Tennison's CV

Education

• University of Cambridge M.Phil. in Machine Learning and Machine Intelligence
  • Graduation: 2021 (expected)
• University of Sydney B.Eng. Honours in Electrical Engineering & B.Com. in Business Analytics
  • Graduation: 2019
  • Results: 85+/100 Weighted Average Mark (WAM)
  • Advisor: NeuroSyd Group - A/Prof. Omid Kavehei, A/Prof. Luping Zhou, Dr. Nhan Duy Truong
• École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Exchange Studies in Computer Science
  • Duration: August, 2017 - February, 2018
  • Results: 5.5/6.0 Grade Point Average (GPA)

Scholarships & Awards

• University of Sydney Medal, 2019
  • Awarded to highest overall mark (over entire degree) in the School of Electrical Engineering
• Academic Merit Prize, 2019
  • Annual academic scholarship awarded to top 600 students across the University
• Dean’s List of Academic Excellency, 2019
  • Average annual weighted mark of 85+/100
• Academic Merit Prize, 2018
• Dean’s List of Academic Excellency, 2018

Professional Experiences

Research Data Scientist (Full-time), Nov 2019 - Current

Cochlear Limited, Advanced Innovation - Algorithms

• Research scientist in Algorithms R&D, conducting research on FDA-approved machine learning algorithms for cochlear implant surgical tools
• Duties included: driving clinical trials; constructing research corpus; data ETL; algorithmic development

Machine Learning Engineer (Intern, Part-time), Feb 2019 - Sep 2019

IBM Australia, PowerAI Systems

• ML engineer in IBM Watson, developing pipeline to bring computer vision models to edge devices, contributed to proprietary inference-accelerator software
• Duties included: demonstrating AI-on-the-edge capabilities at IBM keynote event; develop model quantisation pipeline for edge devices

Software Engineer (Intern, Full-time), Nov 2018 - Feb 2019

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Energy

• Software engineer in Solar Energy Group, developed intelligent voice-agent and robotic actuators to map voice-based commands to automated lab functions
• Duties included: optimise noise-cancellation algorithms, RNN for voice command recognition, programme 3 DOF robotic arm

Technology Consultant (Intern, Full-time), Jul 2018 - Nov 2018

Deloitte Australia, Enterprise Applications

• Developer on Deloitte ASSIST, developed voice-activated patient bedside monitoring system, which has been adopted by Prince of Wales Hospital
• Duties included: solution architecting, functional testing

Skills

• Programming: Python, C/C++, Java, SQL, MATLAB
• Data Science: Machine Learning, Deep Learning (PyTorch, Tensorflow), Big Data
• Statistics: Modelling, Optimisation, Bayesian, Integer Programming, Ops Research
• Simulation & Hardware: SPICE, PCB Design, VHDL, FPGA
• Languages: English (Native), Mandarin (Native)

Extracurriculars

• Rower at St Edmund’s College (Cambridge) Men’s Boating Club 2020 - Current
• Manufacturing Engineer at Sydney University Motorsports FSAE 2018 - 2020
• Competitor at Sydney Social Basketball 2018 - 2020
• Team Leader at TDR Volunteer Service Team 2010 - 2017
  • Founded/lead volunteer service team helping students in rural China prepare for their graduation exams

Service and leadership

• 😊 Currently signed in to 43 different slack teams 😊