University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Aug 2024 – Dec 2026
B.S. Computer Science + Education (Learning Sciences) GPA: 3.80 / 4.00
James Scholar Honor, Grainger College of Engineering Fall 2025 – Present
ZHIHENG (JAMES) WENG
312-536-6979 | zweng7@illinois.edu | linkedin.com/in/JamesWeng0428 | github.com/JamesWeng0428
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Summer 2023
Game Lab Summer School
Stanford AI4ALL Summer 2020
Scholar — Computer Science & AI Research
Technical Skills
Languages Python, C, C++, Swift, Java
Backend & Data SQLite, REST APIs, pandas, NumPy, real-time data pipelines
ML / AI LLMs, PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, WhisperX
Tools Git, CI/CD, pytest, Linux, bash, Make, Valgrind, GDB
Research
Dept. of Educational Psychology, U Illinois Spring 2026 – Present
Undergraduate Researcher — Causal Effect of College Education on SEB Skill
Development
- Contributing to a study across a 30,000-person longitudinal dataset, estimating the causal effect of college education on SEB skill development
- Supporting research design, data organization, and pipeline setup for Causal Forest + AIPW modeling; targeting peer-reviewed publication
Undergraduate Research Scientific Advancement (URSA) Spring 2026
Undergraduate Researcher — LLM-Based Mathematical Equation Relation Extraction
- Completed 100+ annotations on a mathematical derivation graph dataset; contributions support model training for LLM-based equation relation extraction; project targets conference publication
Experience
Siebel School of Computing & Data Science, U Illinois Aug 2025 – Aug 2026
Course Assistant — CS124 (Intro to Computer Science)
- Guide 300 students through problem decomposition on assignments spanning data structures, algorithms, and programming
- Identify and address conceptual gaps through weekly office hours; translate complex technical concepts for diverse learning backgrounds
Projects
OhMyTSS — iOS Fitness Analytics App (Swift) Nov 2025 – Present
Co-Founder & Developer Live on App Store
- Integrated Apple HealthKit to ingest and process real-time wearable sensor streams, turning raw workout data into readiness and training-load insights with on-device, privacy-first architecture
- Diagnose user-reported issues, implement data parsing and validation fixes, and ship stability improvements to an active user base
Meeting Minion — AI Meeting Summarizer (Python) Aug 2025 – Jan 2026
Team Lead & Developer, SSCDS
- Led full lifecycle development of a production AI app with real users: designed architecture, coordinated a cross-functional team, and deployed an end-to-end transcription + summarization pipeline
- Integrated a third-party LLM (Ollama) and WhisperX transcription with SQLite persistence; enforced engineering standards via CI/CD, PR reviews, and a pytest suite (64+ tests, 100% pass rate)
Seizure Prediction Wristband — Patented Device (C / C++) 2022 – 2024
Initiator & Team Lead German Patent
- Built a real-time embedded ML pipeline: ingested heart-rate and humidity sensor streams, engineered time-series features, and deployed an on-device classifier (cross-validated) for pre-seizure detection
- Managed the full project lifecycle from hardware prototyping to algorithm deployment; resulted in a registered German utility patent and a peer-reviewed publication
Publication & Patent
Publication
Weng, Z. (2023). Prediction and Recognition of Epileptic Seizures Based on Artificial Intelligence. Highlights in Science, Engineering and Technology, 72, 1092–1098.
doi.org/10.54097/gp3axg67
Patent
Weng, Zhiheng (2024). Epilepsy Early-Warning Wristband. German Utility Patent DE 20 2023 107 669; filed Dec 26, 2023; registered Jan 25, 2024.
Awards
- AIME — 11/15 2023
- AMC 12 — Top 1%, 135/150 2022
- USACO Gold Division 2021 – 2022