Co-Founder at Stellar Learning BASIS Independent Silicon Valley '27

Nicholas Wang

汪蓄辉

Building education tools and AI research that make learning more intuitive.

I'm a high school senior at BASIS Independent Silicon Valley '27 and co-founder of Stellar Learning, where I build free learning tools, visual explanations, and student programs for more accessible education.

Organizations

Experience

Organizations focused on education products, research systems, and student-led programs for nonprofit impact.

501(c)(3) Nonprofit

Co-Founder, CEO

Stellar Learning

Main platform for building and testing free AI-driven learning tools, from visual explanations and generated practice to curriculum-aligned courses.

Volunteers
130+
Courses
80+
Users
25,000+
  • Builds free AI-driven practice and visual explanation tools for students.
  • Applies research on diagrams, course generation, and reliable question generation.
  • Organizes student contributors around curriculum-aligned learning content.
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Hackathon

President

BISV Hacks

Inclusive student-led hackathon at BASIS Independent Silicon Valley Upper School, designed to make building technology more approachable for students across the Bay Area.

Participants
150+
Raised
$3,000+
Iterations
2
  • Scheduled for March 8, 2026 in San Jose, CA.
  • Organized guest speakers from Y Combinator startup founders and the broader startup community.
  • Built as an inclusive first hackathon experience for student builders.
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501(c)(3) Nonprofit

Director of Technology

Math For Real

Student volunteer organization helping students see math as intuitive, discussable, and connected to the real world.

Students Educated
1,000+
Countries Served
3
Lessons
45+
Volunteers
40+
  • Builds technical infrastructure for outreach and learning experiences.
  • Helps students connect in-class math to real-world reasoning.
  • Uses discussion-based sessions led by middle and high school volunteers.
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Research

Publications

Many of these papers connect to systems built for Stellar Learning, including visual explanations, course generation, and reliable question generation.

Google Scholar
01

GraphGPT: A Self Supervised-Learning for Intuitive, Logical, and Visual Education

ICNC 2025 CollaboratorsAggelos K. Katsaggelos

Introduces GraphGPT, combining causal graphs with GPT-style prediction to generate logical steps and diagrams for intuitive education, with reported 25% higher multiple-choice accuracy than ChatGPT.

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02

Rethinking Video Generation: Overcoming the Limits of Pretrained Models

ICNC 2025 CollaboratorsUgur Demir, Charlotte Lynn Chen, Anthony Zhao, Michelle Wang, Derek Li, and Aggelos K. Katsaggelos

Explores arbitrary-size video generation using existing diffusion models, video outpainting, and frame interpolation to improve spatial and temporal flexibility without expensive retraining.

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03

Enhancing Education with Automatic Generation of Engaging Visual Explanations

Augmented Educators and AI, CHI 2025 Workshop CollaboratorsAggelos K. Katsaggelos

Presents Stellar Nova, a visually-first education assistant that adds interactive explanations and gamification to make complex concepts more intuitive and engaging.

04

Scaling Intuitive Education with Multiple LLM-based Agents

Augmented Educators and AI, CHI 2025 Workshop CollaboratorsAggelos K. Katsaggelos

Introduces CourseGen, a multi-agent framework behind Stellar Nova for helping course developers create intuitive online courses at scale.

05

Leveraging Interactive Generative AI for Enhancing Intuitive Learning

ACM CHI 2025 Workshop on Generative AI and HCI CollaboratorsAggelos K. Katsaggelos

Highlights interactive GenAI for intuitive learning through scientific graph generation and an AI-human course creation framework implemented in Stellar Nova.

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06

Automatic Question Generation for Intuitive Learning Utilizing Causal Graph Guided Chain of Thought Reasoning

MIPR 2025 CollaboratorsNeel Parpia, Aaryan Parikh, and Aggelos K. Katsaggelos

Uses causal graph-guided chain-of-thought reasoning and a multi-agent architecture to generate accurate, curriculum-aligned questions with up to 70% quality improvement.

