I’m Bingchu Zhao. You can also call me Timmy or Gio. I’m from Hailar, Hulunbuir, Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia), China. I love my birthland and my motherland.
- Gio is an Italian transliteration of Zhao because many of English speakers do not pronounce it correctly.
- You can also call my English first name Timius, Tim, or Timio. I’m happy to hear all of these.
- I graduated from The Elite Class, Hailar No.2 High School, Hulunbuir, Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia), China in 2020.07.
Here are some links and shortcuts you may be interested in:
- My LinkedIn Profile: Here
- My GitHub Profile: Here
- My Permanent Email: Write me a mail here
- My Alternatve Email: Write me a mail here
And here is the Table of Contents (TOC) of this introduction page:
0. Bulletin Board
This section is used to record some of my recent page articles, key activities, progress, and statements.
- 2023.11.15: I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Company Owner and Supervisor at Worldline Artificial Intelligence Application Software (Hangzhou) Company! This is exactly the INCEPTION of me to be an entrepreneur of a formal start-up company! I will exert all my strength to make it better!
- 2024.2.2: We are delighted to have signed a technology development contract with Sany Zhongli Co.! We hope to continue to develop a variety of high-performance industrial applications in the future.
I’m majoring in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence track). Python and C# are my main programming languages, of which I use C# for Unity development. I also have experience in other languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Rust, Matlab, Bash, SQL (I mainly use MySQL and SQLite) and Golang.
I am also skilled at techs including Git, Web, LaTeX, Docker, and Linux (I mainly use Ubuntu, ArchLinux, and CentOS), etc.. I am currently operating and maintaining a server with 2 RTX-4090 independently.
2. Academic Experience
2.1. Educational Experience
I had a background of Olympics Chemistry Competition. During my undergraduate years, I am majoring in Artificial Intelligence.
- Sept 2020 - June 2024 (Expected): Bachelor of Engineering in Artificial Intelligence, Wuhan University
- Average score: 85.18 / 100 GPA: 3.47/4.0
- Core courses: Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning (92), Machine Learning (93), Computer Vision (90), Knowledge Engineering (92), Stochastic process (94)，Application Practice of Computer Vision (94)
- Jan 2023 - May 2023: Visiting Student, University of California, Berkeley
- GPA 2.7/4.0 (CS161: B-, CS170: P, EECS182/282A: P)
- My CS161-Project-2 Code Design: Here
- Our EECS182/282-Project: Here
- In EECS182/282A:
- Responsible for data analysis and visualization in the course project, and achieved a full score.
- Secured an excellent performance in the final exam, 0.5 points away from a full score.
2.2. Competitions and Awards
3. Research Achievements
3.1. Publications
My publications here:
- Shu, Y., Peng, F., Zhao, B., Liu, C., Li, Q., Li, H., … & Qiu, W., 2023. Transfer of patient’s peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) disrupts blood–brain barrier and induces anti-NMDAR encephalitis: a study of novel humanized PBMC mouse model. Journal of Neuroinflammation, 20(1), 164.
- Li, T., Gao, Y., He, M., Gui, Z., Zhao, B., Cao, Y., … & Zhang, Z., 2023. P2X7 receptor-activated microglia in cortex is critical for sleep disorder under neuropathic pain. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 17, 1095718.
3.2. Interests and Experience
My research interests are listed below:
- AI in Medicine
- Large Language Model
- Web Application Development
- Computer Vision (Especially Image Registration)
- High Performance Software Development
During 2022.6~2023.11, I served as the Research Assistant under the guidance of Prof. Jie Wang in Chinese Academy of Sciences.
- I developed a pipeline for brain atlas registration and statistics based on Python and Bash, designed to assess structural deformations from MRI data and conduct examinations on functional MRI time series. The pipeline achieved second-level efficiency in the statistical analysis and included comprehensive visualization and fine-tuning capabilities throughout the entire process, which was widely adopted in the laboratory, and made a significant impact on research publications.
- As the second author, the main work was published in the top journal in the field, Journal of Neuroinflammation (Q1, IF=9.3), and was invited to deliver a speech at the first Clinical and Basic forum hosted by The Third Affiliate Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, focusing on the topic of AI Techs in Medicine.
4. Language Background
4.1. English
I took the TOEFL once in my junior year and once in my senior year. I didn’t prepare at all for the first time, and I prepared for five days for the second time. The scores are as follows:
| Exam Date | Reading | Listening | Speaking | Writing | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023.11.22 | 28 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 95 |
| 2022.09.17 | 30 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 91 |
Therefore, my $\textbf{TOEFL Best Score}$ is 97.
- I am supposed to find an excuse and an explanation for myself: I am not good at taking tests, and I am good at research and projects. I don’t like repetitive training and doing exercises. I like exploring the unknown, writing reports, and working in teams.
- I lived in the United States for five months. Daily communication and academic language are not particularly difficult for me. However, if I need to improve these abilities in the future, I am willing to do something.
I took the GRE once in my sophomore year and once in my junior year. I prepared for 14 days for each time. The scores are as follows:
| Exam Date | Verbal | Per | Quantitative | Per | Total | AW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022.10.10 | 159 | 81% | 168 | 90% | 327 | 3 |
| 2021.12.12 | 153 | 58% | 168 | 90% | 321 | 2 |
- I enjoy preparing for the GRE, especially the Verbal section. I am a linguistics enthusiast, particularly in morphology. When studying some advanced words, I go to etymology websites to read about the original Germanic, French, or Latin sources of these words, thus enriching my knowledge base. This process may not be of much help to my GRE scores, but love needs no reason.
4.2. Mother Language and Other Languages
I am a Polyglot (Multilinguist). My mother tongue is Chinese. Other than Chinese and English:
- I can speak, listen, read, and write in German, and Italian.
- I can read and write in Finnish, Latin, Russian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian. Except for Finnish and Latin, which I have studied systematically, I have only dabbled in the others, and I learned them for linguistic purposes. My vocabulary is not that extensive, and I mainly try to understand their structures and idioms.
- I love to study comparative historical linguistics.
- I am a supporter of Chomsky and his Transformational Generative Grammar Theory.
Here are some representative linguistic blog articles I have written:
5. About Liberal Arts
5.1. My Philosophical Notions
I am an Existentialist. My favorite philosophers are Protagoras, Karl Marx, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Paul Sartre, and Žižek. I firmly believe in Epistemological Relativism and Moral Relativism.
I don’t like to discuss right or wrong; I only value Instrumental Rationality.
Instrumental rationality is a mindset that every successful businessman should have, isn’t it?
5.2. Visual Arts and Music
5.3. About Literature
My favorite writers are Franz Kafka, Dostoevsky, Faulkner, Sholokhov, Marcel Proust, and Joyce. I read one volume of Proust’s À la recherche du temps perdu (In search of Lost Time) every year, and I expect to finish it in seven years.
The five literary books I recently finished to read:
- Dostoevsky: White Nights (11/15/2023)
- Dostoevsky: Poor Folk (11/6/2023)
- Sholokhov: Quiet Flows the Don (10/10/2023)
- Tolstoy: Resurrection (9/19/2023)
- Joyce: Dubliners (7/15/2023)