About Me
I am a Year 3 Computer Science undergraduate in the College of Computing and Data Science at Nanyang Technological University. I currently hold a CGPA of 4.78/5.00 and am on track for Highest Distinction. I also achieved a Graduate Record Examination score of 324/340, including 168 in Quantitative Reasoning.
My research interests lie at the intersection of visual analytics, human–AI collaboration, intelligent data systems, and algorithms for complex data exploration. Through NTU's URECA programme under Prof. Yong Wang, I have contributed to research on hierarchical data-fact exploration, interactive outlier analysis, and steerable LLM-driven program evolution. This work has led to FOX, accepted at IEEE VIS 2026; EvoMaestro, accepted at ACM UIST 2026; and DFCollection, currently under revision.
I further developed my research experience through the HKUST Summer Research Program under Prof. Raymond Chi-Wing Wong, studying shortest-path computation and indexing on Riemannian spaces as well as schema-tree compression for natural-language querying of NoSQL databases. I am also developing a factor-mining visual analytics system in collaboration with Fudan University. Most recently, I led a four-person team to the semifinals of the SimplifyNext Agentic AI Hackathon with GradRoute Agent, a grounded agentic system for course-registration cases. Alongside research, my professional internship at Centricore gave me experience building and maintaining full-stack enterprise software. I am interested in pursuing PhD research in visual analytics, human-computer interaction, and AI-assisted data analysis, and I welcome opportunities to connect with prospective supervisors and research collaborators.
News
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9 Sep 2026
Led our four-person team to the semifinals of the SimplifyNext Agentic AI Hackathon with GradRoute Agent!
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9 Aug 2026
Our paper EvoMaestro received final acceptance at ACM UIST 2026!
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7 Aug 2026
Completed the eight-week HKUST Summer Research Program under Prof. Raymond Chi-Wing Wong!
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16 Jul 2026
Our paper FOX received final acceptance at IEEE VIS 2026!
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11 Jun 2026
Arrived in Hong Kong to begin the eight-week HKUST Summer Research Program!
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7 May 2026
End the Year 3 Semester 2!
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1 Apr 2026
Submitted the EvoMaestro to UIST and FOX to VIS!
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31 Mar 2026
Receive the offer of NUS IRIS program!
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11 Mar 2026
Received an offer for the HKUST Summer Research Program under Prof. Raymond Chi-Wing Wong!
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5 Dec 2025
Completed the Professional Internship as Software Engineer at Centricore!
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9 Nov 2025
Completed research on data visualization and development of the DFCollection system!
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8 Aug 2025
Started my second URECA project, focusing on machine learning and genetic algorithms!
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21 July 2025
Commenced my Professional Internship at Centricore!
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15 June 2025
Started the Summer Program at the University of Tokyo!
Education
Nanyang Technological University
Majoring in Computer Science at CCDS with a current CGPA of 4.78 (Y1S1–Y3S2), on track for Highest Distinction.
Graduate Record Examination
Achieved a total score of 324/340, with 156 in Verbal Reasoning, 168 in Quantitative Reasoning, and 3.5 in Analytical Writing.
Chongqing Yucai Secondary School
Selected into the highest-ranked class and achieved an average ranking within the top 30 among over 1,800 students.
Publications
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FOX: A Visual Analytics System for Interactive Exploration of Data Fact Outliers
Final Acceptance, IEEE VIS 26 (CORE A)
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DFCollection: A Scalable Visual Analytics System for Hierarchical Fact Exploration
Under revision, submitted to Visual Informatics (JCR Q1)
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EvoMaestro: An Interactive Visual Analytics System for Interpretable and Steerable LLM-Driven Program Evolution
Final Acceptance, ACM UIST 2026 (CORE A)
Internship & Programs
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology — Summer Research Program
- Completed an eight-week summer research program under the supervision of Prof. Raymond Chi-Wing Wong.
- Studied Riemannian spaces and graph-based representations of curved manifolds for shortest-path computation and simulation.
