Teaching Assistant @ The University of British Columbia
Undergraduate Research Assistant @ University of Waterloo
Education:
Bachelor of Mathematics @
University of Waterloo
About:
An analytic and inquisitive individual with broad experience from developing new software algorithms to conceptualizing new ideas at the forefront of theoretical physics.
Software Engineer @ From November 2012 to Present (3 years 2 months) Teaching Assistant @ Led weekly tutorials, marked assignments and exams, and proctored exams for courses ranging from first-year mechanics for engineers to graduate
An analytic and inquisitive individual with broad experience from developing new software algorithms to conceptualizing new ideas at the forefront of theoretical physics.
Software Engineer @ From November 2012 to Present (3 years 2 months) Teaching Assistant @ Led weekly tutorials, marked assignments and exams, and proctored exams for courses ranging from first-year mechanics for engineers to graduate level quantum field theory with up to a hundred students per course.
Excellent student evaluations. In one course, 57% rated various teaching attributes 5/5, and 86% rated 4/5 or better. From September 2006 to April 2012 (5 years 8 months) Vancouver, Canada AreaUndergraduate Research Assistant @ Researched non-equilibrium statistical mechanics using the Boltzmann equation. From May 2006 to August 2006 (4 months) Undergraduate Teaching Assistant @ Held university level calculus tutorials, aiding roughly 80 students with their homework and understanding. From September 2005 to April 2006 (8 months) Undergraduate Research Assistant @ Developed numeric techniques to research the electrostatic response of carbon nanotubes to ions. From May 2005 to August 2005 (4 months) Undergraduate Teaching Assistant @ Held university level calculus tutorials, aiding roughly 80 students with their homework and understanding. From September 2004 to April 2005 (8 months) Speech Processing Algorithm Developer @ Researched delay-less adaptive echo cancellation algorithms for low-resource DSPs.
Consulted by the development group to aid in reference implementation of algorithms from the research group to balance efficiency and effectiveness. From May 2004 to August 2004 (4 months) Speech Processing Algorithm Developer @ Researched delay-less adaptive echo cancellation algorithms for low-resource DSPs.
Consulted by the development group to aid in reference implementation of algorithms from the research group to balance efficiency and effectiveness. From September 2003 to December 2003 (4 months) Software Engineer @ Optimized and aided development of OpenGL drivers on Microsoft Windows. From September 2002 to December 2002 (4 months) Software Engineer @ Programmed drivers and firmware for embedded devices controlling an ethernet PHY. From January 2002 to April 2002 (4 months) Software Developer @ Ported J9 Java Virtual Machine(VM) to Irix OS, speeding MIPS code testing.
Optimized J9 Java VM on MIPS and Power PC processors. From May 2001 to August 2001 (4 months) Software Developer @ Implemented Java class libraries for the J9 Java VM for use on embedded devices. From September 2000 to December 2000 (4 months) Application Developer @ Developed software to record statistics on Community Justice Forums.
Piloted software deployment in Nanaimo, BC and Fort St. John, BC. From January 2000 to April 2000 (4 months) Ottawa, Canada Area
Doctor of Philosophy, Theoretical Physics @ The University of British Columbia From 2006 to 2013 Bachelor of Mathematics, Honours Applied Mathematics with Pure Mathematics Minor @ University of Waterloo From 2004 to 2006 Bachelor of Applied Science, Honours Computer Engineering with Option in Mathematics @ University of Waterloo From 1999 to 2004 Kevin Whyte is skilled in: Digital Signal Processors, Algorithms, Firmware, Java, Statistics
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