Jainam Shah

Computer Science @ Toronto Metropolitan University

Experience

Cybersecurity Operations Intern

Ontario Power Generation
Sept 2025 – Present

Supported enterprise security operations by investigating phishing incidents, analyzing threat indicators, and automating triage workflows using Python and Microsoft security tools.

Microsoft DefenderMicrosoft Sentinel (KQL)Python

Research Assistant

(Applied Machine Learning)

Visit Lab
TMU Cybersecurity Research Lab
May 2024 – Aug 2025

Supported senior researchers by developing data pipelines and NLP models, improving data reliability and contributing to applied machine learning workflows across multiple datasets.

PythonJavaScript (Google Apps Script)SpaCyNLTKSeleniumNumPyPandas

Additional Experience

Academic Tutor

TutorBright
Sep 2023 – Sep 2024

Math Tutor

Toronto District School Board
May 2022 – Jun 2022

Retail Associate

Banana Republic
Aug 2021 – Jan 2023

Office Administrator

Regent Medical Clinic
Aug 2018 – Feb 2022

Projects

Algoware

Chrome extension that audits YouTube recommendations by revealing topic and sentiment trends, promoting algorithmic transparency.

  • Fine-tuned BERT model for 26-category topic classification with Flask backend
  • Client-side JavaScript scraper analyzing 20 recommendations in ~12 seconds
PythonPyTorchBERTFlaskJavaScript

Lumina

Real-time collaborative drawing app with live cursor tracking and presence awareness across ephemeral sessions.

  • Supabase Realtime Channels broadcasting drawing events with no database storage
  • Interactive HTML5 Canvas editor with multiple tools, undo/redo, and export functionality
TypeScriptNext.jsSupabaseTailwind CSS

Skincare Recommender

Python-based application helping users find skincare products tailored to their skin type, budget, and preferences using graph-based recommendations.

  • Graph data structure with users/products as nodes and 8000+ reviews as edges
  • Interactive Tkinter GUI with real-time filtering by skin type, budget, and brand
PythonPandasTkinter

Citco

Web application investigating correlation between individual researchers' citation counts and NSERC Discovery Grant funding amounts.

  • Web-scraped dataset from NSERC grant database and Google Scholar citations
  • Statistical analysis revealing Pearson correlation coefficient of ~0.3
PythonPandasNumPyMatplotlibFlask

NewsNest

MERN stack news aggregation platform allowing users to explore, save, and manage articles with JWT authentication and NewsAPI integration.

  • RESTful API with Express backend and MongoDB for user authentication
  • Keyword search functionality with personalized article saving and management
Node.jsExpressReactMongoDB

Let's connect

Feel free to get in touch, I'd love to connect!!

j9shah@torontomu.ca