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Yiyang Yu

Yiyang Yu

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Biomedical Engineering & CS @ Columbia University | Researcher @ CUIMC | Kaggle Competitions Master

  • Education

    • Kang Chiao International School East China Campus

      2016 - 2021

      Activities and Societies: Academic Committee Chairman, Student Council Vice President, Swimming Varsity Crew, Violin (7 years), USAD Team Leader/Member

    • Stony Brook University

      2022 - 2023
      Bachelor's degree Electrical Engineering 4.0/4.0

      Activities and Societies: Founder/President of Artificial Intelligence Community@SBU, Software Subteam Leader of Stony Brook Robotics Team (SBRT), Research Assistant at Bioengineering Education, Application and Research (BEAR) Program, Member of Integrating Population Health Informatics Vertical Integrating Program (VIP), IEEE, Computing Society ESE 123 Intro to Electrical Engineering TA

    • Columbia University

      2023 - 2026
      Bachelor's degree Biomedical Engineering

      Activities and Societies: Columbia Organization of Rising Entrepreneurs (CORE) (Committee Lead), CORE FounderSchool Alum, Columbia Startup Lab, System Biology Initiative, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), Columbia Space Initiative

    • Syosset High School

      2021 - 2022
      High School Diploma

      Activities and Societies: National Honor Society, Mathlete Member, Track&Field

  • Experience

    • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

      Mar 2022 - Dec 2023

      Investigating the applications of deep neural networks in genomics

      • Research Intern @ Koo Lab

        Jun 2023 - Dec 2023

      • Research Assistant @ Koo Lab

        Mar 2022 - Jun 2023

    • Stony Brook University

      Jan 2023 - Aug 2023

      STEP Program Tutor, Developing Continuous Individual Crisis Aid Alert System (CICaidA), Federal Work-Study Program Teaching Assistant in Electrical Engineering DepartmentSpring 2023 - ESE123: Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering

      • Research Assistant

        Dec 2022 - Aug 2023

      • Teaching Assistant

        Jan 2023 - May 2023

    • Columbia University Irving Medical Center

      Dec 2023 - now
      Undergraduate Researcher @ AlQuraishi Lab

      Investigating the application of deep learning models in protein structure prediction

    • Kaggle

      Jan 2024 - now
      Kaggle Competitions Master

      https://www.kaggle.com/yyyu541x Gold, 4x SilverBecame Competitions Master in 6 months

    • Columbia Organization of Rising Entrepreneurs

      Feb 2024 - now
      Organizing Committee Lead

    • LvlUp Ventures

      Apr 2024 - now
      Venture Scout

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • MIT Beaver Works 100: Mini-RACECAR

      Massachusetts Institute of Technology
      Aug 2021
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    • Neural Networks and Deep Learning

      DeepLearning.AI
      Jan 2022
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    • Machine Learning

      Stanford University
      Sept 2021
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    • Physics 101 - Forces and Kinematics

      Rice University
      Oct 2021
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    • Programming Foundations with JavaScript, HTML and CSS (with Honors)

      Duke University | Coursera
      Aug 2021
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    • COVID-19 Contact Tracing

      The Johns Hopkins University
      Jul 2021
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    • Understanding the Brain: The Neurobiology of Everyday Life

      University of Chicago
      Oct 2021
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    • Java Programming: Solving Problems with Software (with Honors)

      Duke University | Coursera
      Oct 2021
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    • MIT Beaver Works Version Control: Git & Github

      Massachusetts Institute of Technology
      Mar 2021
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    • MIT Beaver Works Python Core

      Massachusetts Institute of Technology
      Mar 2021
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  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Yiyang Yu
      Barry M Goldwater Scholarship Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Mar 2025
    • Awarded to Yiyang Yu
      HackMIT: 1st place in Best use of GenAI using InterSystems IRIS Vector Search HackMIT Sep 2024 $2000 prize
    • Awarded to Yiyang Yu
      Dean's List Columbia University Jun 2024 All eligible semesters
    • Awarded to Yiyang Yu
      Gilbert Family Scholarship Columbia Engineering 2024
    • Awarded to Yiyang Yu
      Dean's List Stony Brook University Jun 2023 All eligible semesters
    • Awarded to Yiyang Yu
      AP Scholar with Honor CollegeBoard Jun 2022
    • Awarded to Yiyang Yu
      National Honor Society - Dec 2021
    • Awarded to Yiyang Yu
      British Physics Olympiad Senior Physics Challenge Gold Prize(Global Ranking) British Physics Olympiad Mar 2021 Ranked in the top 5% of students who participated in the British Physics Olympiad Senior Physics Challenge (BPhO-AS).
    • Awarded to Yiyang Yu
      British Physics Olympiad Round 1 Bronze Prize (Global Ranking) British Physics Olympiad Nov 2020
    • Awarded to Yiyang Yu
      International Linguistic Olympiad (IOL) Silver Prize of Team in National Final International Linguistic Olympiad (China) Jul 2020
    • Awarded to Yiyang Yu
      United States Academic Decathlon (USAD) Division One Science Bronze Prize United States Academic Decathlon (China) Feb 2020