Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Glasgow, UK
Master of Music in Piano Performance (Sep 2024–Jun 2026, expected)
Sun Yat-sen University
Guangzhou, China
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sep 2020–Jul 2024)
Shenzhen Middle School
Shenzhen, China
Secondary Education (Sep 2014–Jun 2020)
Learning Instructive Frequency Spectral and Curvature Features for Cloud Detection
Wanjuan Hu, Guanyi Li, Guoguo Zhang, Liang Chang, Dan Zeng. "Learning Instructive Frequency Spectral and Curvature Features for Cloud Detection." IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 22, Art. 5001605, pp. 1–5, 2025. DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2025.3561935.
Harnessing auditory laughter to enhance pain tolerance: insights into its psychophysiological mechanisms
Qiujian Xu, Yutong Liu, Xinran Yuan, …, Guoguo Zhang†. "Harnessing auditory laughter to enhance pain tolerance: insights into its psychophysiological mechanisms." Manuscript submitted to Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.
Carnegie Mellon University
Research Student (Jun 2025–Aug 2025)
Computer Music Synthesis and Composition; Advisor: Prof. Roger B. Dannenberg
• Used Nyquist to develop a synthesis demo and an academic paper prototype.
Yanshan University
Qinhuangdao, China
Researcher & PI (Mar 2025–Sep 2025)
• AI-based Music Therapy System (clinical deployment at PKU Hospital): built end-to-end EEG/audio pipeline (artifact removal, bandpower features), classifier prototyping, and clinical workflow coordination.
• Real-Time Digital Human Dialogue System: low-latency streaming stack; WebRTC duplex A/V; modular adapters for avatar rendering; on-prem packaging; demoed at China Post Group; deployed at Heilongjiang Provincial People’s Court.
• Provincial Project (AI Agents for Music Therapy & Mental Health): multimodal emotion recognition (facial micro-expressions, speech prosody, HR proxy); music feature–emotion mapping database.
• Clinical RCT on ‘Jue(角)’ Mode Music (ICU Delirium): third author; ICU data collection, anonymization, session logs; supported analysis of efficacy signals.
• Bio-inspired Piano Hand Exoskeleton: lightweight dual-loop six-bar design; kinematics validation; real-time DTW-based performance scoring; Third Prize, 2025 Hebei Graduate Robotics Innovation Design Competition.
Shanghai University
Shanghai, China
Research Assistant (Dec 2024–Feb 2025)
• Co-authored IEEE paper on FSCFNet cloud detection, improving cloud–snow boundary discrimination.
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Research Assistant (May 2025–Present)
• ML-based instrument timbre transfer and source separation (ongoing).
Nova International Education LLC
Backend Development & AI Training Intern (Remote, Mar 2025–Present)
• Scaled Simploy AI backend (Node.js/Express, MongoDB/PostgreSQL, Redis).
• Designed versioned REST APIs with JWT/RBAC, validation, OpenAPI.
• Added caching, indexes, CI/CD, tracing; cut p95 latency by 30% and doubled pilot throughput.
Hillington Park Church of Scotland
Pianist Intern (Dec 2024–Jan 2025)
• Performed at weekly services and Christmas Eve concerts.
Shenzhen Guangzongheng Software Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen
Software Engineer Intern (Jun 2024–Sep 2024)
Yuyan High School
Guangzhou
Music Teacher (Dec 2023–Feb 2024)
• Directed a New Year choir concert for Xinjiang migrant students.
Shostakovich in Context: Technique, Politics, and Performance in Piano Concerto No. 2
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (2025)
• Delivered a concert and a research paper on political narrative embedded in piano performance.
Interpreting Liszt’s Ballade through Ancient Greek Aesthetics and Semiotic Analysis
Sun Yat-sen University (2024)
• Undergraduate Thesis & Graduation Concert
• Carnegie Hall Featured Choir Concert
Carnegie Hall, New York, USA (2015)
• ACDA National Conference Showcase
American Choral Directors Association, Chicago, USA (2018)
• Shenzhen Middle School Golden Bell Youth Choir Concert
Shenzhen Concert Hall, China (2019)
• “This Sings, That Echoes”
Xinghai Concert Hall, Guangzhou, China (2023)
• First Prize
The Fifth Asian International Piano Grand PRIX, Guangzhou, China (2024)
Music: Piano, Vocal, Guitar, Accordion
Programming: Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL, HTML; React, Vue, WebGL; Nyquist
Deep Learning: PyTorch, Hugging Face libraries
Other: Signal Processing, EEG Analysis; LaTeX, Linux, Git, Matlab, MS Office, Adobe
AI for Music & HCI: multimodal affective computing, generative music & digital humans, and timbre transfer.
Methods: deep learning, representation learning, real-time systems; applied vision for scientific imaging.