Mariah Martin Shein
Work Experience
Robotics Instructor / Admin Assistant / Logistics CoordinatorGuelph, ON
Brick Works AcademyApril 2019 — August 2019
- Shared my passion for LEGO robotics with over 800 young, curious, creative minds
- Part of the team that organized and distributed supplies to 12 summer camp locations with 11 themes
- Assisted the manager and other staff to make sure kids were safe and having as much fun as possible
InstructorWaterloo, ON
Nengo Summer School, Centre for Theoretical NeuroscienceJune 2016 & June 2017
- Supported participant learning to develop large-scale neural models using the Nengo software, a Python package for constructing neural models
- Helped students to understand and create neural models of emotional valuation
MentorWaterloo, ON
CEMC Workshop in Computer Science for Young WomenMay 2017
- Provided one-on-one help to high school women learning the basics of programming using Java
- An initiative of the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing (CEMC)
Teaching AssistantWaterloo, ON
University of WaterlooSeptember 2015 — December 2016
- Guest lecturer on databases; advised students, marked, and proctored two courses:
- Management Information Systems, and Elementary Algorithm Design and Data Abstraction (Scheme, C)
Instructor, Organizer, and MentorWaterloo, ON
Programming Workshop for Beginners January 2016 & September — November 2016
- Taught the basics of the Python programming language to non-STEM graduate students
- Focused on developing students' data analysis skills, so that the material they learned was directly applicable to their research
Teaching AssistantSackville, NB
Mount Allison University January 2012 — April 2015
- Led lab tutorials, advised students, marked, and proctored two courses over seven terms:
- Introduction to Computer Science (Python), and Programming Techniques and Algorithms (Java)
- Taught women-only lab in three terms
Education
University of WaterlooWaterloo, ON
Master of Mathematics, Computer Science2015 — 2017
Thesis: "A spiking neural network of state transition probabilities in model-based reinforcement learning"
Mount Allison UniversitySackville, NB
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Cognitive Science2011 — 2015
Double Major with Distinction
Certificates
Fundamentals of University Teaching (University of Waterloo)2017
Computer Science Teaching Assistant Certificate (Mount Allison University)2015
Honours and Awards
NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master's2016 — 2017
President's Graduate Scholarship2015 — 2017
Ontario Graduate Scholarship2015 — 2016
Computer Science Departmental Award2015
David Gilchrist Chalmers Memorial Prize2015