Bryan Fan

PolyProphet — Polymer Property Prediction

Accepted · Scientific Reports

Machine learning approaches to predicting polymer properties through feature engineering, molecular representations, and ensemble models.

• Co-first author on a three-author paper; engineered the features and molecular embeddings.
• Related Kaggle work: Kaggle Expert with three competition bronze medals.

Keywords Materials Informatics, XGBoost, Molecular Embeddings

• Paper ↗

Popularity Bias in Music Recommendation

Unpublished manuscript

Investigating how recommendation algorithms influence long-tail music exposure using 48 million user-song interactions.

• Prepared recommendation data during a NetEase Cloud Music internship (Feb 2026).
• Mentor-guided study comparing three models on 48M public records for accuracy and long-tail exposure.

Keywords Recommender Systems, Fairness, Collaborative Filtering

• Manuscript ↗

Prophet — Proof Strategy Selection in Lean

Research proposal

Exploring sample-efficient proof strategy selection in Lean through decision-making and training transfer.

• Mentor-guided proposal; chose Lean and sample efficiency as the focus and designed the planned experiments.
• Proposal stage: the model experiments have not been run yet.

Keywords Formal Verification, Lean, Machine Learning

• Proposal ↗

Pic-pred — Sugar Particle Analysis

Developed an image-based sugar crystal particle-size analysis tool for the Guangdong Sugarcane Research Institute, supporting quantitative analysis of particle granularity from images.

• Repository ↗

Blog @ bfladderbean.me

A self-developed website exploring minimal interfaces, experimental typography, and the intersection of technology and design.

• Coded a pastel neo-brutalist blog with an editorial grid and oversized type; cursor-following visuals shift in real time.
• Same design practice: two recruitment posters and 15–20 staff IDs.

• bfladderbean.me ↗

HFI Utility Center @ hfiuc.org

A campus classroom reservation platform featuring availability tracking, booking timelines, and conflict detection, since expanded into student services.

• Founder. Used by all students and teachers, about 2,000 bookings a year.
• My code: sole front-end author of booking system v1 and v5, turning booking rules into conflict checks; others led v2 and v3.
• My code: the booking-display UI for UtiLink (complete, awaiting school approval).
• Product lead: led the launches of the resale marketplace and lost-and-found.
• Also in the suite: UtiCloud (awaiting approval, already used by some students); a campus Wi-Fi survey is complete and a router-relocation proposal is pending.

• hfiuc.org ↗

Graduate Texts in Minecraft @ techmc.wiki

A collaborative technical knowledge project documenting Minecraft mechanics, engineering, and source-code behavior.

• Founder and lead editor: organized the content by domain and coordinated 25 editors.
• Wrote the piston source-code analysis; about 400k Chinese characters written, including drafts.
• My technical Minecraft video channel has 365k+ total views.

• techmc.wiki ↗

FIRST Robotics Competition

Team awards, FRC Team 8214 Cyber Unicorn; I worked in scouting and strategy.

• Industrial Design Award, Shanghai Regional2025
• Autonomous Award, Istanbul Regional2025
• Galileo Division Finalist, World Championship2025

Galileo playoffs ↗