Portfolio / Fall 2026

More time
for what
matters.

I want AI to do what it does best, so humans can spend more time on what they’re interested in.

UIUC · Urbana-Champaign, IL Freshman · Mathematics

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MATHEMATICS ＋ AI ＋ HUMAN CURIOSITY ＋ EXPERIMENTS ＋ MATHEMATICS ＋ AI ＋ HUMAN CURIOSITY ＋ EXPERIMENTS ＋

02 / SELECTED WORK

Things I’ll
make next.

The semester is just beginning. This is where the experiments, questions, and finished work will collect.

01First experiment loading

Coming into focus

Research / experiments · 2026

the
small
details✳

02An editorial study

Open space

Notes to come · 2026

PLAY
TEST
REPEAT

03A tiny game about attention

Work in progress

More soon · 2026

＋Nothing here yet is the point.
There’s room for the semester to surprise me.

03 / FIELD NOTES

Thinking
out loud.

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09.14.26What I’m learning to notice↗ 09.02.26A good constraint is a kind of permission↗ 08.28.26Starting before I feel ready↗

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04 / A LITTLE ABOUT ME

Curious by default.
Human by design.

I’m Zhaohong, a freshman Mathematics major at UIUC. I’m interested in the possibilities that open up when machines handle the repetitive work and people get more room to think, wonder, and make.

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