Brian Chao
Ph.D. Student at Stanford University
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Chao is a Stanford Ph.D. student and spatial computing researcher whose work spans computational imaging, neural rendering, and holographic displays, with papers in Nature, SIGGRAPH, and CVPR. Supported by both the Stanford Graduate Fellowship and the NSF GRFP, he develops novel 3D scene representations (e.g., Gaussian wave/splatting and textured Gaussians) and collaborates with industry at Meta Reality Labs on next-generation VR displays. With eight years of experience across academia and industry—including internships at NVIDIA and roles at NTU—he combines deep theoretical work with practical system-building. He also contributes to developer tooling, authoring a Python CLI for interactive prompts, reflecting a penchant for usable research prototypes and polished engineering.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical Engineering at National Taiwan UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical Engineering at Stanford University
English
Github Skills (8)
command-line-tool10
customisation10
python10
prompt10
cli10
colors9
text-formatting9
formatting9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
bchao1/bullet
Feb 2019 - Sep 2020
🚅 Interactive prompts made simple. Build a prompt like stacking blocks.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:129 commits, 24 PRs, 86 pushes in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Brian primarily worked on developing a Python-based CLI tool for creating interactive prompts. Their contributions included the initial setup of the project with `setuptools`, adding features, and refactoring code. Key changes involved the modification of the `Bullet` class, and integrating styles and color schemes to enhance the user experience. Additionally, they also introduced new prompt types, such as `Check`, `YesNo`, and `SlidePrompt`, expanding the tool's functionality.
command-line-toolclipromptspythonstacking
bchao1/awesome-image-rectification
Aug 2019 - Apr 2021
Contributions:34 commits, 18 pushes in 1 year 8 months
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