Kaius Jin
Profile
I am a 1B Computer Science Co-op student at the University of Waterloo. Studying from 2025 to 2030.
Technical Skills
C++
C#
Python
Java
Racket/Scheme
MySQL
MATLAB
JavaScript
HTML/CSS
LaTeX
Education
- Bachelor of Honors Computer Science
- University of Waterloo
- Sequence 4
- GPA: 4.0/4.0
- Grade: 92.8
Involvement
- Computer Science Club
- Data Science Club
- Deception Board Club
Projects
UWaterloo Workload Calculator
Jan 2026- Developed a specialized full-stack analyzer to quantify academic and physical workload for University of Waterloo students by parsing Quest schedule data.
- Engineered a high-precision campus navigation engine using NetworkX (Dijkstra's Algorithm) and GeoJSON data to calculate inter-building commute times.
- Implemented a multi-source data fusion pipeline integrating GraphQL to scrape UWFlow course/professor ratings and cross-referencing schedule timestamps (12h/24h formats).
Guess The Disease
Oct 2025- Developed a full-stack platform using Gemini to dynamically synthesize patient cases via optimized Prompt Engineering.
- Engineered a RESTful backend to manage stateful AI sessions and asynchronous API calls, ensuring real-time diagnostic simulation.
Remember Me
Sep 2025- Developed an IoT-based patient care device utilizing USB-interfaced microcontrollers, sensors, and actuators (LED/Buzzer) for real-time medication reminders.
- Built a web dashboard with interactive timelines to visualize patient health trends.
- Integrated Gemini to analyze task completion patterns and generate personalized health insights based on historical behavioral data.
Discord Agent with LLM Integration
Jul 2024 – Aug 2024- Developed an asynchronous Discord bot integrating GPT-3 API for natural language processing and real-time interactive conversations.
- Integrated Open Weather API and custom utility modules to deliver dynamic external data.
- Utilized Python Asyncio (async/await) to handle high-concurrency events and multi-user requests, ensuring low-latency responses.
Competitive Robotics Project
Jun 2024 – Aug 2024- Engineered motion control and combat modules using C++, optimizing PID control algorithms for precise and responsive robot maneuvers.
- Developed a Bluetooth communication protocol to ensure low-latency remote control and reliable data transmission between controller and robot.
- Integrated hardware components with low-level C++ firmware, performing rigorous debugging to ensure real-time system stability.
Crowd Recognition & Density Estimation System
Nov 2023 – Dec 2023- Developed a computer vision system for real-time crowd detection and counting using OpenCV, supporting both live video streams and offline media processing.
- Implemented Gaussian filtering and morphological operations to perform image de-noising and background subtraction, enhancing feature extraction accuracy.
- Optimized frame-by-frame processing logic to ensure high-throughput analysis for low-latency crowd monitoring applications.
- Utilized NumPy for efficient matrix operations on pixel data, facilitating rapid density map generation and population estimation.
Work Experience
Software Engineering Intern
Jul 2025 – Dec 2025Tianjin Jinrui Technology Investment Development Co., Ltd. (Remote)
- Designed and implemented a relational database schema in MySQL to support an internal investment management system, applying normalization to reduce data redundancy and improve data consistency.
- Developed a C++ backend service to interact with the MySQL database via MySQL Connector, implementing efficient data retrieval logic to process 10k+ daily transactions.
Data Analyst Intern
Apr 2025 – Jun 2025Tianjin Jinrui Technology Investment Development Co., Ltd. (Tianjin, China)
- Performed Exploratory Data Analysis on multi-source housing datasets, applying regularized regression to identify key market drivers and predict sales trends with high precision.
- Developed robust data preprocessing scripts using Python (Pandas) to automate the cleaning, transformation, and feature engineering of multi-source datasets.
- Designed interactive data visualizations using Seaborn and Qt, translating complex market patterns into interpretable insights to support decision-making.
Honors & Awards
Lan Wong Chu Entrance Scholarship
$2,000University of Waterloo · 2025
President’s Scholarship of Distinction
$2,500University of Waterloo · 2025
Euclid Distinction
TOP 25%University of Waterloo · 2024
Activities
Hack The Valley
Developed "Guess The Disease", a gamified application built with Python to enhance medical awareness.
Robotics Competition
Engineered combat modules and motion control systems using Python and Bluetooth communication.