participant responses.

Samsung R&D Canada

Junior Cloud Operations Engineer

2020 - 2021

Performed technical and statistical analysis of DevOps workflows to enhance and complement existing integration pipeline tech stacks. Developed monitoring and analytics dashboards for microservice workload observation. Orchestrated cloud containerization solutions using Docker/Kubernetes in Samsung Pay infrastructure.

CiTR 101.9 FM

Web Developer

2019 - 2020

Designed and implemented dashboards for tracking radio programming activities.

Technical Skills

  • Qualitative Analysis
  • UI/UX Design
  • Data Visualization (D3)
  • Robotics (Unity, Toio)
  • Data Science/ML
  • Cloud Architecture
  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • UMAP
  • AWS
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Figma
  • Miro
  • Photoshop

Professional Affiliations

  • 2024-present - Human Interaction Visualization Lab, UTSG
  • 2023 - Sensory Perception & Interaction Research Group, UBC
  • 2022 - Systopia Lab, UBC
  • 2021-2023 - Multimodal User Experience Research Group, UBC