Photo of Zeyu Chen

👋 I'm Zeyu Chen, a software engineer at the University of Waterloo 👋

I like to tackle interesting problems.

Recently, I...
  • interned with the data streaming team at Databricks to improve observability, performance, and stability
  • learned Rust to write safe and performant code
  • took up on CUDA to write my own speedy raytracer
I also previously interned at...
  • Snowflake (Metadata team)
  • Akuna Capital (Infrastructure team)
  • Coinbase (Security team)
Prior to these, I've authored a bunch of problems for competitive programming platforms like DM::OJ.

I was invited to the Canadian Computing Olympiad back in 2021 and received a silver medal.

PROJECTS

3D Chess Screenshot
3D Chess
C++ JavaScript WebAssembly HTML CSS
The Raumschach variant of 3D Chess, with varying computer difficulties executed with minimax and alpha-beta pruning.
View Project
CBOJ Screenshot
Colonel By Online Judge
GCP Python Django MySQL
An online platform for executing and assessing student code, this modified fork of DM::OJ is used by 500+ students at Colonel By over the past 5 years to support classroom learning.
View Project
Bias Analysis Screenshot
Media Bias Analyzer
Tensorflow HuggingFace LLM NTLK
A service for analyzing political bias in news articles using a combination of fine-tuned transformer models, linguistic features, and LLM-based classification, exploring debiasing techniques from recent papers.
View Project
Molecroscope Screenshot
Molecroscope
Python OpenCV Keras
A tool that identifies dangerous skin moles using convolutional neural networks, tracking growth through translation invariance with OpenCV.
View Project
Glow Game Screenshot
Glow
JavaScript Pixi.js
A 2D shape-shooting game with enemies, powerups, bosses, and obstacles — the game is synced to the music using real-time analysis!
View Project
Raytracer Screenshot
3D Raytracer
CUDA C++ Python
A CUDA-accelerated raytracer for generating 3D art with realistic lighting and material effects, optimized with bounding volume hierarchies.
Inspirational Quote Screenshot
"Inspirational" Quote Generator
LLM FastAPI Python
A web app that creates questionable inspirational quotes by combining LLM-generated quotes with visuals using Python Imaging Library.
View Project
Scrabble Screenshot
Scrabble
JavaScript HTML CSS
A classic Scrabble game with a built-in opponent playing in varying difficulties.
View Project