Guide me to the gate!
Alley Wu

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About

alley@portfolio ~ zsh
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Experience

Jun 2025 — Present

AI Engineer

Captus.ai

Built and deployed production-ready AI agents and automated workflows, and designed evaluation pipelines that boosted agent accuracy from 20% to 80%.

Sep 2025 — Present

Teaching Assistant

UW Information School

Mentoring students in Python, automation, social media ethics, and data mining.

Sep 2025 — Jan 2026

Research Assistant

UW Information School

Experiments and analysis of social media algorithms topic.

Mar 2025 — Dec 2025

iSchool Undergraduate Mentor

UW First Year Programs

Mentored first-year Informatics students as a FIG Leader/Mentor, guiding campus life, academic, and technical development.

Oct 2023 — Jun 2025

Vice President

Husky Help Organization

Organized 20+ events, secured $5K in sponsorships, and mentored 25+ members.

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Projects

+ Jan 2026 — Present

Healthcare Assistant Agent

Built a personal healthcare assistant agent integrated with iMessage using the Photon iMessage SDK. Users activate the agent by texting, which gathers symptoms and context through follow-up questions, then provides actionable next steps like nearby in-network clinics, questions to ask your doctor, and pre-visit care recommendations.

TypeScript Machine Learning NLP AI Workflow
Sep 2025 — Nov 2025 GitHub

Game-Playing Agent

Built a competitive game-playing agent using Minimax with Alpha-Beta pruning and heuristic optimization. Integrated LLM-based response generation for adaptive, context-aware agent behavior.

Python Machine Learning AI
Mar 2025 — Jun 2025 Demo

BugBuster

Designed a gamified coding platform for ADHD learners, combining real-time feedback, accessibility-first UI, and progress tracking. Implemented Firebase-backed personalization for adaptive learning paths.

React.js JavaScript Firebase
Dec 2024 — Mar 2025 GitLab

Maze Generation & Pathfinding

Built a Java-based maze visualizer with shortest-path solving using Dijkstra's algorithm, achieving 40% faster computation. Implemented Kruskal-based maze generator to produce fully solvable mazes at scale.

Java Data Structures Algorithms
Sep 2024 — Dec 2024 Docs

Recipe Finder

Built a recipe search and recommendation system with a clean web interface. Developed a Python web crawler to collect 5,000+ recipes. Implemented BM25, TF-IDF, and LM-based retrieval models.

Python Search Systems NLP
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