- Implemented and benchmarked Dijkstra, ALT, Contraction Hierarchies, Hub Labeling, and H2H, comparing preprocessing cost, query performance, memory usage, and search-space expansion.
- Developed an offline schema-tree compression workflow for 11 datasets, reducing prompt-token usage while preserving query-relevant structure for natural-language querying of NoSQL databases.
Centricore (S) Pte. Ltd. – Junior Software Engineer
- Worked on full-stack development using React, TypeScript, Node.js, and SQL Server.
- Improved Azure authentication workflows and integrated public-key–based validation.
- Built an automated email notification service using AWS SES.
- Delivered a complete Blacklist & Whitelist report page, including UI, backend API, and SQL queries.
- Supported feature migration across hospital Visitor Management Systems.
- Debugged, enhanced, and maintained production-level code in a large enterprise system.
The University of Tokyo — Global Unit Courses (GUC)
- Completed an intensive course on cosmology and computational scientific analysis.
- Applied programming and statistical methods to explore astronomical data and present research findings.
Projects
GradRoute Agent Semifinalist
Led a four-person team to build a grounded agentic AI prototype for resolving course-registration adjustments, exceptions, and escalations using NTU CCDS reference data. GradRoute Agent coordinates specialist checks, verification stages, and human approval checkpoints before presenting an explainable outcome. The project reached the semifinals of the SimplifyNext Agentic AI Hackathon.
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Factor Mining Visual Analytics System Ongoing
Developing an interactive visual analytics system that helps experts mine, inspect, and edit quantitative factors through coordinated views and human-in-the-loop refinement. This ongoing collaboration with Fudan University is conducted under the supervision of Prof. Yong Wang.
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Riemannian Space Shortest-Path Simulation
Developed an interactive system for computing and simulating shortest paths on discretized Riemannian spaces. The system compares non-indexed and indexed approaches, including Dijkstra, ALT, Contraction Hierarchies (CH), Hub Labeling, and H2H. This project was completed under the supervision of Prof. Raymond Chi-Wing Wong.
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Schema Tree Compression
Built an offline schema-tree compression workflow for 11 datasets, producing compact schema representations that can fit within prompt token budgets for natural-language querying of NoSQL databases. This project was completed under the supervision of Prof. Raymond Chi-Wing Wong.
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SC4000 - Quality Prediction
Developed a machine learning pipeline for the Kaggle competition “Linking Writing Processes to Writing Quality,” using keystroke logs to reconstruct essays, extract behavioral and text-based features, train diverse models, and improve prediction performance through ensembling, achieving a top 30% ranking.
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NUHS VMS
During my internship at Centricore, I helped enhance the Visitor Management System for the National University Hospital System by adding and optimizing features, and the project remains business confidential.
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SimplifyNext Agentic AI Hackathon — Team Leader
Led a four-person team in developing GradRoute Agent, a grounded prototype for resolving course-registration adjustments, exceptions, and escalations. Designed a controlled workflow with specialist routing, verification stages, human approval checkpoints, and optional Amazon Bedrock reasoning, advancing to the hackathon semifinals.
URECA (2nd) Evolutionary Algorithms and Data Fact Outlier analysis
Conducted two research projects under the supervision of Prof. Wang and research staff member Liang: EvoMaestro: Toward Interpretable and Steerable LLM-Driven Program Evolution (accepted at ACM UIST 2026) and FOX: Visual Exploration of Data Fact Outliers (accepted at IEEE VIS 2026).
IET Liaison Manager
Serving as Liaison Manager for the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Organized guest lectures and networking events connecting students with industry professionals, including the IET CrossCampus Connect initiative between UOSM and PSB Academy, and coordinated a Mediacorp industry sharing session in October 2025.
URECA (1st) Data Facts Exploration and Visualization
Participated in the URECA undergraduate research programme, focusing on exploratory data analysis and visual analytics. Proposed the DFCollection system, a novel data-fact collection approach for improving clustering and hierarchical exploration, and contributed to the design of a scalable visualization system.