Michael Zhou

Welcome to the Bucket

General Info

Graduated from Georgia Tech with a Master's in Computer Science in 2025. Interested in ecological/conservation applications for computer software as well as game design/simulations. Hobbies include birdwatching, reading, & gaming. Involved with Quiz Bowl at GT.

BIRDS

Helped a local graduate student catch a scarlet tanager up in Bankhead National Forest, very very cool experience.

BOOKS

Current Reading

Trying to make my way through Charles Dickens entire series of novels, may have skipped the Pickwick Papers and Martin Chuzzlewit. Finished Dombey and Son. Almost done with Bleak House, its definitely one of Dicken's most famous for good reason. Mr. Bucket's competency surprised me.

Recently Finished

Read E. T. A. Hoffman's The Sandman, interesting story and influential for its interpretation by Freud. Reminded me of Poe. Big fan of Katherine Mansfield's short stories, finished her collection Bliss and Other Stories a week ago.

GAMING

League Esports

MSI was pretty fun, Lyon making it to loser's finals was not expected at all. EWC was fun for the mickey-mouse tournament that it was.

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QUIZBOWL

Basically set to go to Chicago now, only 2 weeks out now. I would like to finish editing the long fiction by the time that tournament rolls around I feel.

Long Fiction Editing Progress

Goals

• Finish the Long Fiction editing for BUZZ
• Study a couple sets of Chicago Open and this year's ACF Nationals

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Current Projects

• Book tracker web app for quizbowl

Goals

• Brush up on my web dev skills as well as stay somewhat tapped into the cutting edge of AI/ML research
• Pick up Blender again? Try another YouTube tutorial?
• Apply to at least 3 jobs everyday, try to improve my skill at one of the things on the job descriptions

Contact

Personal Email: zhouyumichael@gmail.com