grace zhao

research, jobs & side projects

work

publications

  1. Peng, Q., Zhao, G., Ye, X. Assessing the impact of maintenance condition on multifamily rents: an integrated approach of machine learning and hedonic modelling. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 2025.

  2. Ye, X., Zhao, G., Peng, Q., et al. Global trends in housing research over the past three decades. Computational Urban Science, 2024.

experience

  • Undergraduate Researcher

    Automating cowbird identification and multi-camera 3D tracking: detection, tracking, and color-band re-ID across hours of aviary footage.

    • Python
    • PyTorch
    • YOLOv8
    • BoT-SORT
    • DeepLabCut
    • OpenCV

    Jun – Sep 2026

  • Software Engineer Intern @ ElevatEd School

    Stripe ingestion and SQL analytics behind the manager dashboard.

    • JavaScript
    • SQL
    • Stripe API

    Feb – May 2026

  • Research Intern

    Hedonic and multilevel rent models over 541 complexes, with a Green View Index computed from Street View.

    • R
    • Python
    • OpenCV
    • Random Forest
    • Hedonic modeling

    Jun – Sep 2023

projects

  • canto-mando

    Teaches Cantonese to Mandarin speakers by drilling only the differences, with spaced repetition and speech scoring.

    • Next.js
    • TypeScript
    • Supabase
    • Azure Speech
    • FSRS
    • Claude API

    Jul – Aug 2026

  • Calendyours

    Paste a project description and Calendyours writes an AI task plan, then schedules every task around your existing commitments.

    • Next.js
    • TypeScript
    • Supabase
    • Claude API
    • FullCalendar
    • Tailwind CSS

    Jun 2026

  • Popcorn for the People

    Ordering system for Popcorn for the People: a customer order form plus an admin dashboard for orders, pricing, and discount codes.

    • TypeScript
    • React
    • Express
    • MongoDB
    • AWS
    • Terraform

    Sep 2025 – Jan 2026