Hi, I’m Yuanhe Song, or you can just call me Franz. I currently live in Germany and write here about reading, films, language learning, everyday life, and the things that stay with me. I come from a background in physics and have also worked in data analysis and engineering.
A Brief Timeline#
2025–present · Hamburg, Germany
Relocated to Hamburg and am now building a new life in Germany.
2022–2025 · Shanghai, China
Worked as a test and validation engineer at a company providing software solutions for semiconductor manufacturing and chip design. My work mainly involved software product validation and data-related automation.
2016–2022 · Shanghai, China
Worked in academic research in condensed matter physics, focusing on the experimental study of superconducting materials.
2012–2016 · Shandong, China
Completed my B.Sc. in Physics.
My Interests#
Reading:#
- Literary novels, Modern and contemporary poetry, Popular science, Political science.
- My favorite novels:
- My favorite writers:
Film:#
- Drama, Art films, Sci-fi films
- My favorite movies:
Sport:#
- Football, Badminton, Squash
Language:#
- I’m especially interested in etymology, dialects and idioms.
- The languages I have non-zero knowledge of:
- Chinese/Mandarin (native)
- English (working proficiency)
- German (intermediate)
- Cantonese (beginner)
- Japanese (beginner)
- When time allows, I also want to learn French and Spanish.
Board Game:#
- I had some experience with board games before, but after coming to Germany, I became much more interested in them. Many of the friends I have met here are board game fans, and I also feel that board game culture is more widespread here.
- Some board games I currently own: Wizard, Punktesalat (Point Salad), Harmonies, Sky Team, Art Gallery, Power Grid, Flip 7, Ticket To Ride: Berlin
- I was involved in Cement Park - 水泥公园 as an artist and member of the organizing team during 2021–2023.
- CEMENT PARK is a live art project initiated by Lyu Desheng(LDS) and Hu Jialiang in Shanghai 2017. Its main activities include weekly performance art live houses (a recent example) and annual live art festivals.
Scientific & Technical:#
- Physics-related topics, especially new phenomena and effects connected with quantum mechanics and their potential applications.
- Data-related topics: data infrastructure, data analysis, machine learning, Data4Good
- Practical applications of AI/LLMs, such as developing small personal tools/apps.
- Familiar programming languages: Python, C/C++, MATLAB
- Other tools and technologies: Linux, Bash, Git, SQL
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