research, jobs & side projects
work
publications
Peng, Q., Zhao, G., Ye, X. Assessing the impact of maintenance condition on multifamily rents: an integrated approach of machine learning and hedonic modelling. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 2025.
Ye, X., Zhao, G., Peng, Q., et al. Global trends in housing research over the past three decades. Computational Urban Science, 2024.
experience
Undergraduate Researcher
Automating 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
Jun – Sep 2026
Software Engineer Intern @ ElevatEd School
Stripe ingestion and SQL analytics behind the manager dashboard.
- JavaScript
- SQL
- Stripe API
Feb – May 2026
Research Intern
Hedonic and multilevel rent models over 541 complexes, with a Green View Index computed from Street View.
- R
- Python
- OpenCV
- Random Forest
- Hedonic modeling
Jun – Sep 2023
projects
canto-mando
Teaches Cantonese to Mandarin speakers by drilling only the differences, with spaced repetition and speech scoring.
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Supabase
- Azure Speech
- FSRS
- Claude API
Jul – Aug 2026
Calendyours
Paste 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
Jun 2026
Popcorn for the People
Ordering 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
Sep 2025 – Jan 2026