Hao Lin

Co‑founder of Tolus. ISEF 2026 Second Award for earthquake ML. USAMO qualifier.

Class of 2027, Manhattan Beach. Co‑founder of Tolus. ISEF 2026 Second Award for earthquake ML, researching at USC. USAMO qualifier.

Tolus: AI oral defenses that show how students reason. Piloting with 300 students at Mira Costa.
Earthquake research: machine learning on 340 TB of seismic data. Second Award at ISEF 2026; first-author paper at KDD 2026 (MiLeTS workshop).
OneWorldAnchor: a free STEM tutoring nonprofit I co-founded in sixth grade. 300+ volunteers, 2,000+ students.
SubRumble: Best Game at the LA Tech Week Reddit hackathon.
National Cyber League: #24 of 4,600 teams, as a two-person high school team.
Badminton: captain and 3x MVP, #5 in CIF Southern Section singles.
Viola in the chamber orchestra.