isaaccheng9 / lift-control-simulation

A desktop application to simulate lift control with a custom algorithm optimised to reduce distance travelled by the lift by 82.5%. Developed with Qt.

Hi there, I'm Isaac! 👋

Graduated at the top of my cohort at the University of Exeter with a first-class honours degree (81%) in BSc Computer Science, ranking 1st for both overall grade and final year project. Proficient in Python, with experience in financial markets and big tech. Passionate about developing large-scale distributed systems and algorithmic optimisation.

Experience

Company	Role	Tenure
T. Rowe Price	Fixed Income Quant Developer	September 2023 – Present
T. Rowe Price	Fixed Income Quant Developer Intern	June 2022 – August 2022
IBM	Software Developer Intern	June 2021 – June 2022

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Skills

Languages	Python, SQL, C++, C
Technologies	Airflow, pandas, NumPy, FastAPI, Flask, pytest, PyQt, scikit-learn, Dask, MongoDB
Tools	Git, Linux, AWS (S3, MWAA, CloudWatch), Kubernetes, Qt, Splunk, Grafana, Swagger, CI/CD

lift-control-simulation's Issues

Add option to perform a set of benchmark simulations

This would make the differences in performance between the naive algorithm and the improved algorithm clearer to the user. It would perform five sets of simulations using both algorithms, and then show the results in a new window. The new window would display:

• A table of results
• A graph to compare results visually (Matplotlib?)

Display the difference in distance travelled between naive and improved algorithms

This would help to demonstrate how much more efficient the improved algorithm is.

Create auxiliary functions for repeated code

This would improve:

• Readability to distinguish between different lift control algorithms more clearly
• Modularity for future implementations of new lift control algorithms

Create people_overview.json if it doesn't already exist

This would prevent us from needing to track a people_overview.json file for easier maintenance and less clutter.

Migrate GUI from PyQt5 to PyQt6

This will improve the handling of high DPI scaling, which is an increasingly common problem due to resolutions in laptops and monitors increasing.