Elsa Tsia

Contributing ontology and knowledge-graph design to a research project on AI and social robotics for mental health, with a focus on elderly care populations.

Built a two-sided production AI platform for private mental health practices, including a clinician workspace and patient companion app integrated with the Claude API. Ran 60+ customer interviews and rebuilt the product based on evidence, and is running pilot onboarding with private practices as sole technical owner.

Joined an early-stage AI startup as a founding engineer and shipped a production platform from scratch to pilot-ready in one month. Designed and built a 3-stage AI phishing detection platform for a major telecommunications client, and designed system architecture for an edge AI perception pipeline for autonomous wildfire-detection robots.

Trained AI agents through manual task demonstrations and iterative prompt design to navigate enterprise software environments. Reviewed agent attempts, analyzed failure patterns, and delivered feedback to improve model accuracy.

Supported security initiatives based on NIST/ISO 27001 frameworks, applying risk management and access control principles. Gained hands-on exposure to offensive and defensive operations, including vulnerability assessment, penetration testing concepts, and incident response methodologies.

Delivered a data migration project ahead of schedule, transferring 500+ employee records from SharePoint to Expedo within one month, reducing HR data processing time by 50%. Modernised the IT project management tracker, migrating team workflows from Excel to Asana.

Earned the Certified in Cybersecurity (CC) certification.

Activities and societies: Monash Fencing Club

Pursued a Bachelor of Computer Science, actively participating in the Monash Fencing Club.

Studied Computer Science, earning a Bachelor of Science degree.

Activities and societies: National VEX robotics competition; team captain for fencing & U16 table tennis

Completed iGCSE/GCSE studies, participating in national VEX robotics competition and serving as team captain for fencing and U16 table tennis.