More on my academic journey

Before focusing on LM research, I specialized in competition math. In 2020, I ranked 91st out of 20,800 participants worldwide in the American Mathematics Competition 12 and was invited to USA Mathematical Olympiad selection. I also authored a paper on applied mathematical modeling for optimization in econometrics.

Music

I’m deeply interested in indie music and its surrounding subcultures, and I frequently attend live shows. My favorite artists include 脏手指 (Oh! Dirty Fingers), My Bloody Valentine, ミドリ (Midori), and きのこ帝国 (Kinoko Teikoku). I’ve also written for a music magazine in the past - my pieces include:

• Defiant harmony: Shanghai garage punk & Oh! Dirty Fingers’ “Lost Zillionaire.”
• The shape of dreams: a journey through the history of shoegaze.