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Hello, I'm Samuel Yuan

I'm currently a student at Homestead High School in Cupertino, CA.
I like Physics. In my free time, I stargaze, hike, and do graphic design! Here's a cool photo of the Eagle Nebula I took at the Sommers-Bausch Observatory! My favorite animal is the panda bear :)
Projects
Superconductor Discovery
I'm working on applying diffusion models for superconductor discovery and getting deep learning models to explore out-of-distribution.
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Asteroid Orbit Determination
At SSP, I spent six weeks with friends at the Sommers-Bausch Observatory in Boulder, CO and worked on determining the orbit of mars-crosser A910 LC with the Method of Gauss.
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thypher.com
A fun Physics-inspired Wordle-like game. You guess a daily 5-letter word by deciphering equations.
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Firebreak Optimization
A friend and I built a genetic algorithm for firebreak placement optimization and a cellular-automata wildfire simulation model.
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Publications & Preprints
*denotes equal contribution
Diffusion Models for Conditional Generation of Hypothetical New Families of Superconductors
S Yuan, SV Dordevic
Scientific Reports
May 4, 2024
paper arXiv code
Orbit Determination of Mars-Crossing Asteroid 699 Hela
M Judkins-Cooper*, N Marabito*, S Yuan*
SSP Final Report
July 16, 2024
paper slides code
Hopefully more to come soon!