from Julia import bio

tl;dr

I'm a rising senior at Stanford majoring in Mathematical and Computational Science (B.S.) and Computer Science, AI track (M.S.).
I like teaching computers to see (computer vision), discover stuff (unsupervised learning), and make stuff (generative models).
I'm the Cartoons Editor at The Stanford Daily, which means I get to guide people who draw cool things and tell meaningful stories.
I speak Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, computer, and am learning Portuguese (and portugeese).
I named the research lab I'm in and created our logo—one of my proudest moments as a language + design-loving human.
I don't leave our first conversation without pronouncing your name correctly.
The rest of my life includes joyfully doing research, illustrating puns, mentoring and working with other women in tech, demystifying AI, writing satire, singing, taking photos, and clearly, making lists.

>> jxgong at stanford punto edu

2020-2021 • Stanford University • Computer Science, M.S.
2017-2021 • Stanford University • Mathematical and Computational Science, B.S.
2013-2017 • Cary Academy Upper School • Degree Resembling Lifelong Interest in Learning

Doing research in medical computer vision (surgical image segmentation)
Rewriting the Code Student Council and Fellow (creating a community for women in tech)
Pondering about the intersection of virtual reality and medicine
Illustrating puns and running The Daily's Cartoons section
Teaching students computer science + a bunch of other subjects via Splash!, Girls Teaching Girls to Code, and other volunteering efforts because accessible education is cool

2021: Paper accepted to CHI Workshop on Realizing AI in Healthcare [paper coming soon]
2020: Google Computer Science Research Mentorship Program (CSRMP) mentored by Orly Liba
2019: Research Intern + Women-in-Tech Scholar @Adobe Research, Graphics Intelligence Lab - automatic geometric warping for face cartoonization mentored by Yannick Hold-Geoffroy and Cynthia Lu; patent-pending
2018: Research Intern @SAS Institute, Cognitive Analytics Division - deep biomedical image analysis for liver tumor segmentation in CT scans mentored by Jared Peterson and Fijoy Vadakkumpadan
2018: Research Assistant @Stanford SustainLab - poverty index prediction from street-level imagery
2018: StreetCode Academy Volunteer Instructor - teaching CS to underprivileged students in East Palo Alto
2018: Mathematics Tutor @Stanford University - linear algebra, multivariable calculus, differential equations
2017: Stanford Applied Statistics Society - discussions around data science and machine learning
2017: Technical Intern @JMP Software - created R add-in builder mentored by Daniel Valente
2016: American Computer Science League - team captain + individual champion
2016: TEDx Speaker @TEDx Cary Academy - invited to speak on skin cancer detection software and science as a creative process
2016: Technical Intern @JMP Software - developed skin cancer detection software mentored by Diana Levey and John Ponte