I’m Yrieix, a first-year BBA student at HKUST. I left Paris for Hong Kong because I wanted to learn somewhere unfamiliar and make a direction of my own. Financial markets, the maths behind them, and the questions that connect an idea to the real world keep me curious.
Neither does this little thing.
Current plan: keep going.
0 obstacles introduced. Motivation is minding its own business.I’m at the beginning of my studies, so I’m not pretending to have every answer. These are the questions that keep pulling me further into maths, markets and practical projects.
A price looks like a single number, but I want to understand the decisions, information and uncertainty behind it. That is what draws me to financial markets, market microstructure and, eventually, quantitative research. I’m building the foundations before claiming to know the answers.
How information, trading and uncertainty fit together — while building the mathematics, economics and statistics foundations to study them properly.
Advanced Mathematics gave me difficult problems to work through; co-founding a peer tutoring initiative made me explain those problems to someone else. I found that explaining a step clearly often shows whether I really understand it. That habit still shapes how I learn.
At Victor-Duruy High School, I helped students work through mathematics. I’m now building on that quantitative foundation and my early Python experience at HKUST.
GridReady began with a business question that could not be answered without looking at infrastructure: where could a data centre actually get power? Our team turned that question into a prototype and won the hackathon. I liked having to make an idea useful, not just interesting.
A promising site still needs power. The prototype explores grid constraints and estimated upgrades so that a business discussion starts with better questions.
At Victor-Duruy High School, I chose Mathematics and HGGSP, with Advanced Mathematics. They taught me to look at a question from more than one angle: the numbers, the context and the assumptions behind both. Paris was where I learned to ask those questions.
YES, I REALLY DID CHOOSE MORE MATHS.Paris gave me a strong starting point, but I wanted to see what I could learn somewhere unfamiliar. Hong Kong meant leaving familiar routines behind and finding my own way forward.
FARTHER FROM HOME. CLOSER TO THE PATH I WANTED.Moving across the world did not give me a perfect plan. It gave me a chance to adapt, meet different perspectives and make one. At HKUST, I am building a business foundation while exploring markets, mathematics and projects that turn questions into something concrete.
CURRENT COORDINATES: HONG KONG · STILL ASKING QUESTIONS.I am French. Studying at the other end of the world was a deliberate choice, not an accidental detour.
After high school, I received an offer for Sciences des organisations at Université Paris Dauphine–PSL. I did not turn it down lightly: it was a serious opportunity, and Dauphine is a constituent institution of PSL. In the 2027 Times Higher Education ranking, PSL is the highest-ranked French university. I chose the BBA at HKUST instead.
I could have stayed in a city whose academic and social codes I already knew. In Hong Kong, I would have to rebuild everyday habits, make connections from scratch and listen to perspectives I might never have encountered in Paris. That distance was part of the point.
I am still at the beginning of that journey. I do not claim that moving abroad automatically makes me different; I chose it because it asks more of me, every day, and gives me room to shape a path of my own.
I wanted the next step to feel chosen, not automatic.
PSL ranking: THE World University Rankings 2027. Dauphine–PSL is a PSL constituent institution.
My attention, when someone says “there’s an interesting problem.”
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Currently attracting more questions than answers.
Our team’s winning project at the Hong Kong AI Summit hackathon, October 2026. Built around a real infrastructure question.
Before building a data centre, there’s a less glamorous question: can the grid actually power it?
With my team, we built GridReady: a prototype exploring electrical feasibility in Hong Kong. It uses a simplified public-data model to compare grid constraints and potential upgrades. We won the hackathon with this project.
I helped choose the problem our team would tackle and played a substantial part in shaping the solution we proposed. That meant asking which question was worth a weekend of work and how a useful answer could be shown clearly. I also helped design the GridReady website, which presents the prototype and the reasoning behind it.
The question
How can an early site decision account for grid constraints?
The approach
A simplified model built from public maps and published information. It explores simulated grid demand and compares potential upgrades before a site commitment.
What it puts on the table
Capacity constraints, overloaded equipment and upgrade options with estimated cost and duration. The goal is to make an early feasibility conversation more concrete.
The result
A working team prototype, a project presentation and a hackathon win in Hong Kong, October 2026.
The boundary
Capacity and cost figures are estimates. This is a prototype, not an engineering assessment.
Still curious. Still learning. Still going.
DETERMINATION, NOW WITH SCROLL SUPPORT.My early placements let me see how different organisations actually work. The student roles that followed gave me more chances to explain ideas, guide discussions and learn with other people.
