College Park Scholars-Science and Global Change Program
An image of me.
Email me at: gxie1@terpmail.umd.edu
Hello! My name is George Xie. I am a current undergraduate at the University of Maryland (UMD), majoring in Computer Science.
Some of my activities:
- Capital Youth Outreach Club: Founding member, former President (23-24), and former President Advisor (24-25).
- American Chinese School: Vice Chair of the Student Council (22-25).
- Internship at the UMMC: Designed a visualization for medical alarm history, presented at Montgomery Blair HS' Senior Research Project Convention. You may find my work here.
- MD All-State Senior Orchestra: Violinist (23,24)
- Montgomery County All-County Senior Orchestra: Violinist (24)
- Tri-M Music Honor Society: Member (23-25)
Community service
Computer Science
Music
NOTE: Years are denoted in parentheses: (XX) means "20XX".
In my free time, I play the violin, play computer games, and advise and moderate a game-related Discord server I am a part of.
My current goal is to get a job somewhere in the field of AI, particularly one in AI Safety. I believe AI is a powerful yet risky tool; it is a form of automation that is able to outperform humans on many tasks -- it could be cheaper, faster, more skilled, maybe some combination of these -- which justified its integration into many sectors of our society. However, it is a technology we can't fully control. We can't truly "understand" modern AI because of their black-box architecture, so we can't ensure it is properly aligned, and this has dangerous implications. I seek to contribute in this way: ensure the systems we use are not just powerful, but safe.
SGC Gallery and On-Line Projects:
- Activity one
- Activity two - coming soon
- Activity three - coming soon
External Links:
Capital Youth Outreach Club: A non-profit youth-led volunteer organization. I was a founding member, President, and President Advisor.