Courses.

CS and math courses in bold.

Stanford University

M.S. in Computer ScienceSep 2024 – Dec 2025

CS 144
Introduction to Computer Networking (opens in a new tab)
Course assistant
CS 240
Advanced Topics in Operating Systems (opens in a new tab)
Systems track
- Wrote a user-level threads library in C and x86-64 assembly, with optional timer-based preemption.
CS 251
Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technologies (opens in a new tab)
- Wrote Ethereum smart contracts in Solidity, including an IOU tracker that resolves debt cycles.
CS 274
Representations and Algorithms for Computational Molecular Biology
- Implemented affine-gap sequence alignment (Needleman–Wunsch and Smith–Waterman).

CS 112
Operating Systems Kernel Implementation Project (opens in a new tab)
Systems track
Course project
Pintos Operating System Kernel
- Built all four Pintos (opens in a new tab) projects in C: threads, user programs, virtual memory and a file system.
- Implemented priority scheduling with nested donation, demand paging with clock eviction and a buffer cache.
Partner Jasraj Kripalani
CS 152
Trust and Safety (opens in a new tab) (current course website)
Course project
Crypto Scam Moderation Bot
- Built a Discord moderation bot in Python for reporting and reviewing pig-butchering scams.
- Scored wallet addresses in messages for risk using on-chain history and sanctions lists.
Partners Christelle Millos-Lopez, Nathan Hamzey, Tyler Abernethy
CS 166
Advanced Data Structures (opens in a new tab)
- Implemented range minimum query structures in C++, including Fischer–Heun.
- Built HyperLogLog cardinality estimators and a succinct rank structure.

CS 144
Introduction to Computer Networking (opens in a new tab)
Systems track
- Implemented TCP in C++: a byte-stream reassembler, a receiver and a sender.
- Built an Ethernet network interface with ARP and an IP router.
CS 243
Program Analysis and Optimizations (opens in a new tab)
Systems track
- Wrote a dataflow solver and analyses for a Java compiler.
- Wrote an optimization pass that removes redundant null checks.
CS 248A
Computer Graphics: Rendering, Geometry, and Image Manipulation (opens in a new tab)
Systems track
- Implemented SVG rasterization and half-edge mesh operations, including subdivision and simplification, in C++.
- Wrote a path tracer with mirror and glass materials, which the final project extended.
Final project
Spectral Path Tracer
- Added physical camera lens simulation to a C++ path tracer.
- Rendered chromatic aberration by simulating how lenses bend each wavelength differently.
Partner Sebastian Ingino
- Report
- Video
CS 255
Introduction to Cryptography (opens in a new tab)
- Built an end-to-end encrypted chat client using Signal's Double Ratchet algorithm.
- Wrote a password manager using authenticated encryption.

CS 242
Programming Languages (opens in a new tab)
Systems track
- Wrote a lambda-to-SKI compiler with type inference in Python and proved SKI confluence in Agda.
CS 248B
Fundamentals of Computer Graphics: Animation and Simulation (opens in a new tab)
Systems track
- Built 2D inverse kinematics, spline keyframe animation and collision simulation for rigid and deformable bodies.
CS 259Q
Quantum Computing

B.S. in Computer ScienceAug 2021 – May 2024

15-418
Parallel Computer Architecture and Programming (opens in a new tab)
Systems track
- Wrote a CUDA renderer and parallel n-body simulations with OpenMP and MPI.
Final project
Lock-free Radix Trees for IP Routing
- Used compare-and-swap (CAS) to scale lookups and updates across threads.
- Benchmarked under simulated network workloads, achieving over 50 ops/μs with 8 threads.
Partner Jessica Ruan
15-445
Database Systems (opens in a new tab)
Systems track
- Built a buffer pool manager and an extendible hash index for the BusTub database in C++.
- Implemented query executors and multi-version concurrency control.
15-451
Algorithm Design and Analysis (opens in a new tab)
70-342
Managing Across Cultures
82-137
Chinese Calligraphy: Culture and Skills

15-210
Parallel and Sequential Data Structures and Algorithms (opens in a new tab)
- Wrote parallel algorithms in C++ with ParlayLib, including skyline, range queries, shortest paths and dynamic programming.
15-259
Probability and Computing (opens in a new tab) (current course website)
15-330
Introduction to Computer Security (opens in a new tab)
Systems track
- Wrote memory-corruption exploits that spawn a shell, including ones that work with ASLR enabled.
15-440
Distributed Systems (opens in a new tab)
Systems track
- Built transparent remote file access over RPC in C and a file-caching proxy in Java.
- Built a scalable web service and implemented two-phase commit with crash recovery.
84-372
Space and National Security

15-195
Competition Programming I (opens in a new tab)
15-213
Introduction to Computer Systems (opens in a new tab)
- Wrote a memory allocator, a Unix shell and a concurrent web proxy in C.
15-217
Logic and Mechanized Reasoning (opens in a new tab)
15-281
Artificial Intelligence: Representation and Problem Solving (opens in a new tab) (current course website)
33-104
Experimental Physics
76-270
Writing for the Professions
- Wrote a proposal to switch campus restrooms to 2-ply toilet paper, backed by a student survey and cost comparisons with other universities.

07-128
First Year Immigration Course
07-131
Great Practical Ideas for Computer Scientists
15-122
Principles of Imperative Computation (opens in a new tab)
15-151
Mathematical Foundations for Computer Science (opens in a new tab)
21-241
Matrices and Linear Transformations
Final project
PageRank
- Implemented PageRank in Julia and applied it to the NSFNET backbone network.
Partner Haohui Liu
- Paper
76-107
Writing about Data
76-108
Writing about Public Problems
- Wrote a proposal to standardize recycling-bin signage across campus, backed by a student survey and an interview with CMU's sustainability manager.
98-242
StuCo: Introduction to Esoteric Programming Languages