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Education

• Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS), Dalhousie University, Sep 2022 – May 2027
  • GPA: 4.24 / 4.3
  • Relevant Coursework: Machine Learning, Operating Systems, Software Engineering, Data Structures & Algorithms, Cybersecurity, Advanced Networks, Databases

Work Experience

• Software Engineer Intern — Activision, Vancouver, BC (Jan 2026 – Present)
  • Architected scalable, fault-tolerant microservices in Golang and Python for Call of Duty’s backend infrastructure, supporting 100M+ MAPs
  • Designed data pipelines with Kafka, Flink, and Spark for real-time telemetry and analytics (500k+ concurrent players)
  • Automated Kubernetes deployments achieving zero-downtime rollouts across multi-datacenter clusters
• AI Researcher — HyperMatrix Lab, Halifax, NS (Jan 2026 – Present)
  • Researching Generative AI safety for ML NLP; achieved 2+ leading publications by fine-tuning GPU-trained LLMs
  • Engineered a Multi-Agent RAG System with 92% accuracy on breakpoint retrieval (PostgreSQL, LangChain, BigQuery, Vertex AI)
  • Architected Flask back-end enabling 25+ prompt engineering experiments with Hugging Face Datasets
• Instructor — Shiftkey Labs, Halifax, NS (Oct 2025 – Dec 2025)
  • Taught Full Stack Development workshops
• Undergraduate Researcher — Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS (May 2025 – Dec 2025)
  • Engineered Agentic AI cyber defense agents using PyTorch and LangChain for intrusion detection & prevention
  • Designed and deployed LangGraph LLM agents for transparent cyber defense with natural-language explanations
• Software Engineer Intern — Synopsys, Waterloo, ON (Jan 2025 – May 2025)
  • Spearheaded 50+ Cypress E2E test suite for Ansys Fluids with CI on Kubernetes, surfacing 10+ critical UI defects
  • Enhanced enterprise simulation workflows with React/FastAPI microservices, boosting user efficiency 25%
• Software Engineer Intern — BOTR Solutions, Vancouver, BC (May 2024 – Aug 2024)
  • Reduced deployment time 60% by automating CI/CD pipelines with AWS
  • Engineered Python ETL pipeline for patient-data migration, cutting costs 20%
• Head Teaching Assistant — Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS (Jan 2025 – Dec 2025)
  • Course: Server-Side Scripting (CSCI 2170)
  • Led and mentored 10 TAs; delivered lab sessions for 150+ students
• Undergraduate Teaching Assistant — Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS (Sep 2023 – Dec 2025)
  • Courses: Data Structures & Algorithms, Server-Side Scripting, Web Development, Experimental Robotics

Publications

Evaluating AI Agents for Cyber Defense: A Comparison of Deep Reinforcement Learning and LLM Approaches

H. Chowdhry, J. Manero, and S. Sampalli. (2025). "Evaluating AI Agents for Cyber Defense: A Comparison of Deep Reinforcement Learning and LLM Approaches." IDEAL 2025.

Teaching

Instructor — Full Stack Development

Head Teaching Assistant — Server-Side Scripting (CSCI 2170)

Teaching Assistant — Experimental Robotics (CSCI 1108)

Teaching Assistant — Data Structures & Algorithms (CSCI 2110)

Teaching Assistant — Web Development (CSCI 1170)

Skills

• Languages: Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Go, C, C++, C#, PHP, SQL, GraphQL, HTML5, CSS
• Frameworks: React, Next.js, Spring Boot, Flask, FastAPI, Node.js, Express.js, Django, Kafka, Flink, Spark
• Machine Learning: PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, NumPy, RLlib/Ray, Stable Baselines3, OpenAI Gym, LangChain, LangGraph
• DevOps/Cloud: Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, AWS, GCP, Azure, GitHub Actions, Cypress, JUnit, Jest, PyTest, Jenkins
• Tools: Git, Linux, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Hugging Face, Postman, Jira, Grafana, Prometheus, Thanos, Ollama, vLLM

Leadership & Honors

• Gold Medal — ICPC Canada Atlantic 2025 (1st Place)
• 3rd Place — ICPC NENA Atlantic Region 2025
• AWS Solutions Architect – Associate
• AWS AI Practitioner
• Co-Founder & Vice President — Dalhousie CSL
• President — Dalhousie MSA