Sunny Wang

High school student · Machine Learning Researcher · Pianist · sunnywang272@gmail.com

Hi! I'm Sunny Wang, a student at Camas High School. My interests lie in computer science research, mathematics, and piano performance. Check out some of my projects and recordings on this site!

Education

Camas High School

MST Magnet Program
  • GPA: 4.0 UW
  • Class Rank: 1/484
  • PSAT: 1490
  • ACT: 36
  • Taught lessons for Linear Algebra, Multivariable Calculus, and Differential Equations.
  • Math Club Founder, Coding Club Cofounder, and Science Olympiad President
  • National AP Scholar with Distinction
    • September 2018 - Present

    Summer Science Program

    Astrophysics Program
    July 2021 - August 2021

    Summer STEM Institute

    Research Program
    June 2020 - August 2020

    Wolfram Summer Camp

    Wolfram Research
    July 2019 - August 2019

    Projects

    Orbit Determination of Near Earth Asteroid 2003 HA22 using the Method of Gauss and Monte Carlo Simulations

    SSP 2021 Astrophysics Program

    Using the Method of Gauss to determine the orbital elements of the Near Earth Asteroid 2003 HA22.

    Full Paper
    July 2021 - August 2021

    Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis using Deep Learning

    SSI 2020 Research Program

    An MRI based CNN architecture to diagnose Alzheimer's Disease using CycleGAN data augmentation. Serves as both a medical tool and a proof of concept for the use of GANs in data augmentation.

    Full Paper Two Page Paper View Repo
    June 2020 - August 2020

    Automatic Music Transcription using Recurrent Neural Networks

    MST Magnet Program

    Creating and experimenting with different neural network architectures with the purpose of accurately transcribing polyphonic music using Keras and Python 3.

    September 2019 - March 2020

    Generating Nets for Random Convex Polyhedra

    Wolfram Summer Camp

    Visualizing Shephard’s conjecture (i.e. every convex polyhedron admits a non-overlapping unfolding) using an origami-inspired algorithm in the Wolfram Language.

    View Project Site View Repo
    July 2019 - August 2019

    Piano

    Biography

    Starting my studies at age five, I have been playing the piano for over thirteen years. As a student studying under Dr. Renato Fabbro, I have participated in many OMTA programs and received prizes in various competitions and scholarships. I’m excited to see where my journey takes me as I explore more literature and continue to strive to improve my technique and musicality. Check out some of my performances below!

    Repertoire

    Baroque
  • J.S. Bach - Partita No. 1 BWV 825: Praeludium, Allemande, and Gigue, Age 11
  • Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata K. 151, Age 13
  • J.S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue BWV 870, Age 14
  • J.S. Bach - Partita No. 4 in D Major BWV 828: Overture, Age 15
  • Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata K. 141, Age 16
    • Classical
  • L.V. Beethoven - Sonata in c# minor Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" Movement III, Age 11
  • L.V. Beethoven - Sonata in c minor Op. 13 "Pathetique" Movement III, Age 12
  • L.V. Beethoven - Sonata in f minor Op. 57 "Appassionata" Movement I, Age 14
  • Joseph Haydn - Sonata in C Major Hob. XVI No. 50 Movement I, Age 15
  • W.A. Mozart - Sonata in C Major No. 7, K. 309 Movement I, Age 16
  • Joseph Haydn - Fantasia in C major, Hob. XVII/4, Age 17
    • Romantic
  • Frédéric Chopin - Waltz No. 14 in E Minor, Age 11
  • Frédéric Chopin - Fantasie Impromptu, Age 12
  • Frédéric Chopin - Etude Op. 25 No. 12, Age 13
  • Glinka/Balakirev - The Lark, Age 13
  • Franz Liszt - Venezia e Napoli: Tarantella, Age 14
  • Frédéric Chopin - Ballade No. 2, Op. 38, Age 15
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff - Etudes-Tableaux Op. 39 No. 5, Age 16
  • Franz Liszt - Paganini Etude No. 6 in A Minor, Age 17
    • Contemporary
  • Maurice Ravel - Sonatine, Movements I and III, Age 11
  • Claude Debussy - Arabesque No. 2, Age 12
  • Erwin Schulhoff - Cinq Etudes de Jazz No. 5 Toccata sur le shimmy "Kitten on the Keys", Age 13
  • Dmitry Kabalevsky - Sonata No. 3, Op. 46, Age 13
  • Rodion Shchedrin - Basso Ostinato, Age 14
  • Lowell Liebermann - Gargoyles, Op. 29, Age 14
  • Maurice Ravel - Miroirs IV: Alborada del Gracioso, Age 15
  • Mason Bates - White lies for Lomax, Age 16
  • Nikolai Kapustin - Eight Concert Etudes Op. 40 No. 5, Age 16
  • Nikolai Kapustin - Impromptu Op. 66 No. 2, Age 17
    • Concertos
  • Joseph Haydn - Piano Concerto in D major Hob. XVIII No. 11 Movement I, Age 12
  • L.V. Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 2 Movement 3, Age 13
  • L.V. Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" Movements I and III, Age 14
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 4 Movement 1, Age 15
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 3 Movement 3, Age 16

