Tong is a 4th-year undergraduate student advised by Prof. Leilani Gilpin in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at UC Santa Cruz. His research interests are Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing / Large Language Models ,and Computer Vision. Outside of Classroom, Tong enjoys badminton, ping-pong, e-sports and Shōgi(Japanese Chess) (Tong is currently applying to Master’s program for 2024 Fall)