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  • Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research

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Licenses & Certifications

  • Degree of Distinction in Public Speaking

    National Forensics League

    Issued
  • National Chess Expert

    United States Chess Federation

    Issued

Volunteer Experience

  • The Blake School Graphic

    Assistant MS Math Team Coach

    The Blake School

    - 2 years 8 months

    Education

    Instructed 40 students in weekly practices and math tutoring sessions. Prepared general practice materials, gave lectures, and aided in team selection, overall providing new math enrichment opportunities to middle school students. Coached three competitive teams to divisional championships.

  • Coordinator

    MINNESOTA JUNIOR HIGH MATH LEAGUE

    - 3 years 8 months

    Education

    Coordinated five regional competitions every year. Responsibilities included running each meet, grading tests, inputting scores, and distributing results. Led the organization, planning, and promotion of the league.

  • Minnesota MATHCOUNTS Graphic

    Student Volunteer

    Minnesota MATHCOUNTS

    - 3 years 1 month

    Education

    Set up competition space, graded exams, and organized files at the annual state competition.

Courses

  • Data Structures

    CS 61B

  • Deep Reinforcement Learning, Decision Making, and Control

    CS 285

  • Designing Information Devices and Systems I

    EE 16A

  • Designing Information Devices and Systems II

    EE 16B

  • Discrete Mathematics and Probability Theory

    CS 70

  • Efficient Algorithms and Intractable Problems

    CS 170

  • Entrepreneurial Leadership in a Technical World

    UGBA 196

  • Financial Accounting

    UGBA 102A

  • Introduction to Analysis

    MATH 104

  • Introduction to Business Analytics

    UGBA 104

  • Introduction to Economics

    ECON 1

  • Introduction to Finance

    UGBA 103

  • Introduction to Machine Learning

    CS 189

  • Leading Authentically

    UGBA 196

  • Leading People

    UGBA 105

  • Linear Algebra and Differential Equations

    MATH 2243

  • Machine Structures

    CS 61C

  • Macroeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions

    UGBA 101B

  • Managerial Accounting

    UGBA 102B

  • Marketing

    UGBA 106

  • Microeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions

    UGBA 101A

  • Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

    UGBA 152

  • Optimization Models in Engineering

    EECS 127

  • Performance: Writing and Research

    THEATER R1B

  • Personal Financial Management

    UGBA 135

  • Physics for Scientists and Engineers

    PHYSICS 7B

  • Principles of Business

    UGBA 10

  • Probability and Random Processes

    EECS 126

  • Social Implications of Computer Technology

    CS 195

  • Teaching Techniques for Computer Science

    CS 375

  • The Chinese Economy

    ECON 162

  • The Social, Political, and Ethical Environment of Business

    UGBA 107

  • The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

    CS 61A

  • War and Peace: International Relations since 1914

    HISTORY 162B

Projects

  • Elo App (Python/Flask + SQL)

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    Web application platform for users to create and maintain their own complete Elo rating system

    The application fuels competitions with live updates and standing changes. Full-stack development involved the entire web infrastructure, programmatic emails, and SQL database connection. Features include prediction models, individual dashboards with radar maps, performance analysis on key metrics, adding and removing players, searching game history, and ranking players by strength and…

    Web application platform for users to create and maintain their own complete Elo rating system

    The application fuels competitions with live updates and standing changes. Full-stack development involved the entire web infrastructure, programmatic emails, and SQL database connection. Features include prediction models, individual dashboards with radar maps, performance analysis on key metrics, adding and removing players, searching game history, and ranking players by strength and consistency.

    See project
  • Avengers: Endgame Maze (Java)

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    Avengers: Endgame themed maze to battle Thanos

    The game is built using Java and StdDraw library. It processes user input to customize worlds, players, weapons, enemies, and levels by generating all game elements following a pseudo-random algorithm using A* graph search. Players can save, load, replay, and view history. The game also includes easter eggs and cheat codes.

    See project
  • Time Extension (JS + APIs)

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    Google Chrome extension for measuring and tracking time usage

    Features include a new tab page with a built-in timer, a precise time-measuring algorithm for tracking browsing habits, site blocking, and detailed domain stats.

    See project

Honors & Awards

  • UC Berkeley EECS Honors Program

    UC Berkeley College of Engineering

    The EECS Honors Program selects around seven undergraduate students per semester (60 overall) and is designed to provide very talented undergraduate students interested in undergraduate research. Honors students pursue an academic concentration outside of the department, engage in research, receive a special faculty advisor, and are invited to special events with faculty and EECS Honors alumni.

    https://eecs.berkeley.edu/resources/undergrads/honors

  • Cal Alumni Association The Leadership Award

    Cal Alumni Association

    $2000 scholarship awarded to 2% of UC Berkeley students for track records of leadership activities and community service. Recipients are chosen after a two-round selection process.

