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David Gaul

Brisbane,QLD

Summary

Driven engineering graduate that is passionate in further refining their skills in the areas of cyber security and AI. Well adept in fostering positive working environments, and pushing forward in the development of their career.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Electrical Engineering Teacher

University of Queensland
02.2022 - Current
  • Prepared teaching material for and led in-class tutorials, labs and practicals
  • Assisted in the grading process of assignment and exam submissions
  • Attended regular group meetings to discuss and plan the course material for presentation

Volunteer Primary School Teacher

Sigatoka District School
06.2023 - 07.2023
  • Travelled to the remote district of Sigatoka in Fiji to serve as a teacher aid and community helper
  • Educated school children in the fields of Maths, Science and English
  • Took part in daily sports activities including volleyball and gymnastics

Student Research Intern

CSIRO Energy Centre
11.2022 - 03.2023
  • Analysed the charging and energy characteristics of certain electric vehicles (EV) and developed emulated models from them
  • Created an AI model to predict future charging characteristics of vehicles
  • Overwrote outdated software to automate and refine the process of data collection

Accomplishments

  • Developed AI predictor that could predict EV charging characteristics with 93% accuracy
  • Updated EV charging equipment to working condition after 9 months of inactivity
  • Modernised provided software to move from manual command line to automated systems with a user interface

Student Research Intern

Lenaion Labs
11.2021 - 12.2021
  • Developed a web-scraping program capable of finding, downloading and cleaning information from financial reports
  • Oversaw the creation of an ML pipeline including data cleaning and labeling
  • Created an NLP neural network designed to process and provide feedback on financial reports

Accomplishments

  • Developed a web scraper that pulled and cleaned financial reports from the ASX 300 for the past 3 years; 847 documents in total
  • First attempt at neural network reached 68% accuracy in sentiment classification

Education

Ph.D. - Automating Crime Attribution For Cryptocurrencies

University of Queensland, ONI
Brisbane
06.2027

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) - Electrical And Computer

University Of Queensland
Brisbane
06.2024

Skills

  • Developing skills in cryptography, network security and blockchain applications (PhD)
  • Code development frameworks (ie containerisation, dependency management, version control)
  • Linux User
  • AI and ML fluency
  • Conversational fluency in German
  • Communication
  • Critical Thinking
  • Creativity
  • Teamwork

Accomplishments

  • Received research funding from the Office of National Intelligence (ONI) for future work in crime attribution of cryptocurrency payments (July 2024)
  • First Class Honours Graduate (June 2024)
  • Received Frank Joseph Murphy Bursary for academic excellence (Apr. 2024)
  • New Colombo Plan grant recipient (Nov. 2023)
  • Represented UQ at Engineers Australia's top 5 thesis finalists for electrical engineering in QLD (Oct. 2023)
  • Showcase embedded AI design projects twice during UQ's innovation expo and open day (Aug. 2023)(Oct. 2023)
  • Received Dean's Commendation for Academic Excellency on four occasions (June 2022) (Nov. 2022)(June 2023)(Nov. 2023)
  • CSIRO's student scholarship recipient (Nov. 2022)
  • Four team design projects placed on display in UQ's electrical workshops (Nov. 2020)(Feb. 2021)(June 2022)(Nov. 2022)

Timeline

Volunteer Primary School Teacher

Sigatoka District School
06.2023 - 07.2023

Student Research Intern

CSIRO Energy Centre
11.2022 - 03.2023

Electrical Engineering Teacher

University of Queensland
02.2022 - Current

Student Research Intern

Lenaion Labs
11.2021 - 12.2021

Ph.D. - Automating Crime Attribution For Cryptocurrencies

University of Queensland, ONI

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) - Electrical And Computer

University Of Queensland
David Gaul