About Me
Hello! I'm Bill (孙源鸿 / 孫源鴻 / Yuan Hong Sun)—born in Wuhan, China and raised in Toronto, Canada. I'm an AI Engineer at
Guidepoint , and previously a Machine Learning and AI Engineer at
Kinaxis (supply chain ML and generative AI) and a Data Science Software Engineer at
Nuralogix on the Anura health app.
I hold an M.S. in Computer Science from Georgia Tech, an M.A. in Applied Psychology from the University of Toronto, and a Bachelor's in
Engineering Science from U of T, majoring in
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence .
I like building with software, ML, and data to tackle hard problems and improve people's lives.
Below you'll find selected projects and publications. I'm also active in
extracurriculars and open to mentorship .
You can take a look at my résumé .
Please reach me by email or
LinkedIn , and read occasional notes on my blog .
All Publications
Skills Summary
Experience Highlight
Dr. GPT - Mental Health Chatbot
Centre for Smart Learning and Development, University of Toronto, 2025
Research & Publications
My research work and publications
Centre for Smart Learning and Development, University of Toronto, 2020-2024
Machine Learning Mental Health Surveys
Centre for Smart Learning and Development, University of Toronto, 2022
Nuralogix Corporation
Data Science Software Engineer at Nuralogix, 2019-2022
Undergraduate Capstone Project
Vaccine and COVID-19 misinformation detection on social media, powered by natural
language processing
Public Health Ontario, 2020
Music Genre Classifier
Deep Learning and Web Project, 2018
Click the images to view the details for each project.
Awards
2022 Canadian Psychology Association (CPA) Research Award
2021 Dean's Honours List
2017 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) - Undergraduate Research Award
2016 University of Toronto - Delta Tau Delta Scholarship
2016 University of Toronto - President's Entrance Scholarship
2016 Toronto District Secondary Schools Athletic Association (TDSSAA) Swimming Champions
Certifications
2023 Scrum Alliance - Certified Scrum Master
2022 Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Certified Cloud Practitioner
2020 Toastmasters International - Competent Communicator
2016 Canadian Lifesaving Society - National Lifeguard
2016 St. John's Ambulance - Standard First Aid CPR Level-C & AED
2015 Ontario Lifesaving Society - Swim Instructor
Presentations and Guest Lectures
2026 University of Toronto - Summer Undergraduate Data Science (SUDS) Program (Supervisor)
2024 Databricks Summit Toronto
2024 Collision Conference Toronto
2024 University of Toronto - Summer Undergraduate Data Science (SUDS) Program (Supervisor)
2023 University of Toronto - Machine Learning Applications in Psychology and Education (APD 5044)
2023 University of Toronto - OISE Graduate Student Research Conference
2023 University of Toronto - Developmental Interest Group
2022 University of Toronto - Applied Psychology and Human Development Research Gala
2022 Canadian Developmental Psychology Conference
