Alvin Wong

Alvin Wong

About me

Hi there! My name is Alvin Wong, and I am currently a student at the University of Florida, majoring in Computer Science and Mathematics. I'm a software developer with a passion for advancing applied machine learning and building accessible, human-centered products. I love building software that applies machine learning techniques to solve real-world problems and I'm always excited about projects that have a positive impact on people's lives! If you have any questions, feel free to contact me!

Milestones

Director of Education

April 2025

Elected as Director of Education for the Executive Board of Gator AI.

AI Research Scholar

April 2025

Awarded a $1750 stipend to research patient anonymization using GAN and diffusion models.

UF IoT Competition

April 2024

Placed 1st in the UF IoT Design Competition with the Nagamasou project, receiving $2000 in prize money.

First Internship

April 2024

Accepted my first internship at the Jacksonville Transportation Authority as as a Data Engineer.

UF Research Scholar

April 2024

First authored a study on travel mode inference using traditional ML models on large, sparse datasets.

Resident Assistant

August 2023

Became a Resident Assistant at UF, supporting Gators living on campus.

Projects

  • All
  • Full Stack Web
  • Machine Learning
  • IoT
Alvin Wong

Vision MD

Open source tool for motor function analysis

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It Takes a Community

Connecting humans to communities

Alvin Wong

UF Advisor Chatbot

RAG Chatbot equipped with +100k documents

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Song Genre Classification

Deep CRNN to classify spectograms

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Nagamasou

Tiny ML virtual pet

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Calorie Counter Buddy

Recipe sharing and calorie tracking site

Let's get Personal

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Get to know me beyond my professional life!

1. What do I outside of school and work?

Trying to balance my life with physical challenges. Strength training, running and volleyball keep me grounded. 🏋️

2. Fun fact most people do not know about me?

I left home at 16 to pursue my education. Studied and lived in Canada, Germany, and the USA. 🌎

3. If I had a free day with no obligations, where would I go?

Anywhere sunny near water, I recently went snorkeling and diving in Ginnie Springs, I highly recommend! 🤿

4. What is my go to comfort meal?

Steamed pork and chive dumplings, brings back memories of my family's cooking. 🥟

5. What has sparked my curiosity recently?

Exploring LLM optimization with N:M structured pruning, quantization and knowledge distillation. 🤖

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