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Iris Zhou

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hi, i'm iris! i'm currently a senior studying Computer Science + Astrophysics @ UC Berkeley 🧸 i'm interested in building cool things with machine learning + software engineering. i like learning new technologies, making knowledge accessible to all, and using computation to make a real-world impact!
previously, i built a rag chatbot for server testing workflows @ AWS, automated requests for server replacements @ AWS, conducted data analysis on Mercury's magnetosphere @ the Space Sciences Lab, and benchmarked NeRFs @ droppGroup.

⟢ what i'm up to:

💡 learning about compilers, data science principles, & stellar physics
📈 researching LLMs for speech dysfluency @ berkeley speech group
📓 teaching data structures @ cs 61b
🚀 president @ launchpad

⟢ some projects i've worked on:

lofi beats generation through MusicTransformer
tinkering with NeRF models to create a video game avatar
seasonal color analysis + outfit generation through ML
PCA to determine asteroid mining targets

in my free time, i enjoy skiing, trying out new cafes + restaurants, and reading!