Scott Langevin
Profile
I am currently a research scientist at Oculus Info Inc. My research interests are in probabilistic graphical models, machine learning and adaptive user interfaces. My undergraduate and professional background is in Software Engineering where I have over six years of industry experience. I am focused on pursuing a career in Industrial Research and Development advancing the state of the art. I excel at software design and development, prototyping, and rapidly learning new concepts.
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy: Computer Science, 2010, University of South Carolina
- Masters of Engineering: Computer Science, 2008, University of South Carolina
- Bachelor of Science: Computer Science - Software Engineering Option, 2001, University of Victoria
Employment History
2008-Present: Research Assistant, SmartHome Project
SeniorSMART Center For Economic Excellence, Columbia, SC
- Researched existing state of art of human fall detection
- Provided technical recommendations for project
- Constructed a pattern recognition system using vibration data from simulations for fall detection
- Prototyped several different fall detection systems and evaluated their performance
2009: Research Assistant, SOA Scalability Study
Center For Information Technology Columbia, SC
- Developed a decision support system to aid a decision-maker in determining the feasibility and appropriate software architecture for a planned application
2006-2008: Research Assistant, BALER Project
Center For Information Technology, Columbia, SC
- Lead the software development of BALER
- Created a Bayesian reasoning engine that supports soft evidence
- Responsible for integration using web services with other CASE research groups
- Assisted with the creation of a natural deduction proof to Bayesian network converter
2006: Instructor - Intro To Information Technology
University Of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
- Instructed freshmen on various entry level topics in information technology
- Responsible for lectures, lab instruction and grading
2006: Research Assistant, Actar Project
Center For Information Technology, Columbia, SC
- Developed a mobile handheld system that provides tactical and cultural advice to warfighters
- Developed a reasoning engine for the system to provide situation assessments and recommended actions
2006: Lab Instructor - Web Programming
University Of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
- Instruction of XHTML, CSS and javascript tutorials to freshmen
- Responsible for providing guidance completing lab assignments and grading
2004-2005: Software Engineer
Impact Technologies Group, Inc., Charlotte, SC
While working at Impact Technologies I was an important member of the user interface team. My role was to research and incorporate latest technologies into Impacts financial planning suite PlanLab.
- Developed several ASP.NET software frameworks to ease development and maintenance
- Involved in re-architecting PlanLab into an extensible modular system
- Developed a web-based dynamic data acquisition system designed to be a drop-in replacement for Microsoft InfoPath
2001-2004: Systems Consultant
Wenco Systems Ltd., Victoria, BC
This position required me to work closely with project managers and IT departments to provide custom contract management software (PACT) to Wenco's clients. My responsibilities included creating database models, user interfaces, business logic and interfacing into existing third-party database applications. Specific clients and duties included:
Syncrude Canada Ltd., Fort McMurray, AB
- Design and architected next version of PACT as a web application using ASP.NET
- Replaced existing work request and release systems and fully integrated with PACT
- Designed a distributed object oriented framework for ease of system development by junior developers
- Develop technical specifications and requirements.
OA Solutions, Victoria, BC
- Architected system design for the Health Cross Jurisdictional Database System (this system aids federal and provincial governments to project and track actual costs in the Health sector)
- Responsible for development of core system
- Instructed several training sessions on ASP.NET for OA Solutions development team
- Provided development support to OA Solutions senior and junior developers
Centre For Education Information Standards And Services (CEISS), Victoria, BC
- Assisted development of the Student Outcomes Reporting System (SORS)
- Developed web pages in ASP utilizing JavaScript for client side functionality
- Developed business objects in VB to aid in generating Excel reports
Suncor Energy Inc. (OIL SANDS), Fort McMurray, AB
- Re-Architected the Web Based Amendments and Releases workflow system
- Worked closely with IT Department
- Developed DB Conversion for old WBAR data
- System Interfacing with Financial systems (ORACLE)
BC Buildings Corp. (BCBC), Victoria, BC
- Developed a web based vendor performance entry system
- Developed Oracle Stored Procedures to email BCBC personnel to fill out a vendor performance when a contract end date has been reached
Professional Affiliations/Memberships
- International Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines (Upsilon Pi Epsilon)
- International Honor Society for Electrical and Computer Engineering (Eta Kappa Nu)
- IEEE Computer Society Student Member
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Professional Member
- Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Profesional Member
- Research Member of Center for Information Technology - University of South Carolina
Journals and Organized Workshops (Program Committee Member)
- Workshop on Situation recognition and medical data analysis in Pervasive Health environments (PervaSense'10), 4th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare 2010 (Pervasive Health 2010)
- The 22nd International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA-AIE 2009), Tainan,Taiwan, June 2009
- Workshop on Situation recognition and medical data analysis in Pervasive Health environments (PervaSense'09), 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare 2009 (Pervasive Health 2009), London, UK, April 2009
- International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-Based Systems (IJUFKS)