Portfolio
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WashU Chinese Geeks Club
Website
Club Sep 2024 - Present- Built a club for Chinese students in WashU to share their interests and experiences regarding computer science and career development.
- Organized events and activities to promote students engage in learning algorithms via leetcode and enhance their interview skills.
- Hosted a series of events to share experiences about course selection and academic planning in learning computer science and mathematics in WashU.
Skills: Event Planning, Communication, Organization, Leadership
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ImGenHCT
GitHub
Computer Vision, Image Generation Nov 2025 - Dec 2025- Serve as final project for CSE 5519: Advances in Computer Vision.
- Explored highly compressed image tokenization combined with text-to-image generation, using a TiTok-style 1D tokenizer to encode images into minimal latent representations.
- Built an encoder-decoder pipeline that leverages CLIP scores and VQA metrics to evaluate and optimize semantic alignment between generated images and text prompts.
- Investigated trade-offs between compression ratio and generation quality for text-to-image alignment assessment.
Skills: Computer Vision, Image Generation, TiTok, CLIP, PyTorch, Python
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ATTPDRL
GitHub
Deep Reinforcement Learning, Autonomous Vehicles Nov 2025 - Dec 2025- Serve as final project for CSE 5100: Deep Reinforcement Learning.
- Autonomous Trailer-Truck Parking with Deep Reinforcement Learning: trained agents to park trailer trucks in designated spots while avoiding collisions, tackling the nonlinear dynamics that make trailer trucks harder to control than standard cars.
- Modeled parking as an environment with continuous states (position, angle) and discrete actions (steering, direction), and implemented and compared DQN, PPO, DDPG, and TD3.
- Built simulation environments, reference implementations, and comparative analyses across multiple RL algorithms for this specialized autonomous parking problem.
Skills: Deep Reinforcement Learning, PyTorch, DQN, PPO, DDPG, TD3, Python
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IMSB personality test site
Frontend on GitHub
Web Application Apr 2026 - Apr 2026- Built an pranking site for personality test but just giving random matching rates to encouraging users to waste time on choosing questions without actual personality analysis.
- 2K test taker in 7 days, all done in 4 hours with video on streaming platform for advertising.
Skills: Front-End Development, Back-End Web Development, Databases, Docker
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SophiasPath
Frontend on GitHub Backend on GitHub
Web Application Sep 2024 - Jan 2025- Built an interactive website for delivering stories and content about philosophers.
- Utilized Django backend with Django REST Framework for blog content delivery.
- Deployed scalable services using Docker and reverse proxy tools.
Skills: Front-End Development, Back-End Web Development, Databases, Docker
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Mon3tr
GitHub
Computer vision Jun 2025 - June 2025- named from, Matching and smOoth difussioN for 3d reconsTRuction
- This is an experimental project as Final project of Spring 2025 CSE 559A Computer Vision course at Washington University in St. Louis.
- Combines MASt3R and Smooth-Diffusion. To test if we can use 2D image generation model to improve 3D reconstruction.
Skills: Computer Vision, MASt3R, Smooth-Diffusion
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Flow-of-Thought
GitHub
Large Language Models, Chain of Thought, self-RAG May 2024 - May 2024- This is an experimental project as Final project of Fall 2024 CSE 561A Large Language Models course at Washington University in St. Louis.
- Implemented a multi-agent self-RAG system with Chain of Thought and Large Language Models. Based on Graph of Thoughts pipeline.
Skills: Large Language Models, Chain of Thought, self-RAG
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Odoru
GitHub
Web Application (HackWashU Hackathon 2024) Nov 2024 - Dec 2024- Video Streaming: Users can select a dance video and view it while recording their dance through a webcam.
- Real-Time Pose Detection: The app uses machine learning and computer vision models to detect the user’s skeleton in real-time from the video stream.
- Motion Similarity Scoring: The app calculates scores by comparing the user's skeletal movements with the reference dance video, providing feedback on their performance.
- Responsive UI: The app provides a seamless interface for users to interact with the video, record themselves, and receive ongoing feedback during their performance.
