Haydn Lawrence Email & Phone Number

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

Quebec, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream - Minor in GIS

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Programmer/Software Developer (Deep Learning)

• Research: Using advanced statistical modeling and Natural Language Processing (machine/deep learning) to scan, parse, and gauge thematic relevancy within spatial language. Currently looking into use of modified.
• Lead/sole designer of framework for this project, including data cleanup, GIS database creation/admin, programming, and data analysis (PostgreSQL)
• The project used HTML5, JavaScript, and both the Twitter and Google Maps Python APIs
• The project monitored users’ tweets in real time, gauged if they were pertinent to the research, and sent out a geo-located survey based on the tweet’s textProject: Jack the Ripper historical spatial analysis.
• Lead/sole developer, utilizing HTML5 and JavaScript Leaflet with Esri plugins
• Significant work wrangling and analysing historic spatial data as many of the places no longer existed in Whitechapel, London, England – utilized historic document research and NLP for categorization (basic.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Lead point of contact between Esri Canada Higher Education clients for questions/solutions using R and Esri Insights
• Created several training courses for Esri Canada’s Higher Education website for use with R
• Helped to create plans for researchers with little to no GIS training or background, from how to handle their GIS datasets, to best practices for analysis
• Worked on a large, multi-university research projects creating 3D models of York University (BIMs) in Esri CityEngine, porting them into Unity with a bridge created in C, and eventually analysing foot traffic on campus.
• Advised multiple clients where GIS knowledge was lacking to build GIS frameworks

Writing Centre

• Aided academics and students of all disciplines and backgrounds with their academic writing
• Created new methods in the Writing Centre to make use of technology
• Created the Writing Centre’s first app

Waterloo, Ontario

• MSc Geography – Geomatics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ONThesis: Integrated Spatial Analysis of Volunteered Geographic InformationDeveloped optimization algorithms and predictive models in R and.
• My research led to the creation of optimization algorithms to determine optimal spatial grains and extents for unstructured user generated (UGD) spatial datasets
• The data was harnessed from citizen science projects (SQL and Python API scripts), finessed/massaged, and analysed in R, utilizing spatial quad tree regressive and tessellated spatial area custom algorithms
• This spatial optimization won Best Student Paper at the Toronto 2014 ISPRS GIS conferenceProject: RinkWatch (http://www.rinkwatch.org)
• Lead/sole developer of RinkWatch: database schema creation, GIS database admin, and all programming and forward facing responsibilities
• First iteration utilized PostgreSQL spatial database, Python Django web framework, Google Maps API for spatial aspects, and Apache for hosting

Fredericton

• Took the role of acting team leader in the creation of a new undergraduate online degree, using Moodle, eLecta, and Mahara software
• Maintained continuity and communication between admin, developers, instructors, and students of undergraduate and Master level degrees
• Edited/proofed course material

Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada

• Instructed students in English for Academic Purposes
• Planned and developing a complete online EAP course (curriculum and technical administrative development)
• Supervised and assessed Acadia TESOL certificate students
• Significant hardware and software support

Seoul, South Korea

• Instructed credit academic English courses to students
• Developed curriculum for a staff of 20 teachers
• Assessed and revised university’s curriculum and policies as part of a five member university funded focus group
• Designed and delivered a methodology course for TESOL certificate

Yeoju, South Korea

Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

Himeji, Hyogo, Japan

New Brunswick, Canada

May 2001 - Apr 2002: SmartForce - Fredericton, NB - Enterprise software developmentSep 2000 - Dec 2000: Department of Fisheries and Oceans - Moncton, NB - Creation of a database to hold scientific dataSep 1999 - Apr 2000: Human Resources Development Canada - Moncton, NB - Porting old COBOL systems to newer technologiesJan 1999 - Apr 1999: Department of.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Geography

Master'S Degree, Msc Geomatics

Ad Dip Gis, Advanced Diploma In Geographic Science: Business

Activities and Societies: Valedictorian - Graduated with Honours Project: Analysis of real estate trends in Halifax, Nova Scotia •.

Master'S Degree, Ma: Applied Linguistics

Graduated with Distinction

Bcs, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Peer Mentor, University of New Brunswick CIPS Representative, CO-OP, Computer Science Department speaker.