Dian Wang
Postdoctoral Researcher at Stanford University
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDian Wang is a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford with 11 years of experience applying reinforcement learning to robotics, transitioning from a PhD at Northeastern University where she spent seven years as a research assistant. Her work blends theoretical RL with hands-on robot systems, informed by internships at The AI Institute and the Institute of Computing Technology, CAS. Based in Palo Alto, she brings academic rigor and practical experimentation to bridge simulation and real-world robotic control. Colleagues note she moves smoothly between long-term research projects and short, impactful industry collaborations. Her trajectory suggests an appetite for translating cutting-edge RL advances into deployable robotic behaviors.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Science and Technology, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Science and Technology at Sichuan UniversityBeijing 101 Middle SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Northeastern University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (12)
robotics8
benchmark7
pybullet7
jekyll6
manipulation6
machine-learning4
robot4
deep-reinforcement-learning4
reinforcement-learning4
deep-learning3
neural-network2
python2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ColinKohler/helping_hands_rl_envs
Feb 2019 - May 2022
Contributions:736 commits, 18 PRs, 117 pushes in 3 years 3 months
pointW/pointw.github.io
Sep 2018 - Feb 2025
Github Pages template for academic personal websites, forked from mmistakes/minimal-mistakes
Contributions:2 PRs, 244 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 6 months
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