    "Established in 1934, The Leadership Award is a one-year, merit-based scholarship that recognizes undergraduate students at UC Berkeley who demonstrate innovative, initiative-driven leadership impacting their academic, work, or community…

    $2000 scholarship awarded to 2% of UC Berkeley students for track records of leadership activities and community service. Recipients are chosen after a two-round selection process.

    "Established in 1934, The Leadership Award is a one-year, merit-based scholarship that recognizes undergraduate students at UC Berkeley who demonstrate innovative, initiative-driven leadership impacting their academic, work, or community environments."

    https://alumni.berkeley.edu/community/scholarships/leadership-award

  • UC Berkeley M.E.T. Founders Award

    UC Berkeley M.E.T. Program

    $25,000 awarded for leadership, community, and academic excellence.

  • National Merit Scholar

    National Merit Scholarship Corporation

    About 1.6 million students in some 22,000 high schools enter the National Merit Scholarship competition annually. Semifinalists are the highest-scoring program entrants in each state and represent the top 0.5% of the state's senior students. A certain number of students advance to Finalist standing depending on essays, extracurricular achievements, awards, leadership positions, academic record, and school endorsement.

    The highest-achieving students in the National Merit Scholarship…

    About 1.6 million students in some 22,000 high schools enter the National Merit Scholarship competition annually. Semifinalists are the highest-scoring program entrants in each state and represent the top 0.5% of the state's senior students. A certain number of students advance to Finalist standing depending on essays, extracurricular achievements, awards, leadership positions, academic record, and school endorsement.

    The highest-achieving students in the National Merit Scholarship Program are designated as National Merit Scholars. Scholarship winners represent fewer than 1% of the initial pool of student entrants.

  • 3x American Regions Mathematics League Top 50

    American Regions Mathematics League

    The American Regions Mathematics League (ARML), is an annual, international high school mathematics team competition with over 270 teams and 1500 students.

    https://www.arml.com/

  • 3x USA Mathematical Olympiad

    Mathematical Association of America

    Highly selective annual high school mathematics competition inviting the top 250 math students in the nation out of the 500,000+ students who take the American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) series.

    USA Mathematical Olympiad
    2x USA Junior Mathematical Olympiad | US Top 40
    5x American Invitational Mathematics Examination | US Top 20
    2x AMC 12 Distinguished Honor Roll | MN Top 3
    2x AMC 10 Distinguished Honor Roll | MN Top 5

    https://www.maa.org/math-competitions

  • National High School Chess Championship Top 16

    United States Chess Federation

    Finished in the top 16 individually at the national high school chess championships.

  • US National Chemistry Olympiad

    American Chemical Society

    One of 1000 high school students selected nationally to participate in the national chemistry exam.

    https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/students/highschool/olympiad.html

  • 2x MN Mathematics League Top 10

    Minnesota State High School Mathematics League

    The Minnesota State High School Mathematics League is the premier high school mathematics league in the state of Minnesota. Each season, there are 165-180 schools that participate in the League in 26 divisions across MN. Over 3,000 students participate.

    http://mnmathleague.org/

  • MN High School Chess Champion

    Minnesota State Chess Association

    Won the state high school chess tournament and was the invitational round-robin champion. Invited to compete in the Denker National Tournament of High School State Champions.

    2x Top 5

  • National AP Scholar

    CollegeBoard

    Granted to students in the United States who receive an average score of at least 4/5 on all Advanced Placement (AP) Exams taken and scores of 4/5 or higher on eight or more of these exams.

    Scored 5/5 on 20 AP exams.

  • MN Policy Debate Semifinalist

    MN State Debate League

    Placed 3rd at the MN state policy debate tournament. Awarded 6th place speaker.

Test Scores

  • SAT

    Score: 2400

Languages

  • Chinese

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Spanish

    Professional working proficiency

Organizations

  • Human Capital

    Member

    - Present

    Human Capital is an agency for ambitious engineers. We believe engineers are the shapers of the future. Our mission is to empower high-potential engineers to maximize their impact – whether that’s by joining a rapidly growing, industry-changing company that aligns with their vision or by starting their own company in partnership with our venture firm. https://human.capital/

  • Tau Beta Pi

    Member

    - Present

    Initiated Tau Beta Pi (TBP) California Alpha Chapter, UC Berkeley in Fall '20. ————————————————— Tau Beta Pi (TBP) is the oldest national engineering honor society in the country, and one of the most nationally recognized societies. TBP stresses scholarship, personal character, and service to the profession, community, and college. We offer many student resources, including a test bank, info sessions, and resume workshops. Those with GPAs in the top eighth of students with junior standing or…

    Initiated Tau Beta Pi (TBP) California Alpha Chapter, UC Berkeley in Fall '20. ————————————————— Tau Beta Pi (TBP) is the oldest national engineering honor society in the country, and one of the most nationally recognized societies. TBP stresses scholarship, personal character, and service to the profession, community, and college. We offer many student resources, including a test bank, info sessions, and resume workshops. Those with GPAs in the top eighth of students with junior standing or the top fifth of students with senior standing are invited to join each semester. https://tbp.berkeley.edu/

