Bao Nguyen
Software Engineer Perception at Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolBao Nguyen is a machine learning–focused software engineer currently building vision-language perception systems at Waymo, with a strong foundation from a Master’s in CS at Carnegie Mellon and an MEng in Applied Mathematics from CentraleSupélec. He combines a decade of engineering experience across industry and top research labs—Mila, Tesla, Feedly—working on problems from active learning for materials discovery to large-scale NLP and battery survival modeling. Bao’s work sits at the intersection of rigorous theory and high-stakes applications: he is particularly interested in robustness, causal reasoning, interpretability and fairness for ML systems used in healthcare and climate. A former teaching assistant in advanced mathematics and probabilistic graphical models, he brings formal mathematical training to practical model-building and evaluation. Outside of code, he’s a trained pianist and tennis enthusiast, which he cites as ongoing sources of inspiration for creative problem solving.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng, Applied Mathematics, GPA : 4.33/4.33, 1% of a highly-selected cohort of 1000 students, Master of Engineering - MEng, Applied Mathematics, GPA : 4.33/4.33, 1% of a highly-selected cohort of 1000 students at CentraleSupélecBaccalauréat (Scientific track), S-SVT, With Greatest Honors (Mention Très Bien), Baccalauréat (Scientific track), S-SVT, With Greatest Honors (Mention Très Bien) at Lycée LakanalClasse Préparatoire to the French Grande Ecoles, Fundamental Mathematics & Physics (MPSI and then MP*), Admission to one of French top Engineering Schools, @CentraleSupélec, Classe Préparatoire to the French Grande Ecoles, Fundamental Mathematics & Physics (MPSI and then MP*), Admission to one of French top Engineering Schools, @CentraleSupélec at Lycée Sainte-GenevièveMaster's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon UniversityDiploma of Musical Studies (DEM, State-recognized diploma), Piano, Diploma of Musical Studies (DEM, State-recognized diploma), Piano at Conservatory, Music School of Bourg-la-Reine/Sceaux
anglais (c1+), vietnamien (langue maternelle), espagnol (b1+), français (langue natale)
Github Skills (20)
git10
github10
windows-xp10
filepicker10
filesystem9
svelte8
netlify5
javascript4
nextjs4
macos4
docx2
ios2
ftp-server2
html2
file-transfer2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ducbao414/live-wallpaper
Jul 2025 - Jun 2026
Lightweight, free video-as-wallpaper for macOS, with Adaptive Theme, Power Saving mode.
Contributions:3 releases, 8 pushes, 3 tags in 11 months
macos
ducbao414/cms-wordpress-app
Dec 2022 - Mar 2023
Contributions:88 pushes, 23 branches in 2 months
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