Jacob Heldt

Student at the German International School The Hague with a passion for technology and social entrepreneurship.

Jacob

About Me

Exploring Various Interests

About
I was born in Germany, spent three years in New York, and currently live in the Netherlands. This journey has enabled me to explore different cultures and taught me the tremendous value of getting to know diverse perspectives. I am passionate about technology and have already gained extensive coding experience. In addition, I am motivated to have a positive real-world impact through entrepreneurship and am actively engaged in efforts to support my community. Next to learning about these fields, I enjoy training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and listening to music.

Experience

Gaining Practical Experience Beyond the Classroom

Education

Embracing International Perspectives Through Education

German International School The Hague
Grades 11 - Today (11)
Harvard Pre-College Summer School Program
Summer 2024
German International School New York
Grades 8 - 10
German International School The Hague
Grades 2 - 7
Pestalozzischule Erlangen
Grade 1

Awards and Certifications

Recognitions and Qualifications Along My Academic Journey

Young Talent Award Winner

German Federal Competition of Artificial Intelligence (BWKI)

Lightning Talk Presenter

MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference

1st Place in Computer Science Category

New York State Andromeda Science and Engineering Fair

Award for Outstanding Achievements in the 2022/23 School Year

German International School New York

Microeconomics Principles Specialization

Coursera - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Essentials of Management and Strategic Planning Course

Coursera - University of California, Irvine

Projects

Turning Ideas into Solutions

SyntheticEye
SyntheticEye

Developed machine learning based detectors to identify AI-generated images, recognizing potential misinformation. The image detectors achieve a high accuracy on a variety of generative AI models and can be used by everyone for free on our website.

Food Drive at GISNY
Food Drive at GISNY

Together with a friend, I coordinated a food drive at the German International School New York. We managed to raise 268 pounds of food for Feeding Westchester banks, benefitting the local community.

GameCoding AG
GameCoding AG

Co-founded an extracurricular club at the German International School New York aimed at introducing middle school students to programming through game development, using Scratch and Unity.

3D T-Shirt Design Website
3D T-Shirt Design Website

Developed an interactive T-shirt designing web application leveraging React and Three.js. Following along a YouTube tutorial by JavaScript Mastery, this project improved my understanding of 3D graphics and web development.

Technical Skills

Expanding My Programming Skills With a Hunger to Learn

Pytorch

Pandas

Python

Javascript

Java

React

Angular

Next.js

Tailwindcss

Figma

Node.js

MongoDB

SQL

Unity

Blender

Tableau

Media Appearances

Discussing Technology and Entrepreneurship

Guest on the Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur Podcast

In this interview with podcast host Brian Lofrumento, we discussed the potential of technology to transform education.