Aamir Tinwala
IB Student · Part-time Available
Stuff I've actually shipped.
STEAM ICAC 2026
Saliency-aware H.265 codec that shrinks surveillance footage by 81%. Presented at the University of Toronto.
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MechMania Controller
Built a wireless ESP32 controller from scratch - firmware, hardware, circuit - and went undefeated through a 12-team tournament.
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Waypoint
AI case-memory for social workers. Voice memos become structured notes, RAG isolates each client thread. Top 7 at HackCanada.
OpenWhere I've put in the work.
UWaterloo Geothermal Lab
Research assistant at the University of Waterloo geothermal lab — soil heat-conduction testing that ties straight into my thermodynamics studies.
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Tidal Tasks — Co-Founder
Co-founded an AI task-management startup. Led the mobile rework, shipped features, and ran the social channels.
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Global Heart Sync — Advisor
Volunteer advisor reshaping how the platform structures its app to draw in and retain a younger audience.
OpenThere's plenty more where that came from.
See everything I've built, won, and done.