Jin Gao
Founder & Developer at MIT Media Lab
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJin Gao is a research-focused designer-developer with 10 years of experience building human-centered tools that bridge HCI, multi-agent collaboration, and applied AI. Based in Cambridge, MA and trained at MIT (CS and Architecture), Jin has led cross-disciplinary projects from IoT beehive systems and construction-focused AI apps to mixed-reality design prototypes and RAG-driven urban risk assistants. He combines full-stack implementation chops—contributing front-end work to projects like dfi.money—with research into decentralized agent architectures as a NANDA Research Fellow. Jin’s work repeatedly translates academic insight into deployable systems (ESP32/LoRA hardware, LangGraph.js integrations, and Unity/Apple Vision Pro prototypes), and he often operates at the intersection of design, optimization, and real-world impact. Notably, his entrepreneurial projects have earned MIT Sandbox support and an international climate prize, reflecting a knack for turning prototypes into funded, recognized outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Hong Kong (HKU)Bachelor of Architecture - BArch Architecture, Bachelor of Architecture - BArch Architecture at Chongqing UniversitySummer Program, Summer Program at National University of SingaporeMaster of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBusiness Analytic Certificate Business Analytic, Business Analytic Certificate Business Analytic at MIT Sloan School of ManagementExchange Student Design & Engineering, Exchange Student Design & Engineering at Politecnico di Milano
English, Chinese
Github Skills (9)
configuration-management10
javascript10
front-end-development10
react10
blockchain9
web3js9
ethereum9
ux-design8
ui-design8
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
yfii/dfi
Sep 2020 - Apr 2021
dfi.money
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:188 commits, 37 PRs, 166 pushes in 7 months
Contributions summary:Jin primarily contributed to the front-end of the `dfi` repository, focusing on the user interface and configuration aspects. They added and updated pool configurations within `pools.js`, including token details, APY values, and links. Furthermore, the user made modifications to UI components and added new features like links and updated the home page dialog. They also made changes related to ETH deposit functionality and updated the abi.js file.
ethereumdfiblockchaincryptocurrencymoney
jin10086/jin10086.github.io
May 2017 - Mar 2022
高金的个人博客
Contributions:1 release, 428 commits, 18 PRs in 4 years 10 months
hexo-blog
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