2026 — NOW
Quantum Machine Learning Research Assistant
Building quantum-classical ML pipelines for decentralized multi-drone navigation. Integrating DQN with TD3/PPO models and Google OR-Tools to explore multi-agent decision making.
WLU
// computer science · quantum + ml + ai
Quantum computing, machine learning, and software.
I’m Shayan, a 4th year computer science student at Wilfrid Laurier University. I work on research projects and software systems involving data, machine learning, and AI.
01 / skills
Technical focus.
A short list of the tools I use most. More details are in my resume.
AI/ML
PyTorch · TensorFlow · scikit-learn
BIG DATA
Redis · PGVector · PostgreSQL · Pandas · NumPy
LANGUAGES
Python · SQL · TypeScript · JavaScript · Java
TOOLS & FRAMEWORKS
Git · Docker · Next.js · ReactJS · FastAPI
02 / Work
Experience.
Research, software development, and data systems.
2026
Quantum Computing Research Assistant
Formulated feature selection as a QUBO problem and built a QAOA pipeline with PennyLane and Qiskit, scaling experiments to 15-qubit circuits and validating against brute-force baselines.
WLU
2025
Machine Learning Research Assistant
Processed 18,000+ records across 70 features for a clinical data bank. Evaluated deep learning imputation models and improved sparse patient-reported outcome reconstruction by up to 16%.
WLU
2024
Software Developer Intern
Modernized municipal data workflows with SQL and VBA ETL, collaborated through QA/UAT, and shipped 10+ AODA-compliant React pages for the City of Toronto.
CITY OF TORONTO
03 / selected projects
Projects.
Selected work across automation, data, and full-stack systems.
OSFI
agent
An in-progress agent project based on an OSFI product requirements document. Follow the build on GitHub.
PYTHONAI AGENTSPGVECTORNEO4J
CaseHacks
event systems
Led a small team from idea to deployment: a sponsor dashboard with live event metrics and a hacker leaderboard for 200+ concurrent users, plus an n8n + Docker pipeline that personalized outreach to 500+ companies.
NEXT.JSDOCKERN8NFULL-STACK
Quantum feature selection
QUBO-to-QAOA experiments for high-dimensional forest inventory and macroeconomic datasets.
QISKITPENNYLANEPYTHON
04 / extracurriculars
Extracurriculars.
CURRENT
Co-President, ML/AI Club
CURRENT
Directed Research
Computational pathology and whole-slide image analysis for cancer detection
PREVIOUS
Vice President, CaseHacks
PREVIOUS / 4 YEARS
Member, HawkWalk (Safe Walk Program)
05 / contact
Reach Out!
I’d love to talk about projects, research, or whatever you’re working on.