Tsinghua University

A one-year academic exchange at Tsinghua University in Beijing, one of the world’s top universities for computer science and AI.

In front of the old gate (二校门), the most iconic spot on campus.

Coursework

Advanced graduate courses, each backed by a hands-on project:

• Machine Learning · Distributed Database Systems · Introduction to Big Data Systems
• Computer Graphics · Natural Language Processing · Web Information Retrieval
• Future Internet Architecture · Algorithm Design · Combinatorics
• Elementary Chinese (A)

The Machine Learning class, end-of-semester group photo.

Several of the portfolio projects come straight out of these courses: the distributed data center, the movie recommender, the graphics suite and the WebIR job finder.

With the Web Information Retrieval class.

Beyond class

Alongside the coursework, I am learning Mandarin, joining the video-game club, and taking part in a game jam in China (Electrain).