Kimi Chen
Undergraduate Research Assistant
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKimi Chen is a UC San Diego sophomore double-majoring in Data Science and Applied Mathematics, combining 11 years of programming experience with hands-on research and systems engineering. As an undergraduate research assistant, she builds evaluation pipelines for vision-language models in simulated 2D/3D worlds and explores embedding-based architectures to improve LLM memory and context retrieval. She previously led computer vision efforts for Triton Unmanned Aerial Systems, rearchitecting a large codebase to slash model integration time and deploying YOLO-based detection on embedded Jetson hardware for real-time drone use. Her background spans applied ML—disinformation detection, transformer models, aerial saliency—and full-stack contributions (e.g., adding responsive D3 visualizations to the EthereumClassic explorer). Pragmatic and curiosity-driven, she often prototypes solutions out of frustration with existing tools and prefers building systems that reduce friction and scale quickly.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
University of California, San DiegoDominican International School
Github Skills (5)
responsive-design10
javascript10
d3js10
css9
ethereum7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ethereumclassic/explorer
Aug 2016 - Dec 2018
EthereumClassic Block Explorer
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:30 commits, 12 PRs, 1 push in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Kimi implemented a new function, `call_hashrate_chart()`, to append a D3.js chart to display hashrate data. They modified code to handle responsive web design, adjusting the chart's appearance based on screen size. Further enhancements included adding a tooltip for the hashrate chart to improve user interaction. The user also added CSS for styling and integrated a new design for the hashrate chart.
ethereumblockchainethereum-classicblock-explorerexplorer
ethereumproject/classic-dapp-ui
Oct 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:58 commits, 30 PRs, 15 pushes in 1 month
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