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
Research & Publications
CONF-MLA 2026 — Research Paper Published
Hao Zhang, founder and president of the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Club,
has published his sole-authored research paper,
“Using Regression and Machine Learning to Forecast Customer Spending Patterns and Turnover.”
Published on November 10, 2026, in the proceedings of CONF-MLA 2026, Applied and Computational Engineering, Volume 280.
Conducted under the mentorship of Stanford Professor Margot Gerritsen,
the research explores the application of regression and machine learning to business forecasting.
the paper explores how regression and machine learning models can forecast customer spending and turnover.
It connects his academic interests with the club’s focus on exploring practical applications of technology and innovation.
Read the paper: https://doi.org/10.54254/2755-2721/2026.38785
Additional Certificates
• Piano — Level 10 Certificate, Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