Skills: Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Web Development
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Cobalt-4
Colorful number project repo - Cobalt-4
Game Development Jan 2026 - Now- Initiated a new rhythm game project. Design art and do code reviews.
- 2.5 D Rhythm game. It works with moving tracks and 4 key notes.
Skills: Unity, Digital Illustration, Programming
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Khaki-51
Colorful number project repo - Khaki-51
Game Development Sep 2023 - Oct 2023- Initiated a new chess game project.
- It works like chess (no it doesn't) but have action points that can do various operations to move the chess.
Skills: Unity, Programming
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Raven-24
Colorful number project repo - Raven-24
Game Development Mar 2022 - Sep 2022- Initiated a new puzzle solving game project.
- A girl living in a small town using property of time to save her friend, but find her trapped in an endless cycle.
Skills: Unity, Programming
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Graphical Applets for Computational Geometry Algorithms
GitHub
Web Application Dec 2023 - Dec 2023- Developed graphical applets using JavaScript to visualize computational geometry algorithms.
- Serve as final project for CSE 546: Computational Geometry.
Skills: JavaScript, Computational Geometry
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Applets for Algorithms
Site deployed Leetcode profile
Web Application Dec 2023 - Present- Developed zoo of algorithms used in Competitive Programming contests, especially Leetcode.
- Serve as extension for final project for CSE 546: Computational Geometry.
- Leetcode top 0.64% (updated on Apr 2026), without use of AI.
Skills: JavaScript, Advance Algorithms
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NoteNextra (Notechondria)
GitHub Accessible Website
Full-Stack Application Nov 2023 - Present- Built a memory archive with LLM to retrieve notes and provide utilities for personal interest.
- Discontinued now but still updating notes in notenextra.trance-0.com
Skills: Flutter, Full-Stack Development, PostgreSQL, Docker, Python, AJAX
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Web Development & Personal Website
Website
Web Development Feb 2020 - Present- Built a website containing learning material in computer science and shared personal interests at www.trance-0.com.
- Created a series of services via docker: git server, cloud storage via NextCloud/OpenList, media server via Immich, CI/CD manager via Jenkins, password manager via Bitwarden, chatbot supports QQ, WeChat, Telegram, and Discord.
Skills: Computer Science, Computer Networks, Web Development, Linux, Docker, Programming
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Cookistry
Full-Stack Application Jul 2023 - Sep 2023- Initialized project in Insite x ACM x Skandalaris No-Code HackAThon 2023.
- Built a full-stack app for sharing standardized recipes in Python with PostgreSQL using Django Framework.
- Designed the app mechanism and UI.
- Adapted by WashU cooking club for sharing recipes.
- Enabled customized cooking experience with preferred units and accurate time measures.
Skills: Full-Stack Development, Django, Programming, PostgreSQL, Databases
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Using Machine Learning to Analyze Apartheid in South Africa
Data Science Sep 2022 - Nov 2022- Provided technical support in a team using Python, TensorFlow, and GPT-3 to construct models analyzing Apartheid in South Africa and Namibia from the Bohr era to the end of segregation.
Skills: Programming, TensorFlow, Python
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TimeBlocks
Colorful number project repo - White-75
Mobile Application Feb 2021 - Feb 2022- Developed an app to help users enhance concentration and relax scientifically by recording concentration time and finding optimal work-relax cycles.
- Features include to-do list management, distraction detection, and personalized reports.
- Built independently using Unity and SQL database on VPS.
Skills: Unity, Programming, SQL
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Gray-75
Colorful number project repo - Gray-75
Game Development Feb 2020 - Feb 2022- Initiated a demo project for a first-person puzzle-solving game about Alzheimer's disease.
- Led a team, designed scenes, implemented gameplay with Unity and Blender, and provided long-term support for junior developers.
Skills: Unity, Blender, Programming
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Robot Open Autonomous Racing (ROAR)
ROAR Racing training site
AI/Robotics Apr 2019 - Nov 2021- Participated in an autonomous car racing program.
- Trained AI agents to drive cars in simulation.
- Tuned reward/punishment parameters.
- Led a team to improve performance.
- Provided technical support and mentorship to new members.
Skills: TensorFlow, Programming, AI