Shaan Jain

Introduction

About

Engineering student (AI/OR/HCI) and builder focused on products at the intersection of machine learning, policy, and user experience.

I'm a student athlete on the Varsity Men's Rowing Team at the University of Toronto, competing in the OUA Championships.

B.A.Sc. Industrial Engineering (Machine Learning Minor)

University of Toronto • Toronto, Ontario

Sep 2023 – Present

Regional Science & Technology Program -- Class Valedictorian

Port Credit Secondary School • Mississauga, Ontario

Sep 2019 – Jun 2023

Selected Roles

Experience

Research Associate

Decentralization Research Center • Toronto, Canada • Mar 2025 – Present

Policy research at the intersection of governance and ML.
Produced frameworks for staffers to guide AI policy direction.

Co-Founder & Product Lead

Whats Poppin • Toronto, Canada • Apr 2025 – Present

Led product requirements, feature specs, and telemetry with engineering.
Aligned recommendation algorithm with platform objectives.
Drove BD and partnerships to grow acquisition and retention.

Software Engineer

Continuum Health Venture (CHV) Capital • Toronto, Canada • May 2024 – Sep 2024

Full-stack: React front-end + Python Flask back-end.
Integrated GPT-4/Claude into deal-management workflow; ~25% efficiency gain.

Undergraduate AI HCI Researcher

Dynamic Graphics Project HCI Lab, UofT • Toronto, Canada • May 2024 – Sep 2024

Prototyped/evaluated user-friendly, AI-driven interfaces.
Studied trust/confidence in human–AI communication.
Awarded $10,000 Mitacs grant (Prof. Daniel Wigdor).

Selected Work

Projects & Writing

What's Poppin

A recommendation platform for discovering what's trending.

Product Reco Systems Startups

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When One Company Owns Your Memory

Policy research on AI memory portability and user ownership.

Policy AI

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MLB Edge Engine

Used algorithms and MLB statistics to find edges against sportsbooks. Turned $10 into $200 in one month during the 2025 season.

Data Engineering ML Sports Analytics

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Bias in AI Diffusion Models

Research on gender and racial stereotyping in generative AI systems.

Research AI Ethics