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07

Hallucination-Free Automatic Question & Answer Generation for Intuitive Learning

IEEE ICIP 2025 Workshop on Generative AI for World Simulations and Communication CollaboratorsAggelos K. Katsaggelos

Frames educational question generation as a hallucination-minimization problem using staged agents, validation, and refinement, reducing hallucinations by over 90% in evaluation.

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08

User-Preference-Aligned Automatic Question Generation

ICNC 2026 CollaboratorsAggelos K. Katsaggelos

Explores lightweight preference alignment for automatic question generation using a small diagnostic set, supervised fine-tuning, and DPO, improving outputs by up to 13%.

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09

Hallucination-Free Causal Graph-Guided AI Framework for Intuitive Question and Answer Generation

IJMDEM CollaboratorsAggelos K. Katsaggelos

Unifies causal graph-guided reasoning with multi-agent hallucination mitigation for trustworthy question-answer generation, showing 90% hallucination reduction and 70% quality improvement.

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Profile

Background

Academic, technical, and multilingual context behind the education technology work.

Technical Stack

Skills

Technologies used for learning platforms, research prototypes, and web products.

Languages

  • Python
  • Java
  • C++
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript

Web

  • Flask
  • Svelte
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Tailwind CSS

AI & Data

  • OpenAI
  • Hugging Face
  • MongoDB

Tools

  • GitHub
  • Docker
  • Bash
  • LaTeX

Recognition

Recognition

Recognition across math, AP coursework, and piano performance.

01

4x AIME Qualifier

Mathematics

Invitational round of the AMC series; AIME invites at least the top 2.5% of AMC 10 scorers and top 5% of AMC 12 scorers.
02

3x AP Scholar with Distinction

Advanced Placement

Requires a 3.5+ average across all AP exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on at least five exams.
03

1st Place at Charleston Summer Music Competition

Piano

First-place placement in an adjudicated international music competition, evaluated by instrument, age division, and recorded performance.
04

2nd Place at American Protégé International Competition of Romantic Music

Piano

Second-place placement in American Protégé’s international Romantic music competition, judged by age category and video performance.

Academic Background

Coursework

Advanced school coursework and external study across STEM, humanities, language, music, and curriculum design.

9th Grade

2023-2024
  • AP Calculus AB
  • AP Computer Science A
  • AP Macroeconomics
  • AP Microeconomics
  • AP Physics 1

Additional coursework

  • AP U.S. Government & Politics
  • Honors English Language & Composition
  • Honors English Literature & Composition

10th Grade

2024-2025
  • AP Calculus BC
  • AP Computer Science Principles
  • AP Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism
  • AP Physics C: Mechanics

Additional coursework

  • AP English Language & Composition
  • AP U.S. History
  • Honors Chemistry

11th Grade

2025-2026
  • AP Networking
  • AP Statistics
  • Linear Algebra

Additional coursework

  • AP English Literature & Composition
  • AP Latin
  • AP Music Theory
  • AP World History: Modern
  • Honors Biology

12th Grade

2026-2027
  • AP Business & Personal Finance
  • AP Cybersecurity
  • Game Theory
  • Multivariable Calculus

Additional coursework

  • AP Chinese Language & Culture
  • Roman Theater

UCSD Extension

Certificate in Online Teaching
  • Advanced Curriculum Design for the Online Classroom
  • Foundations of Curriculum Design and Evaluation
  • Introduction to Online Learning

Communication

Languages

English, Mandarin, and Shanghainese are used for everyday communication, while Classical Latin comes through years of studying literature and texts.

Native

English

English

Hello, I'm Nicholas. Learning should be clear, intuitive, and open to everyone.
Bilingual

Mandarin (Chinese)

普通话 (中文)

你好,我是汪蓄辉。 学习应该清晰、直观,并让每个人都能获得。
Bilingual

Shanghainese (Chinese)

上海闲话 (中文)

侬好,我是汪蓄辉。 读书要看得懂,便当,阿要大家侪学得到。
Academic Proficiency

Classical Latin

Lingua Latina

Salve, mihi nomen Nicolaus est. Faciamus ut discere omnibus clarius faciliusque sit.

Mandarin and Shanghainese are two spoken varieties of Chinese: Mandarin is the standard variety associated with Beijing pronunciation, while Shanghainese is spoken in and around Shanghai.