DECLAN KORDA

Software Developer

WORK EXPERIENCE

IMAGE PROCESSING DEVELOPER (INTERNSHIP)

SpectraWAVE | 05/2024 - 9/2024

• Designed custom data selection tool for filtering through medical datasets and selecting appropriate train/test distributions • Improved effectiveness of catheter NURD screening by 60% in collaboration with systems engineering team • Developed new CAN Path annotation tool and used tool to analyze and annotate over 150 angiograms • Trained transformer model for medical image segmentation using TensorFlow Western Cyber Society | 10/2023 - 05/2024

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

Western Cyber Society | 10/2023 - Ongoing

• Developed pneumonia detection model powered by a convolutional neural network alongside team of 6 students using Python and TensorFlow • Model achieved 90% accuracy in identifying bacterial and viral pneumonia • Won IBM’s “Best Pure Science Project” award at Toronto Tech Expo 2024

SERVICE STAFF

Queen's Walkhome | 10/2022 - 05/2023  

• Accompanied students as they walked around campus to ensure their safety
• Worked 2 nights a week, walking an average of 4 patrons per night

BUSINESS ANALYST (CO-OP)

Kambeo | 09/2021 - 11/2021

• Observed Developers implementing Agile methodologies & processes
• Conducted 2 group case studies with students to gather feedback about the platform and brainstorm problem-solving ideas
• Generated 5 new feature requests and worked with development team to implement 1 new feature

PERSONAL PROJECTS

NotBill.neocities.org

Status: Maintenance Ongoing

• this website!
• website developed from scratch using HTML/CSS and JavaScript
• hosts this document as well as a blog about current coding projects, music and life

Autotainment

Status: Complete/ Abandoned

• Created a script for automating the creation of "TikTok brainrot" utilizing ChatGPT and Dalle-3 through the OpenAI API
• Planned to implement automatic uploading to TikTok, but ultimately abandonded the project due to ethical concerns

Song-To-Color

Status: Complete

• A python script which uses a KNN algorithmn to assign an RGB value the song currently playing on user's Spotify. The script then sends the information to an arudiono which can update the user's LED lights.
• Data driven solution powered by Pytorch
• Utilizes Spotify API

Juno

Status: Work in Progress

• Chatbot powered by a quantized local LLM model.
• Semantic memory powered by vector database
• Implements a Conversational Entity Memory solution

EDUCATION

Western University - Bachelor of Science

09/2023 - Current

• Transferred from Queen’s University as second year student.
• Pursuing an Honor's Specialization in Computer Science

  Queen’s University – Bachelor of Science

  09/2022 – 05/2023
• Completed first year of school with 3.8 GPA.
• Courses centered around math and computer science.