Seamus Hinz

Seamus Hinz

About Me

Hello, my name is Seamus Hinz. I'm a student at the University of Florida studying Computer Science and minoring in Business Administration and pursuing the AI Certificate.

I began programming by making small games in high school. Over time, I came to realize how much I enjoyed the programming side, and I began to learn about what else I could create with code. I'm interested in learning more about software and web development, as well as backend infrastructure.

What I love about coding is knowing that every bit of functionality or design I add to a project is a direct result of my own work and deliberate choices.

Experience

I have experience in web development, C++, Python, React Native, and Gamemaker Language.

I got my start programming by making small games in Gamemaker Studio 2 for fun.

This culminated in me leading a small team of 3 to create a web game which went on to be commercially licensed to coolmathgames.com

Currently, I'm working on improving my skills and knowledge in React, backend development, and more so that I can apply them in new and exciting projects.

I've also been developing my proficiency in Swift and SwiftUI for native Apple platform development.

Projects

Stress Facial Recognition Website

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Using MediaPipe's facial recognition technology, FastAPI, and Next.js, I worked with a team of 3 to create a website that can detect stress in a user's faces while working on their computer.

Our team utilized Google’s MediaPipe Face Landmarker tool to capture facial landmark position data, which was transmitted to a Python backend via FastAPI.

We developed and fine-tuned stress detection parameters through iterative testing to identify facial indicators of stress.

When the user's stress level surpasses a custom threshold, the site will push a notification to them and provide methods of relieving stress.

My role involved creating front-end logic and React components, such as the webcam functionality and the de-stressing activities. I learned how to use Next.js and greatly improved my skills in React.

Meal Logging Journaling App

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I worked alongside two teammates to create a mobile app with Expo that allows users to log meals along with a journal entry. This creates a consistent daily reminder to take time to journal.

My role focused on creating the front-end and design of the app, as well as small portions of the backend using mongodb to retrieve some of the user data. This was my first project working on the backend, and I intend to gain further experience in this area.

Movie-Crew-Based Film Recommendation System

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Working with a team of 3 total, we focused on optimizing data retrieval by benchmarking our custom C++ Adjacency List and Hashmap implementations. I worked on fine-tuning the data parsing to read massive files containing around 2.2 million data points and 200,000 unique movies, ultimately cutting load times by up to 50% compared to our initial setups.

We also used Crowcpp to provide a web-based frontend to view the movies that are recommended. Movies are recommended based off of similarities in cast and crew.

Personal Website

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This website was created to learn how to use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. My goal was to keep it simple and readable yet still be memorable.

I created the 3D model using iOS' object scanning feature, then used Google's model-viewer API to display it on the page.