I am Qiaochu Wang (
), a master student at 
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. Currently, I am doing my master thesis at 
Isospec Analytics SA and living in 
St-Sulpice. After work, I usually jog, swim and read.
I lived in Nanjing, the best city in the world, for 1401 days — from 23 August 2019 to 24 June 2023 — for my bachelor’s studies at 
Southeast University. Before that, I went to high school at 
Hengshui No.2 High School, where the greater part of my personality died. Nanjing, mercifully, let me grow flesh and blood again.
You may have noticed that throughout this site I go by 
rather than my given name, 
. 
is a poem in the Book of Songs praising a man’s inner virtue, his bearing and his moral cultivation — the ideal of excellence I aspire to. Its allusion is to water, specifically a tributary of the Hai River, the image I loved most before I turned 25; these days I lean towards mountains, and that shift is also why I chose the photograph on the left. It also happens to sound like the first half of my first name: Qi Ao vs Qiao (and chu carries the same connotation). Far as it is from who I actually am, it holds my preference.
This site keeps my most recent CV. If any of it interests you, please do not hesitate to get in touch through the envelope in the top right corner, or my WeChat (), or WhatsApp ()!
I also mean to write here, at a monthly or weekly rhythm. The blogs will lean towards philosophy and life rather than technology. You are welcome to contact me and discuss the blogs, but please do so under a real name or a traceable handle. Anonymity cannot produce a genuine exchange, and I hold that firmly.