I’m Tylen, a Computer Science major entering my 4th year at the University of Guelph. Most recently, I interned at CIBC as a Software Developer Intern, supporting it's Capital Markets Technology Team.

Currently, I'm a Founding Software Engineer at xOrbita, where I’ve been spearheading the development of trajectory planning software, which supports AVERA-ATLAS, a platform for space situational awareness. AVERA-ATLAS is designed to ingest orbital data, propagate the trajectories of satellites and debris objects, identify potential close approaches, and support collision-risk assessment and avoidance planning. This enables AVERA-ATLAS to monitor activity in orbit, analyze conjunction events, and provide decision-support tools for operators evaluating potential risks and planning safe responses.

During my undergraduate studies, my research projects, thesis, and publications have focused on a wide range of topics, including ML, AI, computer vision, and NLP. These were all conducted under the supervision of the following professors with whom I have also collaborated and co-authored papers...

• Dr. Daniel Gillis, where I designed a pipeline to extract soft skills from career and co-op job postings using a SkillSpan/JobBERT span-extraction model and compare STEM vs BHASE trends.
• Dr. Elif Acar, where I developed statistical testing methods in R for comparing median survival times under dependent censoring, using randomization and permutation procedures.

I've been actively involved in several student clubs and organizations at the University of Guelph, that have allowed me to contribute to projects and my community, including...

• Guelph Rocketry Team, as its Avionics Team Lead, where I was tasked with leading the development of CubeSat flight software, & hardware.
• IBM Z Ambassador, where I promoted IBM’s mainframe technology, and Z/OS platform, as well as empower fellow students to explore enterprise-level computing.
• The Society of Computing and Information Sciences, as its Vice President Financial, where I managed the allocation of funding and grants for Guelph's SOCS affiliated clubs and organizations.
• Guelph Cyber Security Society, as its Vice President, where I oversaw, and organized general club operations and activities.