folium✳
Folium
A book discovery and reading-tracking application, with personal bookshelves, reading progress, and a cozy interface.
AVAILABLE FOR OPPORTUNITIES · 2027
Hey, I'm ✳
Yiwen Gong.
Software Developer · AI Researcher
Computer Science student at the University of Waterloo. I build practical software, explore human-centered AI, and love turning interesting ideas into working things.
BASED IN WATERLOO, CANADASCROLL TO EXPLORE ↓
01 / A LITTLE ABOUT ME
I like building things that feel useful.
I'm a third-year Computer Science co-op student at the University of Waterloo. My interests sit at the intersection of software engineering, AI, and the ways people interact with technology.
Previously, I worked on enterprise software at BASF. Now, I'm researching multilingual doctor–patient conversations as part of UR2PhD and building a reading companion called Folium.
C++PythonJavaKotlinJavaScriptVue.jsJetpack ComposeKtorSQLGit
02 / SELECTED WORK
Things I've made & explored.
A mix of product development, research, and playful experiments.
speech → understanding
AI Scribe Research
Exploring multilingual and code-switched clinical conversations to support accurate speech recognition and clinical note generation.
A multi-level C++ dungeon crawler built with object-oriented architecture and extensible game systems.
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CATANA / AI
Catana
An AI-powered Catan strategy assistant that interprets game states and recommends strategic moves.
03 / MY JOURNEY
Where I've grown.
EducationWork & Research
2024 — PRESENT
Bachelor of Computer Science
University of Waterloo · Co-op
Studying computer science, from systems and algorithms to software design and AI.
SEP — DEC 2026
Undergraduate Researcher
University of Waterloo · UR2PhD
Investigating speech recognition for multilingual and code-switched doctor–patient conversations, with a focus on robust clinical transcription.
APR — DEC 2025
Software Development & Testing Intern
BASF Digital Hub · Nanjing, China
Built and improved Java, Vue.js, and SQL features for an enterprise platform; troubleshot production issues and collaborated across agile sprints.
04 / BEYOND THE CODE
Off the keyboard.
Outside the editor, you'll probably find me playing games with memorable worlds, exploring new ideas, or getting lost in a good story.
01 / PLAY
Games I love ✳
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02 / READ
My bookshelf ✳
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05 / SAY HELLO
Have something in mind?
I'm always happy to connect about software, research, or interesting ideas.
y76gong@uwaterloo.ca ↗