Engineer • Innovator • Researcher
Linda Wang
Computer Science Student
•University of Waterloo
Combinatorics and Optimization Minor
Specialization in Artificial Intelligence
About Me
Currently
- •3B Computer Science @ University of Waterloo
- Specialization in Artificial Intellegence
- Minor in Combinatorics and Optimization
- •Student Chair and Board Member @ Computer Science Canada
Achievements
- •Scholar offered $180,000+ cumulatively in scholarships
- •Coop Student of the Year @ University of Waterloo
Next Up
Exchange Term @ CUHK [Jan-May 2026]
" To innovate, you must forget what you know. Knowledge defines boundaries; curiosity dissolves them. "
— On Innovation
" I am the greatest project I will ever work on. "
— Personal Mantra
Journey Highlights
📚
2025
ML Research Publication
💡
2024
Pending Patent
🎯
2023
Computer Science Canada Board Member
🏆
2022
Major Scholarships
What's New
- 2025-04: Nominated for Women of the Year
- 2025-03: Named Co-op Student of the Year at University of Waterloo
- 2025-03: Research Paper EnsembleCI accepted to ACM e-Energy 2025: state-of-the-art average carbon intensity forecasting tool with the best prediction accuracy.
- 2024-08: Filed a patent for an AI solution I built at RBC - it's now officially under pending patent status!
Publication
- ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (ACM e-Energy), 2025
State-of-the-art average carbon intensity forecasting tool with the best prediction accuracy.
Awards
- Co-op of the Year Award Winner – University of Waterloo2025
- President’s International Experience Award$1,5002025
- NCR Waterloo Opportunity Award$1,0002023
- University of Waterloo Retiree’s Award$1,0002023
- Second Place – OBEA Web Development Sr.2022
- Winner – National Center for Women & Information Technology Aspirations in Computing2022
- Middlesex Mutual Insurance Co. S.T.E.M. Achievement Award$2002022
- FIRST Dean's List Semi-Finalist Award2021
Competition
- American Statistical Association DataFestBest Insights
- FIRST Robotics Competition 2022Finalist + Innovation in Controls
- Hack the 6ix 2023Best Hardware Hack
- Quantahacks 2021First Place Winner
- Hack Western 10Best Use of MongoDB Atlas
- Fermat Math ContestCertificate of Distinction + School Champion Medal
- Cayley Math ContestCertificate of Distinction + School Champion Medal
Scholarships
- Tung Lam Women in Computer Science Scholarship$5,0002025
- Grace Hopper's Sponsorship~$3,0002024
- Cenovus Energy STEM Scholarship$18,5002022
- Harvey F. Sullivan Award$5,0002022
- Microsoft Women in Technology Entrance Scholarship$2,0002022
- FIRST Canada Canadian Women in STEM Scholarship Finalist$2,0002022
- University of Waterloo President's Scholarship of Distinction$2,0002022
- General Dynamics STEM Scholarship$1,0002022
Declined Offers
- Schulich Leader Scholarship @ University of Toronto$100,0002022
- Fairfax Financial Award$24,0002022
- University of Toronto Scholar – Faculty of Arts and Science$7,5002022
- University of Toronto Scholar – Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering$7,5002022
- Dean's Merit Award$2,5002022
Work Experience
Data Engineer
Meta Platforms
May 2025 - August 2025
- Modern Recommendation Systems
Solutions Architect
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)
January 2025 - April 2025
- Co-created RBC’s first HR IT Architecture Roadmap
Research Assistant
University of Waterloo
September 2024 - January 2025
- Supervised by Sihang Liu from University of Waterloo and Yi Ding from Purdue University.
- Predicting carbon intensity for datacenter decarbonization using machine learning techniques.
Research Intern
University of Toronto
April 2024 - September 2024
- Supervised by Alan Aspuru-Guzik, CIFAR AI Chair at Vector Institute, at The Matter Lab.
- Developing multi-agent applications and cutting-edge new LLM architecture to predict molecule structure.
Data Engineer (Amplify)
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)
May 2024 - August 2024
- Developed RAG pipeline automating call center operations.
- Reducing 95,000+ annual calls, yielding $1,150,000+ in annual savings
Jr. Software Engineer
Broadridge Financial Solutions
May 2023 - August 2023
- Modernized legacy applications and cloud migrations.