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Name Zhaojin Chu (褚昭锦)
Email zhaojinc@andrew.cmu.edu
Phone +1 (412) 657-5072
Url https://zhaojinchu.github.io
Summary Electrical & Computer Engineering student at Carnegie Mellon who learns best by building—most at home where hardware meets software (embedded systems, digital design, applied ML). Founder of Logic Labs; open to project, research, and internship collaborations.

Work

  • 2024.01 - Present
    Founder & Lead Developer
    Logic Labs
    Created hands-on electronics kits and delivered lectures/workshops to 60+ students; built a Node.js/React e-commerce stack with Stripe; led a small team, coordinated kit roadmaps, and incorporated student feedback.
    • Launched full-stack storefront with secure Stripe checkout
    • Designed kit curriculum and teaching materials
    • Ran campus workshops and gathered structured feedback
  • 2023.12 - 2023.12
    Data Analyst / IT Intern
    Cobblestone Energy
    Built a UK-wide, weather-driven day-ahead forecast using lags/rolling stats and walk-forward cross-validation to inform trading strategies.
    • 12-month forecasting horizon with walk-forward CV
    • Feature engineering from weather series
    • Documentation for reproducibility
  • 2023.01 - 2024.08

    Dubai, UAE

    Teacher & Course Organizer
    Co-created computer lab resources; taught enrichment sessions for advanced CS students.
    • Taught highly advanced class of 8 students
    • Planned, organized, and collaborated with the Computer Science Department to implement a semester long course

Volunteer

  • 2022.06 - 2023.03

    Dubai, UAE

    Library Volunteer
    The Old Library (Dubai)
    Supported daily operations and community events.
  • 2021.11 - 2022.02

    Dubai, UAE

    Dog Foster/Carer
    K9 Friends (Dubai)
    Assisted with animal care at a local shelter.

Education

  • 2025.08 - 2029.05

    Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    B.S.
    Carnegie Mellon University
    Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • 2020.01 - 2025.07

    Dubai, UAE

    A-Levels & GCSEs
    Dubai College
    High School Diploma
    • Core Pure 1/2, Statistics & Mechanics (Further Maths)
    • Physics
    • Computer Science

Awards

Certificates

Publications

Skills

Programming
Python
C
JavaScript
SQL
HTML
CSS
Git
LaTeX
ML / DL
PyTorch
ONNX
Quantization
mAP/F1 evaluation
Latency benchmarking
Hardware / EDA
KiCad
Fusion 360
Breadboarding
Schematics
Digital design basics
FPGA (intro)
Web
Django
Celery
Tailwind
React
Node.js
Stripe

Languages

English
Bilingual
Chinese
Native

Projects

  • 2025.01 - Present
    License Plate Recognition (LPR) Model
    CNN-based license-plate detector for Dubai plates; deployment-path via ONNX with potential quantization.
    • Custom dataset of 500+ labeled plates with augmentation
    • Training & evaluation in PyTorch (tracking mAP/F1, latency)
    • Explored model families: EfficientNet, MobileNetV3, ResNet18/50
  • 2023.09 - 2025.05
    MusBook
    Scheduling platform for music lessons with real-time messaging and role-based dashboards.
    • Django + Celery + Tailwind stack
    • Pilot at Dubai College; ~150 bookings/mo
    • Improved on-time starts by ~20%
  • 2024.01 - 2025.03
    Perception of Generative AI in the Gulf
    Large-N survey with SEM exploring attitudes toward generative AI and automation.
    • 500+ participants; 10+ latent variables modeled
    • Presented at Cambridge; publication in a regional political-economy volume
  • 2024.07 - 2025.01
    Evaluating NPUs vs. Traditional Processors
    Benchmarks and analysis of inference performance/efficiency and bandwidth constraints; 6k-word thesis.
    • Perf/W comparisons across hardware targets
    • Data-driven recommendations for deployment
  • 2023.01 - 2024.08
    Computer Lab Co-Creation (Dubai College)
    Spearheaded building the school’s computer lab and component kits; mentored younger students.
    • Hardware kits for GCSE students
    • Guided lesson plans and hands-on labs