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Leonardo Zhou

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Leonardo Zhou

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About me

Hello! I'm a Computer Science and Mathematical Finance sophomore at the University of Waterloo. Currently, I'm a computer vision researcher at the Vision and Image Processing Lab. I love math and I'm a logic puzzle enthusiast.


I'll try to keep this updated. No promises though.

Portfolio, 2025

Undergraduate Research Assistant @Vision and Image Processing Lab

Undergraduate Research Assistant @Vision and Image Processing Lab

Undergraduate Research Assistant @Vision and Image Processing Lab

Reproducing and improving SOTA Gaussian Splatting pipelines. 

May 2025 - Present.

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Software Developer Intern @Blendable

Undergraduate Research Assistant @Vision and Image Processing Lab

Undergraduate Research Assistant @Vision and Image Processing Lab

Built webpages and features in Django. 

May 2025 - Aug 2025.

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Fridge Mind @ Hack The 6ix 2025

Fridge Mind @ Hack The 6ix 2025

Fridge Mind @ Hack The 6ix 2025

First winning hackathon project!

July 2025.

Coming Soon

Tetris AI

Fridge Mind @ Hack The 6ix 2025

Fridge Mind @ Hack The 6ix 2025

C++ Tetris with an in-built AI.

April 2025.

Coming Soon

Portfolio, up to 2024

Hack The North 2024

Hack The North 2024

Hack The North 2024

My first in-person hackathon. September 2024.

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Moonshots

Hack The North 2024

Hack The North 2024

Think of something stupid, then get serious with it. May 2024.

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BetterSiri

Hack The North 2024

When you're dissatisfied with Siri, make a better one! February 2024 - April 2024.

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Microsoft Challenge

Building GPT from Scratch

A 4-week student consulting challenge on efficient data center cooling system solutions with the support of TKS and Microsoft. March 2024.

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Building GPT from Scratch

Building GPT from Scratch

Building GPT from Scratch

Starting from first principles to truly understand transformers and LLMs. December 2023 - January 2024.


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Google Sprint Challenge

Building GPT from Scratch

Building GPT from Scratch

A 2-week student consulting challenge on managing employee information overload with the support of TKS and Google. December 2023.

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MidnightFocus

Aerospace + Virtual Reality

MidnightFocus

November 2023, supported by TKS. Created a YOLO-based application to keep night-owl students awake.

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TKS Showcase

Aerospace + Virtual Reality

MidnightFocus

Sharing my story, and wrapping up something that will continue. June 2024.

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Aerospace + Virtual Reality

Aerospace + Virtual Reality

Aerospace + Virtual Reality

March 2023 - August 2023, with Dr. Xiaoliang Jin. Composed literature review and a VTVL rocket simulator.

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COMSOL Modelling

COMSOL Modelling

Aerospace + Virtual Reality

March 2023 - August 2023, with Dr. James Feng. Modelled cytokinesis with COMSOL Multiphysics software.

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Awards

COMSOL Modelling

Volunteering

I'm heck of a competitive person. Check out the awards I'm most proud of.

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Volunteering

COMSOL Modelling

Volunteering

February 2023 - Present. Latching onto various opportunities to give back to my community.

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Get to know me better.

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