During a one-week placement across three Mediawan sites, I discovered how many different people contribute to a film, series or animation. I was introduced to legal and finance functions and to the work that takes a project from development and pre-production, through production and post-production, to its presentation and sale.
Meeting people at different points in that chain helped me see the creative, operational and business decisions behind what finally reaches an audience. The finished project is only the visible part of a much larger collaboration.
My placement with Christine Le Foyer de Costil introduced me to the everyday rhythm of a Paris law practice. I saw how a legal question begins with understanding the facts, researching the relevant rules and preparing an argument that can be explained clearly.
I was there to observe and learn. What stayed with me was the precision behind work that may look straightforward from the outside: a small detail can change how a problem is understood, and a good answer has to be both careful and clear.
As a senior member and session facilitator, I took part in debates and helped sessions run at Victor-Duruy. Preparing an argument was only half the work; I also had to listen, respond to opposing views and adjust when a discussion went somewhere unexpected. That made me more attentive to how an idea is expressed and how it is received.
I helped younger students understand the Première specialization options and think through what each path might mean for them. I did not want to decide in their place. I tried to make the choices clearer, answer questions honestly and share what I had learned from making my own academic decisions.
I co-founded a peer mathematics tutoring initiative and worked through problems with other students. We focused on the reasoning behind each step, rather than only the final answer. Explaining a method to someone else also pushed me to check my own understanding and find a clearer way to communicate it.
As committee chair, I led debates, managed proceedings and helped delegates exchange views within the rules of Model United Nations. I had to keep the discussion moving while giving different positions room to be heard. It brought together preparation, public speaking and the ability to stay composed when a debate changed direction.
It has yet to convince me to stop making one.
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The plan is taking this surprisingly well.
Rowing. Lacrosse. Golf.
Probably thinking about markets.
I like following a question until it becomes something I can explain, test or build on.
Markets and quantitative research interest me because they sit between mathematics, human decisions and uncertainty. I am building on the Python I first used in high school and a strong interest in maths, while learning the fundamentals of business at HKUST.
At Victor-Duruy High School in Paris, I also spent time tutoring maths, debating, chairing Model United Nations discussions and helping younger students think through academic choices. Those experiences taught me that understanding something and explaining it well are different skills. I enjoy both the quiet work of solving a problem and the conversation that makes me reconsider my first answer.
Choosing Hong Kong was an extension of that curiosity. I wanted to discover a place far from the one I knew and learn what happens when I have to make my own way through it.
BBA student, School of Business and Management.
Intended focus: Quantitative Finance.
Investment Circle · General Member.
Why I chose Hong Kong
French Baccalauréat, Mention Bien.
Mathematics & HGGSP, with Advanced Mathematics.
Economics and Social Sciences in English (DNL).
Physics and Chemistry specialization in Première.
Debate and Public Speaking Club facilitator and student guidance.
General Member
Full / General Member
Committee Chair
Co-Founder & Mathematics Tutor
Senior Member & Session Facilitator
I’m donating blood through HKUST’s 35 for Life drive.
Core programming concepts from high-school coding. I’m building on those foundations, with quantitative applications as a direction to explore.
Basic Excel knowledge — part of the practical toolkit I’m continuing to develop alongside my business studies.
Hi, I’m Yrieix. Nice to meet you.
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Mandarin Chinese · A2
Maths, markets, Hong Kong and one very busy hackathon weekend. These are the directions I keep exploring.
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Advanced Mathematics, then peer tutoring at Victor-Duruy High School. I like working through a problem — especially when I can help someone else see the answer.
The path changes. The curiosity stays.
The maths tutor, the market-curious student and the person who insists on one more try. Click responsibly. Or don’t.
One number breaks the +2 pattern. Which one?
The maths tutor in me would like a word.
The plan is ready. Reality has not reviewed it yet.
A fictional student-life index. Not a personal performance score.
“Strategically positioning myself for long-term professional growth.”
Timing matters. The boat is very direct with its feedback.
Rowing, minus the wet shoes.
A useful reminder that wanting it really badly is only part of the equation.
Optimism: high. Ball: unconvinced.
Race my suspiciously consistent rival. Press Row when the marker reaches the blue zone. Well-timed strokes move you further.
A tiny race. An unnecessarily personal commitment to winning.
Tap Row, or use the space bar while Row is focused. Let the marker come back before the next stroke.
20 seconds. Plenty of time to become competitive about this.
Have an internship, a role or a project in mind?
I’d be happy to hear about it.