Ren Zhi Zheng

Software Engineer · Machine Learning

Los Angeles, CA
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About


Hello, I'm Ren Zhi Zheng, a Computer Science graduate with a Mathematics minor. I enjoy working on problems where software has a direct, tangible connection to the real world, particularly through integrated AI features and backend infrastructure.

📍 Los Angeles, California
🎓 B.S. Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics '25

Projects

ScannaBook

Computer vision system using AWS Rekognition and Google Books API to extract, structure, and catalog physical book metadata from shelf images.

Python AWS Rekognition AWS S3 Pillow Google Books API Flask React Next.js Gemini
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TikTalk

AI-powered TikTok video generation pipeline using Kafka-based microservices by processing lecture files.

Python Kafka Flask PostgreSQL Typescript OpenAI Whisper Gemini MoviePy GCP
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Map It

Mapping and geocoding tool built with Google Maps APIs to visualize and batch extract location data.

Next.js Express TypeScript React Google Maps Platform APIs
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Hangul: Korean Popup Dictionary

Chrome extension that shows instant Korean-to-English definitions on hover, adapted from an open-source dictionary and redesigned for Korean parsing.

JavaScript Chrome Extension HTML CSS KRDICT
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UPLIFT: The Elevator Game

Novel puzzle-strategy browser game centered on operating an elevator, designed to explore game design and matrix algebra concepts.

JavaScript HTML CSS
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Experience
MentirAI: Ursinus College × Drexel University × MathForum × EnCoMPASS

Undergraduate AI Research Assistant

  • Developed automation scripts and backend Python tools to process, clean, and analyze 21,000+ JSON threads of legacy math problems, student solutions, and mentor feedback to support AI model training and evaluation.
  • Prototyping RAG systems in Python to generate high-quality mentor feedback.
Python Pandas AWS EC2 AWS S3 Linux LLMs
Misc.

Native flora and critters photographed around SoCal + JPN + PA.