Charles Yong
Founder at Vassar Robotics
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCharles Yong is a founder and MIT mechanical engineering sophomore with nine years of experience building software and research-driven products that bridge the digital and physical worlds. He began in computer science at Peking University and evolved through research internships at MEGVII and Microsoft Research Asia, plus software roles at Google and ByteDance, before pivoting to hands-on mechanical systems as MIT Sustainable Engine Team captain. Based in San Francisco, he combines control-focused engineering instincts—summed up by his GitHub motto "Control the controllable, observe the observable"—with a knack for shipping multidisciplinary projects. His work blends research rigor and product execution, from vision and game development to propulsion and robotics, and he now applies that range as founder of Vassar Robotics. Notably, his path includes a Sloan Visiting Fellowship and a public policy summer at the University of Chicago, reflecting an unusual mix of technical depth and systems-level perspective.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyComputer Science, Computer Science at Peking UniversitySummer Scholar Program, Public Policy Analysis, Summer Scholar Program, Public Policy Analysis at University of Chicago
Github Skills (70)
python10
trading10
deep-learning10
quantitative10
paper10
transfer-learning10
stock-data10
quantitative-trading10
finance10
fintech10
android10
machine-learning10
quantitative-finance10
structured-data10
risk-management10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
yongzhengqi/spokessimpsons
Jan 2020 - Jan 2020
Contributions:10 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
xyfuuu/DeepSEM
Jul 2020 - Jan 2021
Apply frontier techniques in DL to Structural Equation Modeling.
Contributions:1 review, 18 PRs, 31 pushes in 5 months
techniquesequationapplystructuralstructural-equation-modeling
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