i study computer science at the University of Waterloo.
currently:
- •research engineer @
WAT.ai, working on ml for adaptive-compute inference
previously:
- •won 8x hackathons
- •software engineering @
Lunon - •software engineering @
Magic Hour (YC W24)
- •research @
the University of Toronto's Flight Systems and Control lab
- •youngest claims intern (16) @
Zurich Insurance - •won 3rd @
DECA internationals, the world's largest business competition - •started and scaled a non-profit to reach 110k+ students
- •led my school board's
official student senate to represent 135k+ students - •various: won some case/investment competitions, placed 10th in Ontario for physics, and scored in the 98th percentile on national math contests
otherwise:
- •i view myself as extremely ambitious, curious, and self-directed.
- •broadly interested in ai alignment, the purpose of humans in the future of computing, reconstruction analysis of speedcubing solves, and meeting new ambitious people who challenge how i see myself.
- •i enjoy speedcubing (4.60s pb!), taking walks, exploring new cities, and meeting new people!
- •reach me at eric.chen4 [at] uwaterloo [dot] ca