Ang Qi

2nd Year Undergraduate at University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States · Interested in SWE / ML / Quant roles

I grew up in Beijing, China and enjoy fishing during summer time. I like working on different deep learning projects as well as interesting physics/math problems.

About

I’m a second-year undergraduate majoring applied and computational mathematics and minoring computer science at University of Southern California. I’m interested in algorithms, deep learning, and using math to reason about complex systems.

Interests
Machine Learning Algorithms Computer Vision Quant Finance
Currently learning
Deep Learning Data Structures Probability Theory Applied Combinatorics

Skills

Languages

Used in coursework and personal projects.

C++ Python Java MATLAB
Tools & Libraries

For building, experimenting, and debugging.

Git & GitHub Linux PyTorch NumPy / Pandas VS Code

Publications

Title
Personal Project · Vision-Language Model
Python · PyTorch

Introduction

GitHub repository

Experience

Research Assistant
USC Geometry, Vision, and Learning Lab · Los Angeles, CA
June 2025 - Present
  • Implemented deep learning architectures (CNNs, RNNs, Transformers) for vision tasks including image captioning and classification.
  • Built scalable ML pipelines for data collection and preprocessing.
  • Conducting research on the safety of state-of-the-art vision–language models (paper under review).
Research Assistant
Laboratory of Microfabrication, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences · Beijing, China
May 2023 – August 2023
  • Assisted in the fabrication of microelectronic device substrates using the lift-off process for terahertz communication.
  • Gained hands-on cleanroom experience with mask aligners, ICPCVD, and electron-beam evaporation systems.
  • Gained experience in ultra-low temperature experiments and quantum transport measurements.

Education & Resume

B.S. in Applied and Computational Mathematics
Minor: Computer Science
University of Southern California
August 2024 – May 2027

Mathematics & Physics: Calculus III, Linear Algebra and Linear Differential Equations, Advanced Principles of Physics I, Probability Theory, Applied Combinatorics, Mathematical Statistics (Spring 2026), Number Theory (Spring 2026)

Computer Science: Introduction to C++, Discrete Methods in Computer Science, Introduction to MATLAB, Deep Learning for Computer Vision, Data Structures, Introduction to Algorithms and Theory of Computing (Spring 2026), Artificial Intelligence: Principles and Foundations (Spring 2026),

Highlights
  • Dean’s List (Fall 2024 - Present)
  • Academic Achievement Award (Fall 2025)
  • Outstanding Graduate with Scholarship 50,000 RMB (2024)
  • High Distinction—Australian Science Olympiads Physics (2022)
  • Outstanding Student with Scholarship 2,000 RMB (2022)
  • Outstanding Student Leader with Scholarship 2,000 RMB (2021)

My resume summarizes my academic background, projects, and experience in a single page. You can download a PDF copy below.

Contact

If you’d like to talk about internships, research, projects, or anything related to software, ML, or math, feel free to reach out.

Email: angqi@usc.edu
GitHub: github.com/ang-iab
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/angqiusc