About me

I am an aspiring robotics/ML engineer currently based in New York City. My passions and areas of specialty are machine learning, A.I., data science, and computer vision.

I am an immigrant and naturalized American originally from Hangzhou, China. I grew up in Irvine, California, and attended UCLA in Los Angeles for undergraduate studies in social sciences. Later I worked in a foreign policy think tank, a government criminal defense agency, and a TV news channel in Washington, DC. Afterwards, I moved to Tottori, Japan to teach English at a public junior high school.

My journey to the tech world began once I moved back to California and studied computer programming at City College of San Francisco. Then I studied robotics at NYU for my master degree in New York City, during which I proposed original research in neuromorphic computer vision based on event camera technology, and submitted the research paper to International Conference on Robotics and Automation.

I am fluent in major programming languages, common data processing libraries, and deep learning toolkits and frameworks. I am multilingual, a fast learner, a self-starter, and I bring unique perspectives from a myriad of experience.

What i'm doing

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    Computer Vision

    Research in neuromorphic vision and event cameras in robotics context.

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    3D Printing

    Blender-designed 3D models and manufacturing using 3D printer.

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    Robotics

    Fully automated indoor mushroom farm with feedback loop.

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    Data Science

    Pharmaceutical database designed as a companion app for pharmacists.

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Education

  1. New York University

    Aug 2021 — May 2023

    Master of Science in Mechatronics and Robotics

  2. City College of San Francisco

    May 2018 — May 2020

    Certificate of Achievement in Computer Programming

  3. University of California, Los Angeles

    Sep 2009 — May 2013

    Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Relations

Experience

  1. Graduate Student Researcher
    NYU Tandon AI4CE Lab, Brooklyn, NY

    May 2022 - Oct 2023

    Proposed original neuromorphic vision research, drafted and submitted an ICRA conference paper; facilitated a multi-modal sensor setup and data collection pipeline using PyTorch and OpenCV; gathered over 13 hours of dense urban event-based VPR dataset covering over 160 miles of distance

  2. Assistant Language Teacher
    Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET), Tottori, Japan

    Jul 2015 - Aug 2017

    Selected into the competitive international program sponsored by the Japanese government to teach English in Japanese schools; taught at Tottori City Higashi JHS and Nakanogo JHS, and their 5 subsidiary elementary schools; worked with Japanese Teachers of English (JTE) as an ALT to advance English language education in Japan; conducted daily lessons, developed lesson plans, and prepared class materials; worked with a team of junior high school ALTs to organize and facilitate English Caravans and delivered English activities for ES students; coached top students for the annual prefecture-level English Speech Contest

  3. Broadcast Journalism Intern
    TV Asahi, DC Bureau, Washington, DC

    May 2015 — Jul 2015

    Covered news stories at the National Press Building for TV Asahi DC Bureau, a major Japanese commercial broadcaster; acted as a correspondent to Department of State daily press briefings, covering topics of interest to the bureau, and recording background comments from the spokesperson; remotely covered White House press briefings, congressional briefings and hearings, DoJ briefings, and international summits like the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue; attended and covered events at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Peterson Institute, International Trade Forum, Foreign Press Center, National Press Club, and other think tanks and venues

  4. Intern Investigator
    Public Defender Service, Washington, DC

    Aug 2014 — Dec 2014

    Investigated Class 2 felony cases for PDS staff attorneys; conducted crime scene investigations and interviewed witnesses; created evidence analysis reports, served subpoenas, filed motions, and gathered records and evidence from relevant parties; managed the workload of simultaneous investigations between 20 to 30 criminal cases at any moment; routinely went to DC Superior Court, district courts in nearby counties, DC Jail, halfway houses, crime scenes, residences of people of interest, mental institutions, for field work in addition to office duties at PDS

  5. Scholar Intern
    Wilson Center, Washington, DC

    Apr 2012 — Jun 2012

    Briefed Dennis Kux, senior policy scholar at the Wilson Center and the former U.S. ambassador to Ivory Coast, on the current political developments between India and Pakistan for his upcoming publication on Indo-Pakistan relations; collected historical documents from the Library of Congress for Kenton Clymer, distinguished Burma scholar, on his Burmese history project; transcribed his interviews with top U.S. diplomats to Burma; attended various academic and public policy events hosted by the center, including high profile appearances by high level officials and top scholars

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