Yubo Cao
First Year Computer Science student at Caltech, exploring ML, Generative AI, and Research
Education
Caltech
Class of 2029 (freshman). Intend to major in Applied Computing Math (ACM) or Computer Science (CS).
Georgia Institute of Technology
Dual Enrolled. GPA: 4.0. CS 1331 (A): Intro to Object-Oriented Programming; MA 1554 (A): Linear Algebra; MA 2551 (A): Multivariable Calculus; MA 3012 (A): Applied Combinatorics; and MA 2552 (A): Differential Equations.
Gwinnett School of Math, Sci, and Tech
GPA: 4.4, NGA: 101.960, Salutatorian. AP Computer Science A (5/5), AP Statistics (5/5), AP Computer Science Principles (5/5), AP Calculus BC (5/5), AP Physics C and E&M (5/5)
Experience
Cyber Program Management Intern
Lockheed Martin, Rotary and Mission Systems Information Security Office · May—Aug 2025
- Engineered "Security Advisor," a GenerativeAI assistant that won 1st Place in enterprise-wide Intern AI challenge. Projected to save ~28,000 engineering hours (approximately $2M+/yr) annually by consolidating security protocols into a unified, accessible portal.
- Built emailing system for IT compliance tasks, Q&A system for controlled unclassified information handling, and AI agent for compliance audit, saving 80+ hrs/person/yr (approximately 400+ hrs/yr).
- Created application to fetch proposals to change regulations (dockets), saving 32+ hrs/docket (approximately 768+ hrs/yr).
AI/ML Engineer Intern
Lockheed Martin, Chief of Data Analytics Office · May 2023—Aug 2024
- Migrated legacy Domino system to AI Factory, saving $2M+ in subscription costs and introducing MLOps practices in alignment with 1LMX.
- Rearchitected corporate-wide website from Angular to WordPress, saving 120 hrs/yr in maintenance costs.
- Fine-tuned BERT & used bipartite matching to match candidates to roles in internal leadership development program, saving 56 hrs/yr.
- Developed retrieval-augmented discrepancy reports system using StreamLit and AI factory for Solumina, automating discrepancy reports.
Open Source Contributor
Google Summer of Code (GSoC) · May—Aug 2025
- Selected as a contributor (top 1,300 globally) for JabRef (4k+ stars) with a $3,000 stipend.
- Enhanced onboarding experience, built declarative API for UI creation (similar to Tipkits), and event-driven rendering system in JavaFX.
Medlytics Student
MIT Beaver Works Summer Institute · Jun—Aug 2024
- Developed medical image visual question and answering system through CLIP and Word2Vec (ImageCLEF2023), achieving 80%+ accuracy and surpass the State-of-the-Art accuracy by 5%.
Founder & President
HackGwinnett · Oct 2022—Oct 2024
- Organized largest high school hackathons in Georgia three times ('23, '24, '25), with 200+ attendees, 50+ schools, and 10+ counties each.
- Hosted CS days for K-5 (200+ attendees) and raised $2,000+ partnering with State Farm & Amazon.
Independent Researcher
Gwinnett School of Math, Sci, and Tech · Sep 2022—May 2025
- Developed a novel locality-aware attention model for gene annotation, achieved near perfect accuracy, and presented at GA Junior Science & Humanities Symposium 2025.
- Developed gene therapy for chronic myeloid leukemia using CRISPR-Cas9 and chitosan polymers. Presented at American Society of Human Genetics 2024 conference (Board 8045F) as only high school project globally.
Skills
- Languages: Python, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL, Rust, Kotlin, C/C++, Dart
- AI/ML: PyTorch, Pandas, Scikit-learn, LangChain, Llama-Index, Hugging Face, RAG, and NLP
- MLOps: AI Factory, Docker, Prometheus, CI/CD
- Web: Next.js, Tailwind, Node.js, WordPress, StreamLit
- Cybersecurity: Linux command line/bash scripting, system hardening, IDA
- Tools: Git, Fundamentals of Agile (LM training), Jira, Confluence, MS Power Automate, Office 365, SharePoint
Awards & Honors
- Carnegie Mellon University picoCTF: Top 8 of 1,498 US teams ('23); top 10% in US ('24)
- LM CodeQuest: Top 3 in nation ('23) & 1st in state ('25); LM CyberQuest: 1st in state ('24, '25)
- Air & Space Forces Association CyberPatriot: 4th in nation & 1st in state ('23); top 1% in nation ('24)
- Coolidge Senator: Top 100 out of over 4,200 global applicants with $1,000 Scholarship ('24)
- Georgia Governor's Honors Program: Finalist for Software Engineering (top 13 statewide)