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Hinson Chan

Software developer building tomorrow's solutions today.

Vancouver, BC
(236)-979-9236
https://flatypus.me
Education
- Eric Hamber Secondary School (96% average in core subjects), took 11 APs (10 5s), SAT of 1560, will graduate in 2024
- Accepted Stanford University, Bachelor of Computer Science, will graduate in 2028
Experience
Founding Software Engineer
EduBeyond Education Inc.
July 2023 - Present
- Conducting B2B sales and deploying globally to No.1 Taiwan-based IT services provider, Southeast Asia's largest pharmaceutical company, Indonesia's largest telecommunications company, and international private school chains.
- Working with Canada's leading education research facility, InnovED @University of Toronto
- Helped establish Japan branch teaching 150+ students
- Taught in Jakarta alongside Indonesian charity, Tengan Pengharapan
AI Research Team Lead
EduBeyond Education Inc.
July 2023 - Present
- Lead the research initiative in Natural Language Processing; built popular chain-of-thought Python library widely used by over 7000 developers
- Built adaptive language models with Retrieval Augmented Generation to enhance education
- Collaborated with researchers at Berkeley AI Research Lab; presented findings at IEEE conference and University of Michigan AI Symposium
Full-Stack Software Engineer
EduBeyond Education Inc.
May 2022 - July 2023
- Directed professional development team at UN accredited high impact ed-tech startup to build AI-driven learning platform.
- Built EduBeyond's frontend Nextjs site, designed real-time websocket messaging architecture and backend Express api.
- Interviewed teachers from Canada to Singapore to develop better curriculum
- Contributed to winning 1st at Moonshot awards, finalist for Samsung's Solve for Tomorrow Canada, and semifinalist for MIT Solve[ED].
Extracurriculars
YouTube Filmmaker and Education Communicator
- Garnered over 150,000 views and 1,500 subscribers illuminating on homemade engineering projects and educational videos
- Conducted extensive research on ‘Land Checkerboarding’; presented findings via self-produced documentary
Co-president, UBC Physics Olympics team
- Worked extensively to design working vacuum pump using only homemade parts
- Led and mentored team to 9th place in annual Physics Olympics competition
Executive of Math Club
- Achieved 1st place provincially and regionally for three consecutive years at the Canadian Math Challengers Society
Club executive of Reach for the Top
- Won four consecutive provincial 1st place trivia titles and 4th in Canada-wide trivia competition
Pianist
- Achieved RCM 10 certificate & ARCT Harmony with honors after a classical training of 13 years
- Independently orchestrated ‘Piano for Covid’ fundraiser, raising over $1,000
- Studying Jazz piano, lead pianist for school jazz band.
President of Programming Club
- Expanded the club from a niche group of five to a community of 30+ members
- Led programming club integration with Hack Club, a global network of high school coding clubs
- Organized weekly meetings discussing programming topics, studying common algorithms and strategies
Badminton Athlete
- Competed in numerous state and high school tournaments, past 4th rank in junior provincial B doubles and contributed to consecutive wins for high school team
Publications
Multimodal Retrieval Augmented Generation Evaluation Benchmark
Mar 11, 2024 · IEEE Vehicular Technology Society - 99th Vehicular Technology Conference 2024
Created a multimodal evaluation platform for assessing the performance of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) systems used in Large Language Models.
Awards
Rise For The World, Global Finalist
- Recognized as 1 in 500 of the world’s brightest teenagers from 170+ countries by Schmidt Futures and the Rhodes Trust
- Competed against 80,000+ students in the 100-day Rise competition, dedicated over 300 hours to project development
Canadian Computing Competition, Junior Division Honour Roll
- Placed 22th/4000 globally (top 0.5%)
- Prepared extensively using past contest problems, conducted biweekly training sessions online for school club members
Crescendo International Music Competition 2020-21, 1st Place
- Selected as a winner from 5,000+ global applicants; scored 29/30
Volunteer
Junior Instructor - UBC Geering Up
July 2022, 139 hours
- Assisted in teaching youth a STEM-themed curriculum
- Worked closely with instructors to manage the teaching process, designed hands-on activities
Skills
Languages
Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Rust, SQL, Golang
Frameworks
React/Next.js, TailwindCSS, Node.js, Express, Flask, Fastapi, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Websocket
Platforms
Git, Github, Railway, Fly, Vercel, Docker, Figma
Social
Team building, Product development, Instruction and teaching, Research & development
Other
Fluent in English and Cantonese, Basic Mandarin and French