Hi, I'm Celene!

Welcome! I'm a software engineer with a background in computer and mechatronics engineering, passionate about building intelligent systems that bridge the gap between software and the real world. My work spans C++, Python, machine learning, and embedded systems, with a focus on creating efficient, reliable, and impactful solutions.

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Projects.

AI Project

Knowledge Distillation for Building Lightweight Deep Learning Models in Visual Classification Tasks

Using transfer learning and knowledge distillation to train a lightweight model for mimicking a pre-trained larger model in a clinical histopathology dataset, MHIST

C++ Project

Stock Trading System

A multithreaded C++ stock trading platform featuring a robust market simulator. Utilizes the Factory Pattern for flexible order creation and the Strategy Pattern to enable dynamic trader behaviors for both market and limit orders, providing a realistic and extensible trading environment.

Robotics

Traffic Light Handling

Real-time traffic light detection using YOLOv5 and HSV color classification, with overlaid driving decisions and labeled video output.

Web App

OdysseySteps: Travel Diary

A digital travel diary and photo album platform for documenting journeys, sharing stories, and organizing memories with interactive maps and galleries.

AI Project

IGNIS: Augmented Flashover Prediction

A real-time AI-powered system for predicting flashover events in firefighting scenarios using computer vision and sensor data fusion.

Robotics

Multi-Terrain Autonomous S&R

An autonomous search and rescue robot capable of navigating diverse terrains using advanced sensor fusion and AI-driven path planning.

Robotics

Line Follower Robot

An autonomous robot designed to follow a visual line path using sensors and real-time feedback control algorithms.

AI Project

Animal Classifier

A convolutional neural network (CNN) for animal classification using the LHI-Animal-Faces dataset. The model distinguishes between 19 animal classes and one human faces class, enabling robust multi-class image recognition.

C++ Project

Comparative Analysis of OpenMP vs CUDA in Hermite N-Body Simulations

A performance comparison of OpenMP (CPU) and CUDA (GPU) in accelerating Hermite N-body simulations, highlighting speed, scalability, and efficiency in modeling gravitational systems.

AI Project

Optical Music Recognition

This project investigates the application of deep learning to Optical Music Recognition (OMR), focusing on identifying handwritten musical symbols from images. By evaluating and fine-tuning top-performing CNNs, the study aims to improve symbol classification accuracy on the HOMUS dataset. Ensemble models are also explored to enhance performance beyond individual architectures.

Robotics

iScore - Colour Musician

A smart scoring application designed to automate and enhance the evaluation process for sports and academic competitions.

AI Project

Restaurant Reviewer

An AI-powered restaurant recommendation tool that combines Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with local AI Agent to deliver smart, location-based dining insights.

My Education.

Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechatronics Engineering

University of Waterloo

Linear Algebra Data Structures Machine Learning Computer Vision Database Management System Machine Intelligence Programming for Performance

Master of Engineering in Computer Engineering

University of Toronto
Emphasis in Computer Engineering, Data Analytics and Machine Learning

Perception for Robotics Digital Image Processing Parallel Programming Cloud Computing Computer Security AI in Finance Big Data Data Science and Analytics

Testimonials.

Celene is very detail oriented and resourceful, allowing her to resolve many challenges she faced independently. She performed an incredible job for this work term and exceeded all expectations. Her research project has built a solid foundation for future development. She often showed initiative and interest in her job to allow her to gain more knowledge and experience. Celene, once you have graduated, feel free to contact us if you wish to return, we would be happy to have you join the team!

It is such a pleasure to have Celene Chen as our engineering Co-Op student! She fully demonstrates her strong background knowledge and learning abilities to everyone in the department, which is very impressive. Her excellent work on the automation of our current program greatly helped to improve the efficiency and quality. I would highly recommend her to any future academic and professional opportunities.

Celene shows an ability to learn and fit in the new working environment rapidly. She exceeds the production expectations and continues to collaborate with other team members, which helped the whole team to keep achieving schedule and budget goals. Her creativities and enthusiasms in programming contribute to finish projects in a timely manner. The knowledge she gained for the department and software applications is a great asset to the company.

Celene consistently approaches her work with a strong sense of ownership and accountability. During her internship at ATS Automation, she regularly took initiative beyond her assigned responsibilities—identifying new problems to solve and investing extra time to improve the quality, efficiency, and maintainability of her code.

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