👋 Basic Info

Name       Yi Zhong, aka Kevin Zhong or CLCK

Location    China / Singapore / United States

Gender      Male

Education

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2025.8-)

    No. 2 High School of East China Normal University (2022.9-2025.6)

    Minhang Foreign Language Middle School Affiliated to SISU (2018.9-2022.6)

Scores

    SAT 1560 (R/W 760 + Math 800)

    TOEFL 110 (R30 + L28 + S25 + W27)

    Cumulative GPA (High School) 4.01/4.18

AP Subject Tests

    2024/5 AP Physics 1 (5)

           AP Physics 2 (5)

           AP Physics C: Mechanics (5)

           AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism (5)

           AP Microeconomics (5)

           AP Calculus BC, subscore Calculus AB (5)

           AP Computer Science A (5)

    2025/5 AP Environmental Science (4)

           AP Chemistry (5)

           AP Statistics (5)

Contact

    +86 136-5173-0570, +65 8067-0241, +1 (267)918-6232

    zhongyi070622@gmail.com

    Personal Website - Click for Links to Other Platforms

⚙️ Skills

📑 Projects

Here are some of my main projects. Each project reflects my skills in programming, web development, and problem-solving.

My Github Homepage: https://www.github.com/CLCK0622

Github Stats

🔬 Research

My ORCID: 0009-0000-9818-4466.

Enhanced U-Net for Road Network Prediction

Prepaint on TechRxiv

Need for Responsive Framework: A responsive framework is urgently required to respond to rapidly changing environmental and social demands.

Inefficiencies in Traditional Methods: Traditional road planning procedures are inefficient because they rely on lengthy manual surveys and data analysis.

Innovative Application of U-Net: The study describes an innovative implementation of the U-Net architecture, using geospatial data to forecast potential road networks.

Data Utilization: The model is trained utilizing river networks, residential area data, and elevation data, with a focus on smaller roads and rural locations.

Results and Limitations: While the model performs well on larger highways, it illustrates AI's promise in road network expansion by improving regional connection.

Please see the link for the full paper: TechRxiv (DOI: 10.36227/techrxiv.172902820.02096061/v1)

Preliminary Research

Revitalizing the Qinba Mountain Area: Tackling Poverty through Optimized Industry Structure Full Paper

Please refer to Links for the recommendation letter from local government.

The Role of Transport Systems in Poverty Alleviation in the Liupan Mountain Area Full Paper

Project Video

Please refer to YouTube or below for the project video.

A Data-Driven Modeling Framework for Romantic Confession Success

Prepaint on TechRxiv

Holistic Analysis: A predictive framework is needed to understand romantic confession, a pivotal moment in relationships influenced by complex and multifaceted factors.

Limitations of Previous Methods: Traditional approaches lack a holistic, context-aware analysis, often focusing on either predictive accuracy through "black-box" machine learning or theoretical interpretability with simplified equations.

Innovative Hybrid Framework: The study introduces a hybrid framework that synergizes machine learning models (e.g., Random Forest, XGBoost) for high-accuracy predictions with interpretable mathematical models to analyze the underlying dynamics of attraction.

Data Utilization: The models were trained on two distinct datasets: one from a high school context with 197 entries and another from a broader societal context with 570 entries. Features included communication frequency, shared activities, personality traits, and time spent together.

Results and Key Findings: The framework achieved high predictive accuracy, with F1-scores up to 100% on school data and 89% on public data. Feature analysis revealed that sustained communication time was the most critical factor in school scenarios, while a balanced interaction ratio was more important in diverse societal settings.

Please see the link for the full paper: TechRxiv (DOI: 10.36227/techrxiv.174667733.36158603/v1)

💡 Activities

Leadership

October 2022: Led the class to participate in the annual school vegetable garden planting event as the General Person in Charge.

May 2023: Student Representative at School’s Student Congress; developed a popular campus communication platform and had a proposal adopted by the school.

December 2023: Served as the school's Technical Support for the Art Festival Garden Party.

December 2023: Worked with the Large Events Department to produce a popular series of "Popular Teachers in the School" cards for the Art Festival Garden Party.

Academics

2021-2022: Future City STEM Competition - Eastern China Grand Prize & National 2nd Prize.

December 2023: Shared my experience in science learning at the New Year's class meeting.

January 2024: Produced "Traditional Chinese Culture" WeChat videos and articles for the Academic English course and published them on the school's official WeChat account.

June 2024: National Olympiad in AI - Top Distinction (10%) and selected for National Team Trials.

July 2025: Participant in JHU Pre-College Program: Explore Engineering Innovation, achieving a full GPA.

Robotics

2022-2025: Team Captain/Programming Lead for the school's FRC Club; restructured the team, built the club website, and led the team to major awards including the FRC Entrepreneurship Award, Dean’s List Semi-Finalist (USA 2024), and Istanbul Regional Finalist (2023).

2022-2023: Engineer for a micro automatic water purification robot, a cost-effective and fully automated solution for small water bodies.

2023-2025: Founder of the CNFRC Community, China's first student-led FRC open-source platform, improving resource sharing for Chinese teams.

Computer/Technology

2021-2025: Open Source Contributor on GitHub, good at Next.js and 11ty (mainly frontend WebDEV).

2022-2023: Lanqiao Software & Info Tech Pro Talent Competition (C++) - National 2nd Prize & Top 6% (Senior).

2022-2024: Certified Software Professional Senior (CSP-S) - 1st Round 1st Prize & 2nd Round 2nd Prize.

Speech & Debate

December 2023: Worked in groups to complete a mathematical speech on "Cic Section-Spoke Tensile Structure."

Community Contribution

2022-2024: Organizer/Student Captain for Steppingstones, promoting STEM education for impoverished students, supporting "Women in STEM," and fostering inclusivity through sign language learning.

October 2022: Joined the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum Volunteer Service Team.

June 2023: Elected as a Representative of the Youth League Congress and wrote proposals.

August 2023: Served as a venue guide volunteer at the Shanghai Planetarium.

August 2023: Won the school's "Social Work Activist" (2022-2023) award.

September 2023: Joined the school's "Shanghai Library Volunteer Service Team."

Writing

May and September 2022: Collected information and wrote a short article on JD.com's supply chain analysis under the background of "ensuring supply" during the epidemic.

April 2023: Participated in the school's first-year high school current affairs essay competition and won the "Third Prize."

Athletics

2021-2025: Cycled over 1,000 km across 6 provinces in China, filming vlogs and gaining inspiration for AI research.

September 2022: Served as a sports meeting volunteer to manage the order and performance records of the East Runway.

October 2022: Participated in the table tennis skills competition of the autumn sports meeting and won Third Place.

October 2022: Selected as a member of the school table tennis volunteer service team and served as a referee for the school league.

Art & Music

November 2022: Participated in the school recitation competition as the slides maker and music producer and won the Second Prize.

DIY Projects

2021-2022: Team Leader/Engineer for an intelligent anti-myopia wearable device based on Arduino, winning a National 1st Prize in the "Future Engineer" competition and securing a national utility model patent.

Building Hackintosh computers from scratch.

Making small items using a 3D Printer.

Self-designing and crafting alcohol lamps and Stirling engines.