  • Eta Kappa Nu

    Member

    - Present

    Initiated Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Mu Chapter, UC Berkeley in Spring '20. ————————————————— Eta Kappa Nu (ΗΚΝ) or IEEE-HKN is the international honor society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The organization promotes excellence in the profession and in education through an emphasis on scholarship, character, and attitude. Membership is a lifelong designation for individuals who have distinguished themselves as students or as professionals in electrical engineering…

    Initiated Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Mu Chapter, UC Berkeley in Spring '20. ————————————————— Eta Kappa Nu (ΗΚΝ) or IEEE-HKN is the international honor society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The organization promotes excellence in the profession and in education through an emphasis on scholarship, character, and attitude. Membership is a lifelong designation for individuals who have distinguished themselves as students or as professionals in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, and other fields of IEEE interest. The Berkeley chapter is among the most active engineering societies at UC Berkeley, providing academic services to fellow undergraduates. The College of Engineering extends membership invitation every semester to the top quarter of the junior class and top third of the senior class by GPA of EECS majors at UC Berkeley. https://hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu/

  • Berkeley Consulting

    Technology Director

    - Present

    Technology Director: maintain, update, and rebuild Berkeley Consulting's entire technical infrastructure, including routine website updates, portal development, platform integration, and feature implementation. Senior Consultant for Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: researched, identified, and benchmarked social norm shifts to pinpoint effective levers and potential barriers to change for global gender equity issues. Consultant for Rothy's: analyzed pricing models, social media trends, and…

    Technology Director: maintain, update, and rebuild Berkeley Consulting's entire technical infrastructure, including routine website updates, portal development, platform integration, and feature implementation. Senior Consultant for Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: researched, identified, and benchmarked social norm shifts to pinpoint effective levers and potential barriers to change for global gender equity issues. Consultant for Rothy's: analyzed pricing models, social media trends, and consumer archetypes for a high-growth fashion startup, facilitating a successful product launch. Rothy's is an eco-friendly women's fashion startup targeted at young professionals. ————————————————— As the oldest consulting group on Berkeley’s campus, Berkeley Consulting has been an advisor to a broad range of organizations, from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups and non-profits for over 20 years. Started in 1996 with the mission of gathering the brightest minds on campus and putting them to use solving pressing real-world issues, Berkeley Consulting has grown to be a trusted partner for some of the biggest names across industry, providing strategic solutions to core business problems faced by our clients. We have developed an experience that cultivates not only our members’ consulting abilities but a career-agnostic understanding of problem-solving that they carry with them into tech, banking, and public service. https://bc.berkeley.edu/

  • Machine Learning @ Berkeley

    Technical Blog Author

    - Present

    Technical Blog Author: write tutorial articles on machine learning and summarize significant machine learning research papers in an easily understandable and intuitive format. Relations Officer: sourced industry machine learning consulting projects, set up partnerships, established an exclusive recruiting pipeline, and pioneered Berkeley’s first annual machine learning career fair. Machine Learning Engineer: designed and built production-ready software and machine learning models for industry…

    Technical Blog Author: write tutorial articles on machine learning and summarize significant machine learning research papers in an easily understandable and intuitive format. Relations Officer: sourced industry machine learning consulting projects, set up partnerships, established an exclusive recruiting pipeline, and pioneered Berkeley’s first annual machine learning career fair. Machine Learning Engineer: designed and built production-ready software and machine learning models for industry partners. ————————————————— Machine Learning at Berkeley (ML@B) is a student-run organization based at the University of California, Berkeley dedicated to building and fostering a vibrant machine learning community on campus while contributing to the greater machine learning community beyond. We are an impassioned community of undergraduate and graduate students working on machine learning industry consulting projects, cutting-edge academic machine learning research, and educational initiatives to make machine learning more accessible to the greater Berkeley community and beyond. https://ml.berkeley.edu/

  • National Forensics League

    Member

    - Present

    Forensics League Speech and Debate competitor (Policy Debate) and Tournament Volunteer at the John Edie Debate Tournament. 2014 University of Minnesota Policy Debate Champion. https://www.speechanddebate.org/

  • Minnesota Chess League

    Member

    - Present

    Direct tournaments, organize events, spearhead community outreach, and co-founded the state high school chess league in 2017.

  • Minnesota All-State Math Team

    Co-Captain

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    Co-Captain of the Minnesota All-State Math Team, representing Minnesota and winning high individual and team honors at multiple national mathematics tournaments (ARML, Harvard-MIT, Princeton). 4-time Top 10 Team Honors 4-time Top 50 Individual Honors http://mnmathleague.org/?page_id=53

  • Blake School Math League

    Captain

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    Led the Blake Math Team to finish top 6 at the state tournament for 4 consecutive years and winning 3 regional championships, the best results in team history. Assisted in running practices, coached fellow team members, expanded the team to twice its size, and built a meaningful community. The team has continued qualifying for the State Tournament every year since my graduation. https://www.blakeschool.org/

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