Hello, I'm Liam Shatzel

I am a Masters student in the VIXI Lab at the University of Victoria. Currently, I am working on embedded visualizations in mixed reality, supervised by Dr. Charles Perin. I also work part time at Motorola Solutions, where I do full-stack development for IoT devices.

Previously, I completed my Honours Bachelors of Computer Science graduating with distinction. During my undergrad I completed four co-op work terms and a full time research internship. I was fortunate to gain experience in both startup and enterprise environments, working at Tradable Bits and Motorola Solutions, while also pursuing research in crowd simulations supervised by Dr. Brandon Haworth in the GAIDG lab.

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Highlights

SpaceCal: A Spatial Time-Block Calendar

A mixed-reality calendar that represents tasks as 3D time blocks arranged in the user's physical space.

Embedded In-Situ To-Do Tasks

Explores whether placing tasks directly in a user's physical environment (e.g., attaching reminders to relevant objects) improves task completion compared to traditional to-do list apps.

Learning Fluid Simulation with Graph Neural Networks

Investigates using graph neural networks to approximate fluid dynamics more efficiently than traditional CFD methods. Based on DeepMind's Learning to Simulate framework.

Maka Resume

A modular, block-based resume builder inspired by LEGO. It lets users rapidly assemble and tailor resumes for each job using AI-assisted matching while preserving their own voice, intent, and full editorial control.

Caption Generator

A web-based tool that automatically transcribes uploaded videos and generates time-aligned on-screen captions. Built with Flask, speech-to-text, and video compositing (moviepy).

Examix

An intuitive, searchable exam bank that uses OCR to extract questions from uploaded exams and organize them by course, difficulty, and topic.

FocusPoint 2.0

An accessibility-focused web application that won first place in the accessibility category at the Google Student Developer Club Hackathon. Built with Next.js and TypeScript to improve digital accessibility and user experience.