Cathie So
Co-Founder at Virtual Protocol
Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China
Summary
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Top SchoolCathie So is a multidisciplinary technologist with nine years of experience bridging neuroscience, physics, and computer science to build AI-driven products and web3 tooling. She co-founded Helpurr, applying computer vision for pet health, advises early-stage web3 and AI startups, and has held research roles at the Ethereum Foundation on ZKML and as Chief Scientist at ORA. Cathie blends hands-on data science and ML production experience—from building forecasting and social network models for fintech clients to improving webcam-based gaze tracking—with community leadership as co-organizer of 852dev.xyz. A persistent organizer and activist, she scaled cross-organizational collaboration on Hong Kong democratic initiatives, showing both diplomacy and operational grit. Trained at USC and HKU (PhD-level neuroscience training), she has a track record of turning interdisciplinary research into practical products and educational programs, including teaching ZK proofs to developers. Unusually, her career pairs deep academic research in quantum and neural systems with startup-grade execution in AI and blockchain.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Computer Science, Master’s Degree Computer Science at University of Southern CaliforniaThe University of Hong Kong (HKU)High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Hong Kong International SchoolHong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
python, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese, English, Chinese
Github Skills (99)
sudoku10
smart-contracts10
solidity10
chakra-ui10
typescript10
circomlib10
nextjs10
circom10
ethereum10
blockchain10
react10
snarkjs9
harmony9
gatsby9
audio9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
socathie/zkML
Jun 2022 - Dec 2022
Demo application for circomlib-ml
Contributions:15 commits, 1 PR, 12 pushes in 6 months
circomlibzero-knowledgemachine-learning
socathie/CodeFights
Oct 2016 - Jul 2018
Codes for CodeFights (python)
Contributions:253 commits, 1 PR, 252 pushes in 1 year 10 months
python
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