About Me
Through my education, work, and life experiences, I strive to humanize technology by understanding every stage of innovation process.
With the rise of technology embeded into every aspect of our life today, I strive to understand how people interact with technology to inform how we as humans have shifted our needs, values, lifestyles, and mindset.
Time is zero-sum and priceless to me. So in my free time, I love to travel, play Catan and Mahjong with my friends and family, and build furniture.
Education
Peking University
- Masters Degree: M.A. China Studies
- Concentration: Law and Society
- Graduation Year: June 2024
- City: Beijing, China
My research interest lies in understanding technology's socioeconomic impact on people, particularly migrant workers (including the people in factories and farms) that are needed to support China's economic reform through technological development.
My key questions lies in examining the following:
1. The socioeconomic impacts of migrant workers in urban spaces among a) the upper-middle class of high-tech workers b) the working class
2. The Digital Divide among rural and urban spaces in China and the US
3. The clash and convergence of individualistic and Confucianist beliefs seen through the rise of modernization
4. The factors caused technological innovation has stagnated and catalyzed throughout China's imperial history and contemporary society
5. The values of belongingness, community, and cultural identity.
Carnegie Mellon University
- Bachelors Degree: B.S. Information Systems, Dec 2021
- Masters Degree: M.S. Engineering and Public Policy, May 2022
- Concentrations: Human Computer Interaction, Machine Learning
- City: Pittsburgh, PA
Thoughts
Thoughts of the Day
One of my key goals in China is to learn something new every day and to be able to articulate in my writing, speaking, and thinking. This is a way to keep me accountable to practice articulating my thoughts, readings, and daily observations and life experiences. If you're interested in my thoughts, feel free to check out my Notion Board that I try to update with the following sections :)
- Readings
- Observations
- Chinese Vocab
Portfolio
- All
- Technical
- Personal
Adult Sized Rocking Horse
I think there should be more toys for adults, so I spent 100 hours building this.
Fruit Bowl
I saw this design on Etsy and wanted to make my own model and lasercut it.
Knitted Halter Top
I was inspired to knit again. This was my first time making clothes!
Torchworked Swan
Inspired by origami swans.
Torchworked Pegasus
Inspired by my one of my favorite childhood shows to watch with my cousins: Barbie and the Magic Pegasus.
Welded Coffee Table
Inspired by something I saw on Etsy, I welded and woodworked this coffee table!
Woodworked Foldable Stool
I woodworked this foldable stool for my grandpa who gardens a lot!!
Banana Stand
Learned to use the Wood CNC and made a banana holder.
Spinny Chair
I used the wood CNC and woodshop to put together this spinny stool for my living room to play Catan.
Life Size Gingerbread House
I had a dream I was in a life size gingerbread house, so I built one.
3D Printed Appa Whistle
I'm a huge Avatar fan so I CADed & 3D printed Appa's Whistle, so one day I will be prepared to be the avatar.
Lasercut Mahjong Set
Lasercutted my all-time favorite table top game, mahjong! I play this for HOURSS when I'm home with my family, but didn't have a mahjong set in college, so I made one.
Personal Website
I coded this website in HTML/CSS/Javascript with Bootstrap's framework.
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Experiences
- All
- Professional
- Academic
Program Manager Intern
June 2022 - September 2022
Redmond, WA
- Interviewed and aggregated data of PM stakeholders to identify insights from pain points in their methods of inconsistent metrics for measuring OKR's
- Iterated on a dynamic dashboard, and designed visualizations to create analytics to identify patterns on how to optimize OKR progress for quarter planning
67-250 Teaching Assistant
January 2022 - May 2022 (Head TA)
January 2021 - May 2021
January 2020 - May 2020
Pittsburgh, PA
- Enhance Curriculum to prepare students with relevant technology stacks for industry
- Mentor students to guide their understanding in the potentials of Information Systems through recitations and office hours
Semiconductor Shortage Research Assistant
January 2022 - May 2022
Link to Work
Pittsburgh, PA
- Developed a bot with Python and Selenium to web scrape and retrieve semiconductor data sheets from NXP’s dynamic website
- Analyzed insights to identify semiconductor design commonalities among categories (i.e. automotive vs industrial applications)
Technical Program Manager Intern
June 2021 - August 2021
Bellevue, WA
- Roadmapped and identified the integration of Natural Language Processing pipelines to identify social engineering in call centers
- Developed security playbooks to mitigate potential threats and ethical implications in voice recognition and AI systems
Product Manager Intern
January 2021 - May 2021
Houston, TX
- Determined user pain points to design transformative experiences on Chromebooks through implementing emerging technologies
- Analyzed new verticals for Education Chromebooks to further HP's domestic and global Philanthropy
Software Engineering Intern
June 2020 - September 2020
Sunnyvale, CA
- Published paper on developing machine learning programs in site reliability engineering tools to classify cross-metric statistics and queries
- Reduced unresolved period of incidents by 380% by automating debugging methods that identify failure details in the email application stack
Cybersecurity Intern
June 2020 - September 2020
Sunnyvale, CA
- Developed and deployed honeypot Deceptors on Symantec software that generate alert systems when hackers penetrate the network
- Used Python and Splunk’s Machine Learning Tool Kit to blacklist threats and automate alert processes for the Incident Report Handling Team
Data Science Research Assistant
January 2019 - May 2019
September 2020 - January 2021
Link to Work
Pittsburgh, PA
- Web scraped and topic modeled Congressional speeches with Python to develop a computer-aided program that indicates latent variables of international relationships during the Cold War
- Created automated Natural Language Processing (NLP) analysis with Python to identify Senator’s sentiments through speech texts regarding policies
Intelligent Tutor Research Assistant
January 2020 - September 2020
Link to Work
Pittsburgh, PA
- Designed user tests that enhance users’ trust of cognitive tutoring program between AI system teachers peer collaboration
- Prototyped dashboards to vet biases in stakeholders such as teachers in designing fair algorithms and ethical policies and protocols
Computer Vision Research Assistant
January 2019 - May 2019
Link to Work
Pittsburgh, PA
- Tested computer vision algorithms to develop classroom technology to provide personalized feedback of students to indicate how teachers can improve
- Used OpenCV’s ArUco markers on Virtual Reality headsets to further Simultaneous Location and Mapping (SLAM) and Stereo Depth Vision research
Founder and Instructor
September 2014 - Present
Link to Website
Fremont, CA
- Developed curriculum tailored for special education students to comprehend basic drag-and-drop programming and exercise motor skills with Lego robotics
- Founded robotics programs at 4 local educational development companies that empower and promote students through STEM education and principles
