Writing & Projects

What makes us happy? Lots of money, social status, true love, our genetic predispositions -- the list goes on. However, studies have shown that the aforemention...

In 2018 and 2019, I participated in several grassroots endurance racing events with a group of friends. The events consisted of two days of 8-hour races and wer...

Thought experiment Imagine that you are proposed the following gamble on a coin toss: If the coin shows tails, you lose $100. If the coin shows heads, you win $...

It has been interesting to see the world embrace Netflix's The Queen's Gambit with enthusiasm. As alluded to in the title, it champions a female lead and makes...

LoRa wireless module to enable telemetry feed for our Greenpower Formula 24 race car

Visualization of AI vs. human driving performance using Dash

Path and velocity optimization that laps within 2 seconds of an expert human driver in Assetto Corsa, beating the game's built-in AI.

Lateral and longitudinal controllers on a self-driving car simulator

Self-learning Tic-Tac-Toe agent leveraging machine learning

(Jan 13, 2021) Note: The statement I made around the relationship of lateral and longitudinal grip is false. The total force generated is not the sum of the two...

If you ever tried to learn a new language, building up sufficient vocabulary to have basic conversations is one of the biggest hurdles. You can memorize basic s...

It was a warm, sunny day at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Driver Development Track (CTMP DDT) located in Bowmanville, Ontario. I put on my helmet and turned...

Presented the paper 'Assessing Modeling Variability in Autonomous Vehicle Accelerated Evaluation'

The Earth is round. Two plus two equals four. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris live on Earth which revolves around the Sun. These are demonstrable and irrefutable fa...

Psychology fascinates me. A decent model of how the mind works helps when I am dealing with other people, but it is also useful for catching my own behaviours a...

Adding a feature is never free. Opportunity cost, support, maintenance, technical debt: the bill comes due later, and I've paid it.

Think back to your last video conference. How many people looked unnatural or had weird lighting? With everyone in various circumstances at their home, there is...

Does red meat cause cancer? Are eggs good for you? What about coffee? Scientists often seem to flip flop on life's most important questions. Most of the time, t...