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Alan Cao

Software Development student building practical software across systems, AI, and interactive applications.

Selected Projects

A selection of practical work across software security, computer vision, and physical computing.

  1. Fuzzing PCSX2 — The PlayStation 2 Emulator

    I developed stateful memory-card fuzz harnesses for PCSX2, modeling repeated saves, boundary-heavy writes, and flush/close/reopen behavior for AFL++.

    The project became a practical study in harness design, subsystem isolation, and the difference between isolated fuzzing failures and full-application behavior.

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    AFL++ campaign status for Alan Cao's isolated PCSX2 memory-card harness.

    Alan Cao's isolated AFL++ harness campaign in a four-person PCSX2 project; counters are not verified defects.

  2. YOLO Fishing Bot

    I carried a computer-vision project from 3,350 manually labeled images through local model training to a Python fishing bot driven by YOLO detections.

    The project connects screen capture, a custom 42-class detector, and input automation in one local Python application.

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  3. Arduino Robot Arm

    I handled the 3D printing and most soldering, contributed a small amount of Arduino code, and researched motor and architecture choices for our four-person robot-arm prototype.

    The finished build integrated servo joints, potentiometer control, Arduino hardware, and 3D-printed components into a working physical system.

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    Robot-arm prototype showing servo joints, wiring, and a participant's hand.

    Four-person team prototype adapted from existing robot-arm ideas; photo by a teammate.

About

I like working close to real systems—whether that means fuzzing an emulator subsystem, training a computer-vision model, or integrating software with physical hardware.

See the interests and tools behind work spanning systems and software security, AI and computer vision, robotics and physical computing, and software tools and applications.

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