Yu Kogure

Yu Kogure,
CS Student / Software Engineer

Born in Tokyo, raised in Sapporo & Malaysia. Year 3 Advanced Computer Science Student @ Monash University (Malaysia). Interested in server infrastructure, backend development, and problem-solving techniques.

Achievements:
2024

Dean's Achievement Award: 1 of the top 10 (non-Bellamy) undergraduate students under the facutly of IT.

2023

Semester 2 FIT2102 - Programming Paradigms (99%): Highest grade among all students.

2023

Semester 1 FIT3171 - Databases (96%): Highest grade among all students.

2023

Semester 1 FIT2004 - Algorithms & Data Structures (94%): Highest grade among all students.

2023

First-year Professor Cliff Bellamy Award: Highest grade among all first-year students under the facutly of IT.

2022

MDashHack DHL Hackathon: Finalist.

Experience:

  1. Monash University (Malaysia)

    ~ Class Assistant for the CS core unit FIT2014 - Theory of Computation, focusing on formal languages, automata theory, and computability theory.

    ~ Responsible for assisting main lecturers during classes, and conducting weekly consultation sessions to clarify intricate topics.

  2. Simple Inc.

    ~ Researched and developed a modular, time-dependent multimodal map matching service to connect candidates with companies using Go, PostgreSQL, and React.

    ~ Currently a lead developer and maintainer for the aforementioned service, now relied on by several other companies.

  3. Monash University (Australia)

    ~ Academic Tutor / TA for the CS core unit FIT1008 - Fundamentals of Algorithms, focusing on computational complexity, and introductory algorithms & data structures.

    ~ Responsible for delivering theory lectures to over 90+ students on the main campus, conducting weekly consultation sessions, and assignment marking.

  4. ESL FACEIT Group

    ~ Worked with global teams to strategise contents and manage community interactions, including the APAC Finals and the first-ever Worlds held at DreamHack Japan.