Yuxin Zhao

An interpreter in a conference room hears not just words but intonations, pauses, and gestures. From these cues, they anticipate where the conversation will turn. The Pacific climate speaks the language of wind, heat, and currents, and PTSTnet listens like an experienced simultaneous interpreter, grasping the grammar of ocean and atmosphere.

Three-dimensional worlds are made of millions of semi-transparent specks, like a giant tapestry woven from glowing droplets. Transmitting such a canvas usually takes ages and a beefy data pipe. SpeedyGS squeezes it into a tiny file, and it unfurls in a flash, like yanking a drawstring from a pouch.