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First-year student, Computer Science and Engineering
University of California, Irvine

joyz18@uci.edu
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About

I started at UC Irvine in fall 2026 and expect to graduate with a B.S. in 2030.

I build projects mostly for my own use. Right now I'm working on two: STBLarge, AI infrastructure that aims to let people run models larger than their RAM at a usable speed, and My Portrait, which takes the personal agent a step further, toward a proactive agent.

Much of my time goes into researching AI model architecture, AI infrastructure, data processing, AI harnesses, and operating systems (Linux and macOS). Beyond computing, my interests span investing, economics, psychology, the study of human behavior, and cognitive science.

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