๐Ÿ‘‹ About

  • Born and raised in Taiwan๐Ÿง‹
  • About to finish my M.S. degree in Computer Science at Georgia Tech ๐Ÿ
  • Building Socratic Mind, an AI-powered Scalable Oral Assessment Platform
  • Doing AI + Education Technology research at with Prof. Thad Starner

๐Ÿ—ฃ Talk to me about

  • Yourself! Life, dreams, reality โ€ฆ Iโ€™d love to get to know you ๐Ÿ˜ƒ
  • What makes you happy, what makes you sad, what keeps you up at night ๐ŸŒ™
  • Any idea, vision, or project that youโ€™re passionate about ๐Ÿ”ฅ
  • AI, EdTech, AR/VR, Web3, Climate/Sustainability, Space exploration, the future of work and education

๐ŸŽ‰ Fun facts

  • I donโ€™t like cheese ๐Ÿง€
  • I dropped out from my college (See โ€œMy journey to Computer Scienceโ€ below)
  • I got robbed in SF Hayes Valley at 10:04 a.m. on a Wednesday when I was about to board a bus to work. The robbers took away my work laptop. And I tried chasing the robbers and lost one of my shoes on my way
  • I used to be a huge K-Pop fan. I covered a K-Pop dance (The Day We Broke Up by ZE:A) in front of 100+ people when I was in high school. I also like BTS and Black Pink a lot ๐Ÿ•บ

๐Ÿ˜Œ Other interests:

  • Badminton ๐Ÿธ
  • Minecraft
  • Reading ๐Ÿ“š
  • Anime (favorite: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime and Sword Art Online), YouTube, Netflix, movies. Iโ€™m a Star Trek fan.

My journey to Computer Science

My academic journey is anything but conventional. As a freshman at National Taiwan University (NTU), I excelled in my Chemical Engineering studies. However, I felt a disconnect between my natural aptitude for engineering and my passions for Computer Science. It was the magnetic pull of software and computing that truly kindled my intellectual curiosity.

Heeding this internal calling, I made a decisive move. I chose to drop out from NTU and ventured halfway across the world to the U.S. (And fortunately my parents are very open-minded and didnโ€™t beat me up for dropping out of college.) This decision led me to spend a year and a half honing my CS fundamental skills at De Anza College before transferring to Georgia Tech.

Software Engineering

I have experience across all levels of Software Development, from low-level C/C++ programming to Golang/Docker/Kubernetes/AWS infrastructure to fullstack development with Node.js, React/Next.js, Tailwind CSS, tRPC to AI/LLM with LangChain, Pandas to Web3 smart contract and zero-knowledge proof.

However, Iโ€™m gradually shifting my focus towards fullstack AI/LLM application/product development.