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Oxford, UK · Oxford Brookes University · Year 1 BSc Computer Science

Douglas Caron

CS Student · Systems Engineer · Builder

Engineering software where real-time systems, machine intelligence, and physical platforms intersect.

About

I am a first-year BSc Computer Science student at Oxford Brookes University, building a foundation in software engineering, systems thinking, and applied machine learning. My strongest interest is in the boundary between software and physical systems, especially autonomous racing and embedded compute. I also explore financial systems through project work that combines data pipelines, decision logic, and API-based execution. I focus on building reliable technical workflows that can move from prototype to practical deployment.

Experience

Systems Lead

Autonomous Systems

Oxford Brookes Racing Autonomous · Oct 2025 – Present

  • Coordinated a 7-person systems group delivering performance improvements under Formula Student competition timelines.
  • Led autonomous sensor-stack optimization, reducing end-to-end latency from perception to actuation.
  • Debugged distributed robotic systems with ROS2 on Ubuntu, analyzing node timing and inter-process communication delays.
  • Maintained Docker-based development environments for reproducible builds across MiniPC and Jetson platforms.

Junior Developer (Intern)

Software Engineering

Chatter Labs Limited · Aug 2025

  • Built and shipped tools for speech-language professionals, including interactive therapy games.
  • Authored 9,000+ lines of unit tests and pushed coverage above 90% across critical services.
  • Worked with Supabase, edge functions, and Lovable.dev to migrate business logic to secure backend functions.
  • Contributed to privacy-first delivery with GDPR and HIPAA-aligned development practices.

Virtual Experience Programs

Finance

Forage · Goldman Sachs · Mastercard · J.P. Morgan · GE Aerospace · Sep 2024

  • Goldman Sachs: cracked outdated password hashes using Hashcat and wrote a security uplift memo.
  • Mastercard: identified phishing threats and produced targeted awareness training for high-risk teams.
  • J.P. Morgan: built a live trader data-feed graph using the open-source Perspective library.
  • GE Aerospace: developed a Vue.js interface and drafted technical requirements from business specifications.

Conference Participant

ML/AI

IBM Machine Learning & AI Conference

Engaged with applied ML topics including model deployment patterns, responsible AI discussions, and the operational realities of production-scale systems.

Education

BSc (Hons) Computer Science

BCS Accredited

Oxford Brookes University · Expected Jun 2028

Core focus areas include Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, and Cybersecurity.

Projects

Autonomous Perception Pipeline

Built a cone-detection pipeline for Formula Student using the FSOCO dataset, optimized with TensorRT and deployed on Jetson Orin Nano for low-latency inference.

YOLOTensorRTJetson Orin NanoFSOCO

Sentiment Analysis Trading Bot

Designed a sentiment-to-execution pipeline using NewsAPI and Alpaca paper trading API, translating news signals into automated position decisions.

PythonNewsAPIAlpaca APITrading Systems

Decision Tree Classifier

Implemented a scikit-learn baseline and a from-scratch decision tree on the Car Evaluation Dataset, adding split-decision logging for transparent model analysis.

sklearnPythonDecision TreesModel Explainability

Skills

Languages

PythonJavaC++

Tools & Infra

DockerROS2LinuxVercelGitSupabase

ML/CV

YOLOTensorRTsklearn

Networking & Systems

SSHVLANsRoutingEmbedded Linux

Security & Quality

Unit TestingHashcatGDPRHIPAA

Languages (Spoken)

English (Native)French (Native)

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