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Jess McGowan

Jess McGowan

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Lecturer/Demonstrator at Robert Gordon University

  • Education

    • University of Aberdeen

      2020 - 2021
      Master's degree Artificial Intelligence

      Activities and Societies: Class representative MSc Project: Using Explainable AI to help predict student performanceCompleted the Data Lab MSc programme during this course.Modules studied include: Natural Language Generation, Applied AI, Machine Learning, Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, Data Mining and Visualisation

    • Robert Gordon University

      2017 - 2019
      BSc (Hons) Computing - Application Software Development First Class Honours

      Activities and Societies: Computing Society (4th year representative on committee), Rifle Club, Class Representative, Open Day volunteer. Honours project: A machine learning based analysis of social media sentiment, and the impact of mainstream mediaModules studied include: Big Data Analytics, Advanced Artificial Intelligence, Dynamic Web Development, Mobile App Development, Software Engineering & Project Management, Cloud Computing, User Centred Design, Computer Security and Cryptography, Operating Systems, Computing Ethics and Law, Human Computer Interaction, Web Security, Enterprise Web Systems

    • Edinburgh College

      2015 - 2017
      HND Computing Software Development A in Graded Unit 1 & 2

      Key Modules include: User Centred Design, Object Oriented Programming (Java), Web Applications, Software Testing

  • Experience

    • The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

      Jul 2018 - Aug 2018
      Temporary Box Office Assistant

    • Robert Gordon University

      Oct 2018 - Jan 2020

      Worked on a couple of projects with technologies including Dialogflow, Firebase, React Native, web data visualisation.

      • Research Assistant

        Apr 2019 - Jan 2020

      • School of Computing Student Ambassador

        Oct 2018 - Aug 2019

    • Robert Gordon University

      Nov 2021 - now

      Duties include assisting in labs (online and in-person) for students of all cohorts (1st year - postgraduate taught), providing help over email/Teams, marking coursework and providing actionable feedback (including code, reports, online quizzes), and assisting with invigilating in-person assessments. Subjects I've assisted on include: Web development, databases, object-oriented programming, HCI, project management, Arduino programming (in JS).I've also assisted with various outreach and recruitment events for the department at open days, applicants days, and other events. Show less

      • Demonstrator

        Sept 2019 - now

      • Lecturer

        Dec 2022 - now

      • Research Assistant

        Nov 2021 - Dec 2022

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • EdX Verified Certificate for Data Ethics, AI and Responsible Innovation

      EdX
      Dec 2020
      View certificate certificate

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Jess McGowan
      CNOOC Nexen sponsored prize for Best Honours Project in Computer Science - Jul 2019
    • Awarded to Jess McGowan
      Sword Group Prize - Jul 2018 Academic prize for Computing (Application Software Development) 3rd year