Mohammad Anwar

About

I'm an undergraduate studying Computer Science at the University of Toronto. My work spans full-stack development, cloud infrastructure, and AI systems. I'm currently a research assistant at the UTSC Department of Psychology, where I study human-AI interaction. I've won 6 hackathons, including Hack the North and HackThe6ix.

Research

• Human-AI Interaction Study (Jan 2025 – present)
  Research Assistant, UTSC Department of Psychology. Ran a 50-person study on AI-mediated conversation and anxiety. Acknowledged in PsyArXiv preprint.

Experience

• Software Engineer Intern, Kumon (Education Technology) Summer 2025
  Reduced payroll processing time by 90% with a Next.js + Supabase Realtime + AWS Lambda automation platform. 100% data accuracy backtesting against 5 years of records.
• SDE Intern, Unicom (Fintech Startup) Winter 2025
  Built agentic pipelines for document ingestion using LLM-driven extraction. AWS microservices at 10k+ req/min, reduced client-side latency 60%.
• Software Developer, GenAI Genesis Sep 2024 – present
  Platform behind Canada's largest AI hackathon. 2,500+ users, 1.6x sign-up conversion, monitoring 500k+ daily events.
• Software Developer, Google Developer Group, UofT Scarborough Sep 2024 – present
  AI-powered mass communications with AWS SES/Lambda for 1,000+ members. LLM-assisted event recommendation engine.
• Full Stack Developer Intern, Kumon (Education Technology) Summer 2024
  ETL automation for 250+ clients, Chrome extension + cross-platform scheduling app saving 60+ hours/month.

Selected Projects

• StorePilot— AI-powered multi-agent e-commerce platform. 4 autonomous agents orchestrated through natural language, built on Claude Sonnet 4.
• Stock Trader— LSTM trading signal pipeline with PyTorch, FastAPI, and Redis caching on AWS Lambda.
• HawkEye Hack the North Winner— AI accessibility tool for visually impaired users via real-time computer vision and voice-controlled agentic search.
• UofT Webring— Portfolio discovery platform for UofT students with Supabase auth and CDN-backed asset delivery.
• RescueNet HackThe6ix Winner— Disaster relief platform connecting displaced people with available hosts in real-time.

Awards

• Hack the North Winner (2023/2024) — 2 categories for HawkEye
• HackThe6ix Winner — Top prize for RescueNet
• 6 hackathon victories across North American competitions