CS + Math and EE at Washington University in St. Louis
Leo Qin
I build AI-safety evals and web products, then test them against reality.
Selected work
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Research · Sep 2026
Loyalty Titration
Adding a second secret loyalty to expose a hidden one.
Co-author with Barry Shen
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Internship · May – Jul 2026
Violoop
Making a computer-use agent measurably better at its skills.
AI Systems Engineering Intern
More projects
- Secret LoyaltiesJul 2026 Installing, auditing and containing a hidden loyalty in a system prompt. Hackathon, Team Elpis, with Barry Shen
- WashU Robotics RoverSep 2026 – present GPS and IMU navigation software for a student rover. Student team, Software Team Member (ROS 2)
- Personalized AI Teaching CopilotAug 2022 – Jun 2026 A personalized AI assistant for teachers and students in Bijie, Guizhou. Project, Project Lead
- AI White CaneApr 2025 Group Second Place at the Moonshot 48 Hour Hackathon Cup. Hackathon, Team Lead
- StatsifyFinanceAug 2023 – Jun 2026 A bilingual finance learning platform. Live website, Full-Stack Developer
About
“My goal is to contribute to keeping AI agents safe.”
“I hope every student, wherever they live, can get an education built on their interests.”
- Education
Washington University in St. Louis
B.S., double major in Computer Science + Math and Electrical Engineering- Experience
Violoop, an AI agent hardware startup in Shenzhen
AI Systems Engineering Intern, May – Jul 2026WashU Robotics rover team
Software Team Member (ROS 2), Sep 2026 – present- Focus
Agent safety
AI on real devices and robots
Education and assistive tech
- Tech stack
AI & ML
PyTorch, RAG, LLM evaluation, vector search, scikit-learn, NumPy, Pandas, ChromaDBProgramming
Python, C/C++, Java, TypeScript/JavaScript, SQLWeb & backend
React, Next.js, Node.js, Express, REST APIsInfra & data
Linux, Docker, Git, Nginx, MongoDB, RedisLanguages
Chinese (native), English (TOEFL 114/120)- Also learning
A GPT from scratch
A character-level GPT in PyTorch: 10.8M parameters, 6 layers, 6 heads, trained on Tiny Shakespeare.ARENA exercises
CNNs, RNNs, RLHF and AI evaluation.BlueDot Impact
The Technical AI Safety course, a 30-hour program. Certificate issued June 2026.
- Outside work
- Badminton (WashU Badminton Club)
- Basketball
- Weightlifting
- Swimming
- Contemporary literature