Jared Hirt

University of Northern British Columbia

2022 - Expected May 2026

BSc in Computer Science, Honours Program
Minor in Management Information Systems (MIS)
CGPA: 4.16 / 4.33
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Analysis of a Variable Region Size in Regional Voting

August 2025

Hirt, J. and Chen, L.
IEEE 22nd International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC).
(Accepted for Oral Presentation)

• Independently derived mathematical theorems for election stability under concentrated noise.
• Designed multi-scale voting ensembles to mitigate spatially correlated data corruption.
• Take a look at my paper!
• https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11394903

Low Data AI For Healthcare Research: ConvKAN vs. CNN Performance

Winter 2026 - Lead Researcher

• Spearheaded an independent comparative research project evaluating Convolutional Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (ConvKAN) against traditional CNN models using PyTorch.
• Trained CNN and ConvKAN models on Malaria blood smear samples on different dataset sizes to determine if ConvKAN can generalize with less training data.

Generative AI for Indigenous Language Preservation (Dakelh)

Fall 2025 - Software Engineering Project

• Addressed extreme data scarcity for the endangered Dakelh language by engineering a Generative Language Model.
• Curated a specialized corpus from the Dakelh translation of the New Testament and implemented a custom Byte Pair Encoding (BPE) tokenizer to handle unique morphology.
• Trained the model using NanoGPT and Hugging Face Transformers, creating a model which is able to replicate Dakelh language patterns.

Gamified ASL Fingerspelling System

Fall 2025 - Social Robotics Capstone

• Architected a computer vision pipeline using MediaPipe and Django to gamify ASL education.
• Identified failure modes in off-the-shelf models regarding fine-grained alphabet recognition; trained a custom gesture recognizer to achieve high-fidelity classification for all 26 letters.
• Designed a temporal classification extension using sequential hand landmarks to recognize dynamic gestures (e.g., 'J', 'Z').
• Try a modified javascript Speedy Signers demo here!

Robust Consensus Algorithms (Honours Thesis)

2024 - Present - Undergraduate Honors Researcher

• Investigated the fragility of consensus algorithms against spatially correlated noise (analogous to sensor artifacts).
• Numerically evaluated stability formulas to identify the "edge of stability" across diverse noise configurations.
• Demonstrated that multi-scale regional voting acts as a stabilizing ensemble, reducing error rates compared to fixed-kernel baselines.
• Oral presentation at 22nd IEEE UIC Conference
• Take a look at my paper!
• https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11394903

Stock Ticker Game - Sole Developer

2026 - Present

• Created an online real-time version of the Board Game StockTicker.
• State management through Google Authentication.
• Data stored through Firebase and updated hourly using GitHub Tasks.
• Try Stock Ticker here!

Grocery Helper Application

Winter 2024 - Lead Developer

• Led development of a mobile/web application using Flutter and Firebase.
• Engineered REST API integrations with TheMealDB and implemented persistent user state management with Google Authentication.
• Try a Grocery Helper Demo here!

University of Northern British Columbia

2024 - Present - Teaching Assistant (Intro to Technology / Logic & Design / Computer Architecture)

• Taught aerial data acquisition and photogrammetry pipelines using DJI Matrice 350 RTK drones; instructed students on processing raw visual data into 3D models.
• Taught Logic through Logisim and Verilog.
• Instructed labs on Aarch64 Assembly, GPIO, and Concurrent Programming.
• Delivered lectures and developed assignments for undergraduate labs.

UNBC Computer Science Club

2024 - Present - President

• Revived the university's chapter of the ACM Intercollegiate Programming Competition (ICPC); established training infrastructure for future teams.
• Organized university-wide coding competitions, increasing student participation by 400%.

UNBC JDC West Team

2024 - Present - VP Technology

• Secured historic 1st Place in Business Technology Management against top Western Canadian business schools.
• Led technical strategy for business case competitions, including executing cost-benefit analyses for technological integrations using the ADKAR framework.
• Raised funds for the Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation to purchase medical equipment for rural hospitals.

Quinson Elementary

Winter 2025 - Volunteer Coding Instructor

• Taught programming logic (loops, conditionals) to grades 4-7 using Scratch; guided students in building clones of Flappy Bird and platformers.

Crossroads Brewing & Distillery

2020 - 2025 - Line Cook

• Maintained high performance in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment while balancing full-time academic studies.
• Prioritized tasks dynamically to meet fluctuating customer demand; ensured strict adherence to safety and organization standards.

Awards & Competitions

1st Place - JDC West Business Technology Management - 2026
2nd Place - UNBC Stock Pitch Competition - 2026
L.A. Lefebvre and Associates Award (Merit-based, top CS student >90 credits, $1500) - 2025
Golden Key Honours Society (Top 15% of students) - 2022
Computer Science Entrance Award - 2022

Scholarships

BC Achievement Scholarship (Top 8000 graduates) - 2022
District Authority Scholarship (Top 5500 graduates) - 2022

UNBC Senate Representative (FSE)

2023 - 2025

Represented Faculty of Science and Engineering students; served on committees for Academic Affairs and Awards.

PGSS Esports Coach

2021 - 2023

Led high school team to win "Best in Western North America" (2022).

Prince George Tapestry & Cantata Singers

2017 - Present

The Prince George Tapestry Singers is a youth community choir in Prince George. I have also been a member of the Prince George Cantata Singers for 2 years.
As a singer in the Tapestry Singers we have received gold standing in the Cantando and Kiwanis music festival.
You can find out more about the PG Tapestry singers here!

Plaza 400 Toastmasters Club

2024 - 2026

I was a member of the Plaza 400 Toastmasters club.
Toastmasters is an organization which aims to improve the leadership skills of members.
Some of the skills that are worked on are public speaking, speeches, and parliamentary procedure.
Here is the club's website