Kaijie Zhang (Jacky / Laplace)
Logo Third-year undergraduate @ UC San Diego (Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute)

Hi! I am Kaijie Zhang (He/Him). I come from Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. I am a third-year undergraduate student at UC San Diego, majoring in Data Science with a minor in Mathematics. I completed my first two years of study at UC Irvine, where I pursued a double major in Computer Science and Mathematics. My academic interests include software development, algorithms in machine learning and deep learning, data analysis, medical applications of data science, and large language models (LLMs).

Outside of academics, I enjoy staying attuned to intriguing and meaningful events happening around the world. Each summer, I team up with friends to compete in puzzle hunts, especially those hosted by CCBC and Puzzle and Key Universe. I'm often inspired by the clever design behind these challenges. I'm also always up for a good conversation about ACG (anime, comics, and games) with friends.


Education
  • University of California, San Diego
    University of California, San Diego
    Overall Unweighted GPA: 3.95/4.00
    Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute
    B.S. in Data Science (minor in Mathematics)
    Sep. 2022 - present
  • BASIS International School, Guangzhou
    BASIS International School, Guangzhou
    High School
    Sep. 2018 - Jul. 2022
Experience
  • Common Crawl
    Common Crawl
    Research Intern
    2025
  • Everbright Securities International, Everbright Fortune IT
    Everbright Securities International, Everbright Fortune IT
    Software Development Engineer Intern
    2024
  • JD.com
    JD.com
    Business and Operation Support Intern
    2024
Honors & Awards
  • Dean's Honor List (UCSD, UCI, UCB)
    Sep. 2022 - present
  • The ICPC International Collegiate Programming Contest, Southern California Regional Contest, UCI Petr
    2023
  • The USA Computing Olympiad (USACO) US Open Platinum Division (Gold Division)
    2023
  • Top 1% in Euclid Math Contest by U of Waterloo (global rank 165/16932)
    2021
  • Top 1.1% in Fermat Math Contest by U of Waterloo (global rank 115/10596)
    2021
Others
  • University of California, San Diego
    University of California, San Diego
    Teaching Assistant (Data Science 20)
    2025
  • Computer Science and Engineering Society, E/Acc
    Computer Science and Engineering Society, E/Acc
    Researcher/Developer
    2025
  • Test Daily
    Test Daily
    Teaching Assistant (Probability Theory)
    2024