Club leadership & curriculum
Herstory: a space to examine gender
An 18-session curriculum connecting theory, media, literature, and everyday life.
Read the storyStudent portfolio · Shenzhen
Questions fromeveryday life.
Research, mathematics, and making.
I’m Xiaowei, a high school student interested in gender studies and mathematics. I care about who people are expected to become, and what choices they can actually make. I explore these questions through archives, evidence, prototypes, and teaching.
01 / Selected work
Two starting points
A bridal guide and a safety prototype. Different materials, questions worth pursuing.
02 / Questions & methods
Research in progress
What counts as evidence? What can a model establish? Where does an explanation stop?
AI research · CIMSP 2026 accepted
When protection involves monitoring
Expression recognition, pose estimation, and the limits of a benchmark result.
Essay · John Locke Institute
Labels and policy views
Why can people with similar policy views end up in opposing camps?
Literature review · Accepted
From consumption to empowerment?
How platforms and commercial language shape the choices presented to women.
Mathematical modeling · HiMCM
What does “better” mean?
A shared model—and a closer look at the judgments inside it.
Mathematical modeling · IMMC & published paper
Does a date predict risk?
A team project examining Friday the 13th through statistical tests, time-series analysis, and prediction.
03 / Teaching & community
Making room for more voices
In a club, a classroom, or a case discussion, the question changes when other people join it.
Volunteer teaching
Who gets to be the hero?
Mathematics, poetry, and a lesson on rewriting familiar fairy tales.
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Legal internship & school club
Learning to read a claim carefully
From supervised legal research to case discussion and mock trials.
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04 / Beyond research
There is music here, too.
I have studied the zhongruan since I was eight. It is one of the interests I have grown up with, alongside mathematics, reading, and dance.
Watch my music portfolio · 2:3005 / Milestones
Selected recognition
A few milestones, connected to the work behind them.
John Locke Institute · Psychology
High Commendation
Individual essay
WorldInvent Singapore
Silver Medal · SafeWalk
Phase I team project
HiMCM
Honorable Mention
Four-person team; team captain
Hong Kong International Music Festival
Outstanding Silver Award · Final
Chinese plucked strings; individual performance