Jeremy Yu
About Me
Jeremy Yu is an accomplished student at Mountain View High School, Class of 2027, with a dedicated focus on pursuing a career in cybersecurity. A nationally ranked competitor, he has secured first-place finishes in both individual and team National Cyber League (NCL) competitions and was selected for the US Cyber Games Combine and Pipeline Team. His technical experience includes developing an audio streaming protocol at UCLA COSMOS and conducting AI-focused research through the Aspiring Scholars Directed Research Program (ASDRP).
Beyond his technical achievements, Jeremy holds several leadership roles, serving as the President of the Information Security and Puzzle Clubs and Vice President of the Computer Science Club. He is proficient in multiple programming languages, including Python, Java, and C++, and has furthered his education through supplemental coursework at De Anza Community College. Outside of his primary academic pursuits, he is active in the Service League of Boys and enjoys strategy games and engineering projects.
Jessen Yu
My Mentor
Jessen Yu
VP, Platform Engineering at Valo Health
Jessen Yu is Vice President of Platform Engineering at Valo Health, where he leads the team building the computational platform behind the company’s drug discovery work. He has spent more than twenty years working on machine learning and AI for drug discovery, and on the engineering work needed to make those systems run at scale. He holds a BS in Computer Science and Chemistry from Stanford University and lives in Mountain View, California.
In his advisory role, he brings a professional perspective to both the technical and editorial side of the project, helping students like Jeremy develop the judgment that good engineering and good communication require.