Logan Labossiere

Intro

Hey!

My name's Logan and I'm a U3 Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence student at McGill University in Montreal, QC. I'm extremely interested in the theoretical and practical aspects of both AI and Software Development, and I'm always looking for new opportunities to learn and grow as a developer and researcher. I'm especially passionate about AI/ML, including its applications to other fields and industries, as well as further research into its ethical impacts and possible improvements.

Please feel free to check out the descriptions of my classes and projects for a more specific idea of what I've been working on recently, or to read more about me and my personal life. If you'd like to get in touch, feel free to send me an email or connect with me on LinkedIn!

Projects

Here are some of the projects I've worked on recently:

• Red Rising Social Network Visualization
  Using Python, specifically the libraries NetworkX and PyVis, I constructed a social network for each of the six books in the series Red Rising using a .txt file of each book, and analyzed the performance of several centrality measures and the Louvain Community Detection algorithm on each network. The visualizations, as well as a more detailed explanation is available at the link above, and the source code is available on my GitHub.
• COMP 424 - AI Agent
  In COMP 424, my partner and I created the agent "Minimax Search with Alpha-Beta Pruning and Fixed Breadth and Depth", which plays the game "Colosseum Survival!", and wrote a report on the process and our design decisions. The agent won 63.78% of its games against agents from other students in the class, and 100% of its games against a random agent, achieving an A grade for the project.
• COMP 551 - Papers
  In COMP 551 I completed four team projects, for which we implemented a variety of ML models (linear regression, logistic regression, MLPs, CNNs, Naive Bayes, and BERT classification) and wrote reports on our findings, achieving a cumulative A- grade across the projects.
• Tabulator
  Using JavaScript, I created a chrome extension, Tabulator, which allows users to quickly group tabs by their URL using its simple, single-button interface. It is currently available on the Chrome Web Store, with over six users (seven) and a 5-star rating.
• McHacks 9 - ARoom
  In Jan 2022, I participated in the McHacks 9 Hackathon, where my team and I created a web application, ARoom, which allowed users to create and join voice chat rooms with people nearby. We receieved the Huawei Customs Challenge: Best Pandemic Life-Related Hack award for our project, winning a Huawei smartwatch! :D
• COMP 322 - Version Control System
  For the class COMP 322, I created a local version control system using C++, allowing users to save and track changes between versions of a file through the command line.
• Projects in progress:
  • A reinforcement learning agent, trained using several methods including Deep Q-Learning to maximize the agent's earnings in a game of Blackjack with varying shoe sizes, deck penetration, and numbers of players.
  • A desktop application in Python allowing users to track the amount of time they spend studying each subject per day, allowing them to allocate their time more effectively and efficiently.

  Due to McGill regulations, I can't post assignment/project code online. If you'd like to view the code/demo/written report for any of these projects, or just discuss any of them in more detail, please feel free to reach out!

About

When I'm not engaged in academic pursuits, I enjoy a variety of other hobbies and activities.

• I play piano, and have been for the past 15 years. I'm currently learning the second half of this arrangement
• I play setter for the McGill Men's Volleyball (Club) Team, and I play beach volleyball competitively during the summer
• I started powerlifting in July 2022, and I am now the VP of the SSMU Powerlifting Club. The sport is growing quickly and I'm honoured to have the opportunity to help facilitate its growth at McGill
• I've been a football and hockey fan my entire life, and when I'm away from home I watch games with my parents over Zoom and FaceTime
• I'm a (very casual) online chess player, with a rating of ~1150 for Rapid and ~1000 for Bullet. My favourite clock setting is definitely 1+0
• I love coffee, cilantro, and pineapple on pizza (extremely controversial, I know)
• In no particular order, some of my favourite movies and tv shows are:
  
  • Whiplash
  • La La Land
  • Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
  • The Kid Detective
  • Silicon Valley
  • Queen's Gambit
  • AP Bio
  • Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul
  • Suits

Links

• GitHub
• LinkedIn
• Resume
• Email
• Instagram

Education

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