Hello, I am

Athena Ding.

I do robotics and play music.

I am a mathematics student at the University of Chicago, passionate about quantitative trading research, robotics, and music.

01. ABOUT

I have spent more than half of my life building VEX robots, writing notebooks, programming autonomous routines, and scouting matches where every second matters. I am fascinated by the point where mathematics, code, mechanisms, and strategy meet in the real world. At the University of Chicago, I study math and keep following the patterns that connect robotics, AI, and quantitative trading. I also play piano, because music gives me another way to practice structure, patience, rhythm, and feeling.

Athena with a friend

Athena in a car

Athena with classmates

02 / Works

VEX Robotics

I worked as a notebooker, programmer, and scouter while helping team 2496 qualify for the VEX Robotics World Championship for four consecutive years.

Notebook Programming Scouting

AttliB

I built an open-source library for VEX competition teams to help them write autonomous code with PID control and distance sensors.

Open Source PID Auton

Piano

I play piano as a lifelong practice in structure, emotion, repetition, and the exacting beauty of turning small motions into music.

Classical Practice Expression

03 / Some Cool Websites

Robot Events

I use it to follow VEX competitions, rankings, awards, and the strange little stories inside every season.

Distill

I like visual explanations that make machine learning feel less like magic and more like geometry.

IMSLP

I come back here for scores, composers, and the feeling that music history is one enormous open archive.

I do robotics, AI, mathematics, and piano

I build robots, study patterns, and play music.

athena@example.com