grace zhao

hi! welcome to my digital sketchbook~

I’m Grace, a CS student at Penn interested in AI/ML.

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experience

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  • Jun – Sep 2026Undergraduate ResearcherComputational Neuroethology Lab, PennAutomating cowbird identification and multi-camera 3D tracking: detection, tracking, and color-band re-ID across hours of aviary footage.Python · PyTorch · YOLOv8 · BoT-SORT · DeepLabCut · OpenCV
  • Feb – May 2026Software Engineer Intern @ ElevatEd SchoolElevatEd SchoolStripe ingestion and SQL analytics behind the manager dashboard.JavaScript · SQL · Stripe API
  • Jun – Sep 2023Research InternUrban AI Lab, Texas A&MHedonic and multilevel rent models over 541 complexes, with a Green View Index computed from Street View.R · Python · OpenCV · Random Forest · Hedonic modeling

projects

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  • Jul – Aug 2026canto-mandoTeaches Cantonese to Mandarin speakers by drilling only the differences, with spaced repetition and speech scoring.Next.js · TypeScript · Supabase · Azure Speech · FSRS · Claude API
  • Jun 2026CalendyoursPaste a project description and Calendyours writes an AI task plan, then schedules every task around your existing commitments.Next.js · TypeScript · Supabase · Claude API · FullCalendar · Tailwind CSS
  • Sep 2025 – Jan 2026Popcorn for the PeopleOrdering system for Popcorn for the People: a customer order form plus an admin dashboard for orders, pricing, and discount codes.TypeScript · React · Express · MongoDB · AWS · Terraform

arts

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  • Textured painted portrait of a woman with long wavy auburn hair resting her chin on her hand, smiling with red lips, in a cream cardigan over a pink top against a coral background.

    in love, digital, procreate, 2024

  • A golden sunset over the ocean, with palm trees and a wide spreading tree silhouetted on the shore and a sailboat on the horizon.

    honolulu sunset, photography, 2025

  • Two ballerinas, one in a pink tutu and one in an orange tutu, leaping side by side in a grand jeté before a painted window backdrop.

    sleeping beauty, ballet, 2025

  • Reverie, Contemporary, Pan-Asian Dance Troupe

thanks for flipping through!