Matthew Shen

Education

McGill University - Montréal, QC, Canada
B.Sc. Honours Computer Science and Biology
Sept 2022 - April 2026
Alexander Mackenzie High School - Richmond Hill, ON, Canada
Ontario Secondary School Diploma & International Baccalaureate Diploma
Sept 2018 - June 2022

Conversational User Interfaces Research Assistant
Social and Technological Systems Lab, York University – Toronto, ON, Canada
Exploration and development of a Conversational User Interface for people living with dementia.
Deployed AI large language models with function/tool using a Next.js and Flask web application.
May 2024 - Present
COMP 250 TEAM Mentor
School of Computer Science, McGill University – Montréal, QC, Canada
Recipient of Tomlinson Engagement Award for Mentoring for COMP 250 Introduction to Computer Science.
Led weekly tutorials to review Java, Object-Oriented Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms concepts and exercises.
Held weekly office hours to help students with their assignments and answer their questions about computer science concepts.
Sept 2023 - April 2024
Crew Member
McGill Summer Academy – Montréal, QC, Canada
Acted as a role model, supervised students aged 15-17 and led activities while ensuring their health, safety, and well-being.
July 2023

Languages: C/C++, Java, Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, SQL, Shell Scripting
Frameworks and Tools: Next.js, React, Flask, Azure, Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, MySQL, Git
Other skills and certificates: Data structures and algorithms, Cybersecurity, Harvard CS50 certificate

COMP 250 - Introduction to Computer Science
Java, Data Structures, and Algorithms
COMP 252 - Honours Algorithms and Data Structures
Design and analysis of data structures and algorithms. Proof of correctness of algorithms and determining their computational complexity.
COMP 206 - Introduction to Software Systems
Unix, Bash, and C
COMP 273 - Introduction to Computer Systems
Number Representations, Circuits, and MIPS Assembly