Awards & Recognition

• USACO — Platinum Division.

• AMC 12A & AMC 12B — Perfect scores of 150/150 on both exams; AIME qualifier.

• Physics Bowl — Division 2 Top Scorer, with a perfect score of 40/40.

• Odyssey of the Mind — 2026 California State Champion (team award); 

competed at the World Finals.

• Kaggle Neural Golf — Silver Medal; ranked 124 out of 2,963 participants (top 4.2%).

• John Locke Institute Global Essay Competition — High Commendation in Psychology,

2026; attended the awards ceremony in London.

• Junior Golf Association of Northern California (JGANC) — Two first-place finishes and one third-place finish.

Research & Publications

Hao conducted independent research in artificial intelligence and machine learning under the mentorship of MIT Professor Mark Vogelsberger.

 His sole-authored paper was accepted by IEEE EESPE 2026 and published in IEEE Xplore.

Read the publication:

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11649021

Additional Certificates

• Piano — Level 10 Certificate, Shanghai Conservatory of Music.