Dirk Dubois Professional Portfolio on Dirk Dubois

Professor

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Dawson College · Permanent Full-time | Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Working as a Professor in the Department of Computer Science for Dawson College. https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/computer-science-technology

Technical Leader: UX/UI

Sun, 01 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Matrox Imaging · Permanent Full-time | Dorval, Quebec, Canada

Training teams on UI best practices and providing developers with improvements to existing functionality
Understand requirements and constraints of the tools for which user interfaces are developed.
Responsible for conducting user experience studies for more than 5 commercial user interfaces
Creating a uniform look and feel for the larger product suite.
Asses the user experience and integrate feedback in development process

Master's in Computer Engineering

Tue, 01 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000

McGill University | Montreal, Quebec, Canada

M.Eng, Computer Engineering

Developed thesis on “Evaluating the security of ARINC-825 and controller area networks, the impact of bus security in aerospace”.
Worked with industry partners CMC Esterline to reach research and industrial goals.
Focus on Cyberphysical security and low level communication protocols
Studied the Controller Area Network (CAN) protocol in detail and its potential use in the aerospace domain

Thesis

Evaluating the security of ARINC-825 and controller area networks, the impact of bus security in aerospace

Software Designer

Sun, 01 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Matrox Imaging · Permanent Full-time | Dorval, Quebec, Canada

-Contributed to the design and development of an interactive development environment for Machine Vision (MIL Copilot) using C# & WPF.

Created requirements, worked with API teams to gather input for each use case, and implemented the use cases using a test driven development approach.
Responsible for recruiting, interviewing, hiring, training, and supervising interns, where new interns are hired every 4 months.
Conducted the first “User Experience” study for the UI, after researching UX methods, and presented the results to stakeholders, improving the customer experience.
Setup and implemented an automated test system using Jenkins that reduced test time for a patch from 4 hours to 40 minutes.

Teaching assistant

Thu, 01 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000

McGill University | Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Helped design and teach the newly created Intro to Software Engineering course (ECSE-202).
Reformed labs for design principles and methods course (ECSE-211) where students program robots in Java.
Created tutorials and instructed students on programming concepts and design skills including revision control, unit testing, and OOP.

Dialog Developer

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Nuance Communications | Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Developed user interface flows for voice recognition systems in automobiles.
Interfaced with customers to determine requirements and feature implementation details.
Participated in code reviews and impact assessments of feature changes, where feedback was provided to the customer.
Created test cases and tools to validate functionality and ensured customer requirements are met.

XML Programmer

Sun, 01 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Matrox Imagining | Dorval, Quebec, Canada

Developed custom XML structure, XSLT code, JavaScript code, and CSS styles to build an HTML help file. Worked with multiple development teams who use the centralized XML content to generate interactive tools
Created a Visual Studio extension that provided intelligent code completion and context-sensitive help as a productivity tool for customers. The tool was the first of its kind and shipped to customer with the next major release. Consulted with software developers to determine customer needs
Developed, configured, and deployed tools for automated build process and SQA (unit testing). This included a generator developed in C# that handled the build process. QUnit a javascript unit test framework. XSpec an XSLT unit test framework. Maintained and created plugins for Oxygen XML Author for technical writers on the team
Learned excellent computer programming principles and about how the software development process works in industry

ECSESS Roboelectronics, McGill University

Sun, 01 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Goal

To teach McGill University ECSE students of any year basic hands on electrical and electronics skills.

Designed an 8 week course for university students to teach fundamentals of electronics and embedded programming in C and assembly.
Course was offered every semester in the form of 30 minutes presentations followed by 60 minute supervised hands-on experience with the help of volunteers.
Provided the course for 2 years before previous students were sufficiently experienced to take over offering the course.

Technical Writer

Sun, 01 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Matrox Imagining | Dorval, Quebec, Canada

Wrote user guides and command reference help files for the Matrox Imaging Library.
Worked closely with technical writers, engineers, and support staff.
Created new technical illustrations and explanations.

Bachelors's in Electrical Engineering

Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

McGill University | Montreal, Quebec, Canada

B.Eng, Electrical Engineering

Electrical, Computer, & Software Engineering Student Society (ECSESS)

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The Electrical, Computer, & Software Engineering Student Society (ECSESS) represents its student union members as part of the greater Engineering Undergraduate Society (EUS).

ECSESS President | McGill University

2012-2013

Head of departmental student society part of the Engineering Undergraduate Student Union (EUS) with over 800 members. Set agendas for industry tours, social events, student involvement, and improving student/academic relations
Coordinate a staff of fifteen executives and class representatives
Represent students in departmental meetings and on academic committees
Monthly meetings with Chair of McGill Electrical & Computer Engineering department
Initiated and developed an ongoing workshop to teach students technical skills including: soldering, digital circuit design and programming micro controllers 2

ECSESS Vice President Administration | McGill University

2011-2012

Maintained office and lounge space for student body
Allocated meeting spaces, lockers, and keys
Organized schedules and manage events calendar