Lauren Yoo

Hi, I'm Lauren!

CS + Design @ MIT

I'm passionate about building meaningful experiences!

Projects

Pokémon Cry Atlas

An interactive atlas mapping which Pokémon sound alike—extracts MFCCs from hundreds of Pokémon cries, scores their acoustic similarity, and plots them as an explorable force-directed graph you can filter by generation and type. Sound ON!

React, D3.js, Python, Flask, Librosa

Step, Step, Learn

Step, Step, Learn

A DDR-inspired dance game that turns any topic into an AI-generated song with choreography synced to the lyrics, then scores you as you step it out on a physical sensor floor. TreeHacks 2026 hardware hack.

React, Three.js, TypeScript, Express.js, Node.js, MongoDB, Python, OpenCV, MediaPipe, Claude SDK, OpenAI, Whisper, Suno, Arduino, C++, [Team]

AppReader

AppReader

HackMIT's internal application reading and scoring system—the tool our team uses to review, rate, and flag thousands of hacker applications each cycle.

React, Python, Flask, PostgreSQL, Supabase, Tailwind CSS

We're in This Together (WIT)

We're in This Together (WIT)

A mixed-reality tabletop game where players shape weather systems in real time—heating and cooling air parcels, building pressure systems, and reshaping terrain to control rainfall across a shared physical simulation. Existing STEP Lab project, extended in Unity during a summer UROP. Presented at MIT AI & Education Summit (MIT RAISE) 2025.

Unity, C#, Meta Quest 3, [UROP]

Phabulous Phishes

An LLM-powered educational platform providing users with simulated phishing content to train their phishing detection skills. HackNYU 2025.

JavaScript, TypeScript, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Sequelize, [Team]

Desktop Duck

A small experimental desktop virtual pet app with self-drawn animated assets. The more windows you have open on your screen, the more frantically your duck will move around!

JavaScript, Electron