About Me
Hi! I’m Nicole Hao. I received my M.Eng. in Computer Science in 2025 and B.A. in Mathematics from Cornell University in 2024. Currently, I’m in NYC, working as a software engineer at Artian AI.
At Artian, I design and build enterprise-grade multi-agent AI solutions for global financial institutions. Previously, I founded InkSight AI, an EdTech startup building a multi-sensory note-taking platform that improves lecture accessibility for blind/low-vision, hard-of-hearing, and neurodivergent learners. My startup was selected for the Cornell eLab Student Startup Accelerator and mentored by industry executives.
Presenting InkSight AI at the 2024 Cornell Tech Entrepreneurship Showcase
Research
My background spans mathematics, machine learning, deep learning, and robotics. At Cornell, I worked with Prof. Ray Jayawardhana (now at Caltech) on ML for astrophysics, Prof. Yunan Yang on deep learning theory, Prof. Anil Damle on LLM compression, Prof. John Holmes (OSU) on stochastic PDEs, and Prof. Jennifer Sun on multimodal learning. I also worked on Little Red Rover, Cornell’s first educational robot, implementing and testing path finding algorithms.
I’m broadly interested in multimodal perception, language and reasoning, and multi-agent system design, with a focus on autonomous agents in critical and high-stakes industries like healthcare, finance, and education. I’m also exploring how these agents can be deployed in robots, with the long-term goal of creating human-centered systems that can reason about and interact with the physical world, support manual labor, and augment human perception.
For more, see my publications and projects pages.
Values
As a researcher and innovator, I value curiosity, empathy, creativity, and resilience above all.
If something didn’t work the first time, pause, reflect, and try again differently. Iterate and improve.
Fear is our biggest enemy. I’ve seen this in my experience teaching younger kids. We have limited time on this planet, so if you have an idea, pursue it boldly and persist. You won’t know where it can lead until you try.
“We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face… we must do that which we think we cannot.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
More about me
Outside of work, I write about ethical AI and analyze new trends in tech, read books on world religions, make visual art, hike, and meditate.
I also actively support initiatives that advance equity in STEM and beyond.
📬 Feel free to reach out if you’re building something cool, or if you just want to talk research, social impact, entrepeneurship, and how we can use technology to better society.
Let's build a future where AI serves humanity, not the other way around.
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