Thomas Li

MIT EECS + Math

I like building systems, developer tools, and ML projects.

Projects

Market Systems

C++NetworkingSystems

A small exchange and market data system built in C++.

It includes a limit order book, matching engine, market data feed, replay tooling, and benchmarks. I built it to learn more about the systems behind electronic trading and to experiment with data structures and performance.

Shift Space

Developer ToolsComputer VisionAI

A debugging tool for coding agents.

Shift Space records application behavior and turns it into context that tools like Claude Code and Cursor can use when debugging UI problems.

FAVOR / FAVOR-GPT

GenomicsMLDatabases

Research work on FAVOR, a large genomic database developed at Harvard.

I worked on FAVOR-GPT, genomic similarity search, and database performance. Some of this work became a first-author paper in Bioinformatics Advances.

I also experimented with PostgreSQL indexing approaches that improved performance on several query workloads.

Razorbill

C++GraphicsTools

A 3D engine and editor I'm building with an emphasis on making scenes easy to modify programmatically.

The engine uses structured scene operations, validation, and diffs so both users and external tools can make predictable changes to a scene.

MIT Solar Electric Vehicle

Embedded SystemsPCB DesignSTM32

Electronics and software work for MIT's solar car team.

I've worked on PCB design, STM32 firmware, Raspberry Pi integration, and the car's infotainment system.

Experience

Scientech Research Capital · Quantitative Research Intern

Worked on market data infrastructure and quantitative research using C++ and Rust.

Harvard University · Researcher

Worked on FAVOR with Prof. Xihong Lin.

MIT Solar Electric Vehicle · Electrical Engineering

About

I'm an undergraduate at MIT studying EECS and mathematics.

I'm interested in systems, quantitative finance, developer tools, and machine learning. Most of the things on this site are projects I've worked on because I wanted to understand how something worked or build a version of it myself.

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · EECS + Mathematics

Recognition