Xu Fei Zhang’s Projects
This website showcases my projects during high school. It includes 15 projects in total, and the first 6 have short 30-second videos accompanying them. For those who want to learn more, most projects include links to relevant material under their descriptions.
Project overview (33s)
Elementary School Math with Coding - an innovative learning platform
Education
STEM
- Developed curriculum for mastering Grade 3-5 math alongside Python coding. At its fastest, the curriculum can be completed in 1 year.
- Created GitHub repository containing 60 Python programs with detailed documentation.
- Designed 55-page learning handbook with a cartoon art style appealing to children.
- Wrote & built website with background information on the project.
- Everything above has separate versions in English and Chinese.
- Organized offline community learning events in Beijing, Qingdao, & Shenzhen.
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Research preview (33s)
Machine Learning & Cybersecurity Research
Research
STEM
Pioneer Research (Cybersecurity)
- Evaluated the effects of calibration data-poisoning & proposed potential defences.
- Received top 5% evaluation from UMich CS professor.
- Paper published in IEEE’s 7th International Conference on Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing (Indexed by Ei Compendex).
Independent Research (Machine Learning)
- Proposed the novel method of Mixed-Data Calibration (MIDAC) for Federated Learning.
- Paper published in The 4th International Conference on Signal Processing and Machine Learning (Indexed by Ei Compendex).
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Development process of the world history card game & Chinese dynasties timeline (45s)
Frameworks - a startup producing educational game products
EntrepreneurshipEducationGame
HistoryArtSTEM
- Founded Frameworks, an ongoing startup that designs and produces educational products to help people understand the big-picture frameworks of various fields of study.
- Currently, we have designed a world history card game and a Chinese dynasties timeline shelf (applying for patents & copyright). By inserting cards on the shelf, players can form important connections between Chinese and world history.
- AI image generation was used to create some of the visuals of the world history card game.
- I have also developed a digital prototype of the simplest version of the world history card game, which can be easily accessed and played on the browser (linked below).
- In the future, we plan to create more games and products for fields such as STEM, art, literature, and music.
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Gameplay showcase (30s)
Artistry Art History Card Game
GameEducation
ArtHistory
- Researched, curated, & designed a 2-4 player card game containing 100 artworks from 10 major Western art movements.
- Inspired by the AP Art History course.
- Manufactured and sold 200 copies.
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Tour of the city (29s)
3D Model & Map of Song Dynasty’s Capital
ArtSTEM
- Researched ancient Chinese architecture & urban planning.
- Accurately modeled 40+ historical structures from the Song Dynasty capital Kaifeng.
- Inspired by the ancient Chinese hand scroll painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival.
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Gameplay showcase (31s)
Chinese Cuisine Arena Video Game
Game
STEMArt
- Designed & developed a 2-6 player video game where players compete to cook 8 classic Chinese dishes.
- Interlocking systems guide players into the gameplay loop of gathering, hiding, cooking, & hunting.
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Classic English Literature BiliBili Channel
Media
LiteratureArt
- Scripted & produced animated Chinese videos educating viewers on classic works of English literature.
- Examples include Picture of Dorian Gray & The Moon and Sixpence.
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Pixel Pigs Digital Avatar NFT Collection
ArtSTEM
- Designed 66 unique components & accessories.
- Wrote code to procedurally combine them into 10,000 unique pixel-art avatars of pigs.
- Uploaded and listed the avatars to the NFT-sharing platform Opensea.
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Wondrous Potential ARG
GameProductivity
- Designed and maintained the ARG (Alternate Reality Game) Wondrous Potential for my family.
- The game uses leveling systems and cooperative mechanics encourage players to build good habits in real life.
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Famories Digital Family Tree & Memorial Platform (LaunchX)
Entrepreneurship
STEM
- Led a team of 4 during the LaunchX summer program to design & prototype a product for creating digital family trees & memorials.
- Received Top Startup Pitch award & made $360 in initial sales.
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Stanford Pre-Collegiate Summer Institutes
Game
ArtSTEM
- Attended SPCSI’s Game Design for Good summer program in 2023 and prototyped a board game that educates players on museum curation.
- Attended SPCSI’s Fundamentals of Augmented Reality summer program in 2024 and created an educational AR companion app to the Artistry art history card game I had created.
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Rock-&-roll/Folk Band
Music
- Played guitar, piano, and drums since 3rd Grade.
- Played guitar and wrote music as part of a 3-man musical band.
- Recorded & published covers & original songs online.
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Internship at Meituan Drone Department
Internship
STEM
- Meituan is the largest food delivery company in China. I interned at their drone department, which researches drones and their potential to make deliveries.
- Translated informational and technical manuals for drones from Chinese to English.
- Produced a showcase video for their educational program, which teaches kids to code drones.
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Internship as Coding Tutor
InternshipEducation
STEM
- Interned at Wondership Education for two months.
- Taught 20+ hours of in-person coding lessons to kids ages 8-12 using the block-based coding platform Scratch.
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Innovative Learning Record Website
EducationMedia
STEM
- From 2nd to 8th Grade, I decided to leave the traditional schooling system and learn autonomously, organizing my own education. After attending an online high school in 9th Grade, I compiled my previous learning records into a website.
- I wrote and categorized 78 articles detailing various projects and activities. The website’s purpose is to serve as an example/reference for those interested in innovative education.
- As the manager of my own education, the image below is a visualization of my educational philosophy. 👇
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becoming creators with entrepreneurial spirit, big picture capacity, and complex communication ability.