    • Awards & Certifications

    Mathematics
    • 2021 AIME I: Score of 9
    • 2020 AIME I: Score of 9
    • Five time AIME Qualifier

    Research
    • 2022 Regeneron STS Top 300 Scholar
    • 2021 ISEF Finalist in Computational Biology
    • Best in Fair - 2021 Southwest Washington Science and Engineering Fair
    • Mu Alpha Theta Award - 2021 Southwest Washington Science and Engineering Fair
    • 1 st Place - 2021 Washington State Science and Engineering Fair
    • Wolfram Research Award - 2021 Washington State Science and Engineering Fair
    • Top 5 Presentation - 2020 Summer STEM Institute
    • Top 5 Paper - 2020 Summer STEM Institute
    • 2 nd Place - 2019 Southwest Washington Science and Engineering Fair

    Piano
    • 1 st Place - 2021 Monday Musical Club, Colliver Award
    • 1 st Place - 2019 Central Oregon Symphony Young Artist Competition
    • 1 st Place - 2019 Spokane Piano Competition, Modern Division
    • 1 st Place - 2019 Jewish Community Orchestra Young Artist Competition
    • 1 st Place - 2019 OFMC Marjorie Trotter Scholarship Competition
    • 2 nd Place - 2021 American Protégé International Concerto Competition
    • 2 nd Place - 2020 Outstanding Artist Competition Senior Division
    • 2 nd Place - 2019 MTNA State Senior Division
    • 2 nd Place - 2019 Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition
    • 3 rd Place - 2021 Bellagrande International Music Competition
    • 3 rd Place - 2021 New Orleans Piano Institute International Competition
    • 3 rd Place - 2019 Steinway Competition
    • 5 th Place - 2020 Ten Grands Competition
    • Finalist - 2019 Coeur d'Alene Symphony National Young Artist Competition

    Tennis
    • 1 st Place Team - 2019 Varsity District Tournament
    • 3 rd Place - 2019 Varsity District Tournament
    • 4 th Place - 2018 Varsity District Tournament
    • Scholar Athlete Award
    • 2018 Rookie of the Year

    Science Olympiad
    • 1 st Place - 2022 National Invite, Machine Learning
    • 1 st Place - 2021 State, Circuit Lab
    • 1 st Place - 2021 Regionals, Sounds of Music
    • 1 st Place - 2021 Regionals, Codebusters
    • 1 st Place - 2021 Regionals, Detector Building
    • 1 st Place - 2021 Regionals, Machines
    • 1 st Place - 2021 Regionals, Circuit Lab
    • 1 st Place - 2020 Regionals, Sounds of Music
    • 1 st Place - 2020 Regionals, Codebusters
    • 2 nd Place - 2022 Golden Gate Invite, Machine Learning
    • 2 nd Place - 2021 State, Machines
    • 2 nd Place - 2021 State, Sounds of Music
    • 2 nd Place - 2020 Regionals, Circuit Lab
    • 2 nd Place - 2020 Regionals, Machines
    • 2 nd Place - 2020 UC Davis Invitationals, Circuit Lab
    • 3 rd Place - 2019 Cornell National Invite, Circuit Lab
    • 3 rd Place - 2021 BirdSO, Cybersecurity
    • 3 rd Place - 2020 UT Austin, Cybersecurity
    • 5 th Place - 2022 BirdSO, Run It Code It
    • 5 th Place - 2022 BirdSO, Cybersecurity
    • 5 th Place - 2019 State, Sounds of Music
    • 5 th Place - 2019 State, Fermi Questions
    • 6 th Place - 2021 MIT National Invite, Machines
    • 7 th Place - 2021 MIT National Invite, Sounds of Music
    • 7 th Place - 2022 National Invite, It's About Time
    • 7 th Place - 2022 Golden Gate Invite, Wifi Lab