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Nicole Ma

manicole [at] stanford [dot] edu

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Hi, I'm Nicole, a current undergrad at Stanford studying CS and Math. I'm interested in RL, multi-agent frameworks, and building cool software :) 

EDUCATION

Stanford University

B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics

 

Relevant Courseload: Deep Reinforcement Learning, Deep Learning for Computer Vision, Programming Abstractions, Computer Organization and Systems, Probability for Computer Scientists

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Activities: ASES Bootcamp Fellow (2nd Place Winner), Stanford Math Tournament, Google Developer Student Club

Sage Hill School

High School Diploma

 

Activities: Teens in AI, Math Team, Science Olympiad, Varsity Lacrosse

Projects

LLaDA-R1 

Diffusion LLM optimized for reasoning and efficiency at inference time with SFT + RL for dynamic diffusion step adaptation and remasking scheduling

@ Mercor x Etched x Cognition Inference-Time Compute Hackathon ​

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SHIELD.

Multi-agent RL + tool use framework for detecting and patching security vulnerabilities in codebases. 

@ Pear VC x Anthropic Hackathon

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NeuroPilot

Brain-computer-interface and agentic AI system for brain-powered natural language commands for hands-free computer control

@ 2025 TreeHacks

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AudibleEyes

Voice-based navigation assistance smart glasses system using fine-tuned CV models for depth estimation and object segmentation

@ 2024 CalHacks

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Machine Learning to Improve Offshore Wind Resource Assessment and Forecasting

Novel data-processing methods and pipelines for synoptic charts to reduce biases in offshore wind forecasts

@ Simons Summer Research Program

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TipTop Topological Optimization

CAD software add-in powered by a predictor-evaluator network to speed up the topological optimization process by over 300 times

@ Stanford ASES Bootcamp

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Multidirectional Stochastic Process Model to Simulate the Latitude of the North Atlantic Jet Stream

Model of jet stream latitude using climate model simulations of jet stream drivers

@ National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium​

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Awards

  • 1st Place ($40k), 2025 Mercor x Cognition x Etched Inference-Time Compute Hackathon

  • Most Impressive Technical Feat, 2025 Pear VC x Anthropic hackathon

  • 1st Place Scrapybara Award (valued $16k), 2025 Treehacks

  • Finalist in Math/CS, 2023 National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (NJSHS)

  • 1st Place Overall, 2023 Regional JSHS

  • 1st Place, 2022 Google igniteCS Programming Expo

  • One Percenter Award, Project Euler

  • 1st Place, 2021 GameGala

  • Best Use of EchoAR, 2021 LightHouse Hacks

  • Best Web App, 2021 HackTable

  • Honorable Mention, 2021 HackVH

  • 3rd Place Environmental Engineering, 2024 California Science and Engineering Fair (CSEF)

  • 1st Place Energy Conversion/Alternate Energy, Association of Women in Water, Energy, and Environment Award, NASA Earth System Science Award, the Energy Coalition First Place Award, 2024 Orange County Science and Engineering Fair (OCSEF)​

  • Distinguished Initiative Award, Harvard Women Engineers Code 

  • AIME Qualifier

  • Finalist, National Merit Scholarship

  • JHJ Prize for Fundamental Science (Physics), 2023 CESASC 

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