Past Ambassadors
2023 ROAR Ambassadors
Aaron Xie,
Senior at Campolindo High School (Moraga, California)
Aaron Xie has currently participated in four ROAR virtual racing competitions. Going into this second year as a ROAR ambassador, he plans to continue entering future competitions and learning more about artificial intelligence. In addition to autonomous driving, Aaron is interested in other computer science applications, such as game design, networking, and mixed reality
Harris Song,
Junior at Walnut High School (Walnut, California)
Harris Song is a junior at Walnut High School in Walnut, California. He has participated in the 2022 Summer ROAR Academy and competed in the fall 2022 ROAR series. He enjoys hiking through the local Los Angeles mountains with friends and trying new drinks at local cafés.
Benny (Zeyu) Liu,
Junior at Valley Christian High School (San Jose, California)
Benny Liu is currently a junior at Valley Christian High School in California. Benny was first introduced to the ROAR program during the summer of 2022, attending the ROAR academy and taking part in the competition. He is now taking many stem-related classes, such as Multi-Variable Calculus and AP Physics C. He is immensely interested in programming, working on many Python and Java related projects during his free time. He also enjoys pondering and solving logical problems and wants to improve his coding abilities.
Vivian Zhu,
Junior at Vista Del Lago High School (Folsom, California)
Vivian Zhu is currently a junior at Vista Del Lago High School in Folsom, California. She is interested in technology and machine learning related activities like the UC Berkeley ROAR Academy summer camp and S1/S2 competitions. She has founded her high school’s first machine learning club “Computer Machine Learning Club” to share and promote machine learning knowledge in the neighboring schools and communities. In her spare time, Vivian likes to play cello solo and in orchestras like the Sacramento Youth Symphony premier orchestra and the California All-state Symphony Orchestra.
2022 ROAR Ambassadors
Athenian High
Cameron Shaw was a junior at the Athenian School in Danville, California in 2022. He has competed in the summer and fall 2021 ROAR simulation series. Cameron is also a member of Athenian’s First Robotics Competition (FRC) team (852). He is currently studying Calculus BC, Multivariable Calculus, and Data Structures. Cameron is also presently assisting on a robotic arm motion planning project with graduate students in collaboration with a major automobile manufacturer. In his spare time, Cameron enjoys working on a variety of programming side projects involving Microsoft Azure, AWS, and MongoDB.
Campolindo High
Aaron Xie was a high school junior at Campolindo High School in Moraga, California during 2022. He really enjoyed learning Python and AI during the ROAR Academy 2021 summer program and would like to continue exploring autonomous driving. When he isn’t coding, Aaron enjoys playing music and strategy games.