AI & RL Research / Full-Stack Builder / Music Technologist
High school student at Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science. Building AI systems, reinforcement learning models, and real-time data pipelines โ from research papers to production deployments.
I'm Zhixuan Zhou (JZ) โ a student who believes research + engineering = impact.
Currently at Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science with a 4.0 GPA. My work spans reinforcement learning (PPO for algae growth optimization), computer vision (Mahjong Soul auto-play), music technology (PDF-to-MSCZ pipeline), and real-time data systems deployed on AWS.
I've published research on a hummingbird-inspired flapping-wing robot at an international conference, built a public water-quality dashboard analyzing 5.2M+ records, and maintain 18+ open-source projects on GitHub. Always building, always shipping.
Developed a biomimetic flapping-wing robot for stable low-speed flight and water-air cross-medium operation. Designed lightweight mechanical platform with figure-eight wing motion, crank-rocker transmission, carbon-fiber frame, and RL-based stabilization control.
Published in the International Conference on Mathematical Physics and Computational Simulation (ISSN: 2753-8818), indexed by CPCI and Google Scholar. Received Honorable Mention at Mercer Science Fair.
Analyzed 2000-2026 WQP nitrate data, cleaning 5.2M+ records and extracting 56,007 nitrate observations. Identified 411 hotspot stations across 3,658 monitoring sites using mean and p90 thresholds.
Built and deployed a public Flask dashboard linking nitrate hotspots with watersheds, land use, and NJPDES facility density.
Full optical music recognition pipeline that converts PDF sheet music into editable MuseScore MSCZ files. Bridges the gap between scanned scores and digital music editing.
Reinforcement learning system that simulates algae growth and optimizes environmental parameters to maximize biomass yield using Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO).
AI-powered semantic search skill for internet memes. Translates natural-language clues into meme concepts through retrieval, ranking, and prompt-based reasoning.
Intent-preserving deterministic CAD pipeline for editable, validated CadQuery models. Ensures design intent survives model transformations and parameter sweeps.
Research sandbox for simulating algae growth and training PPO controllers over multi-variable environments. Companion to the Algae Growth RL project.
Public Flask dashboard for New Jersey nitrate research. Links nitrate hotspots with watersheds, land use, and NJPDES facility density to identify pollution drivers.
24/7 real-time crawler system deployed on AWS Lightsail. Fetches HN, GitHub Trending, Crypto prices, and RSS feeds with keyword alerts and Gmail push notifications.
Chinese short-video generator for AI web-novel promotion. Produces 9:16 vertical storyboards with narration, subtitles, background audio, and fallback rendering.
macOS Python assistant for safe WeChat UI automation. Features OCR contact verification, dry-run scheduling, birthday reminders, templates, audit logs, and a Tkinter dashboard.
FastAPI backend for WeChat and Enterprise WeChat bot callbacks. Handles URL verification, encrypted messages, and local chat testing.
macOS WeChat anti-recall plugin. Prevents senders from recalling messages by preserving the original content, including offline message support.
Transposes MuseScore MSCZ files while preserving rhythm, rests, chords, note spelling, and key signatures. Optional PDF export for printed parts.
Multi-format music conversion toolkit. Handles MuseScore, SmartScore, MusicXML, PDF, and MSCZ formats with transposition workflows.
Command-line decoder for Codebusters-style ciphers. Supports classical encryption methods with automated cracking and frequency analysis.
Self-hosted personal VPN configuration and deployment toolkit with automated setup scripts.
Mahjong Soul screen-recognition assistant for tile detection, hand-efficiency analysis, and optional guarded auto-clicking on Windows and macOS.
Console-based Python farming, crafting, and survival game prototype with procedural world generation, inventory management, and exploration.
Open to research collaborations, internships, and interesting projects. Reach out - I respond within 48 hours.