Heng Yang
Assistant Professor at Harvard University
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolHeng Yang is an Assistant Professor at Harvard SEAS specializing in robotics, computer vision, optimization, and machine learning, with nine years of experience bridging academic research and industry. He completed a PhD at MIT's SPARK Lab and held research roles at NVIDIA and Intel Labs, developing perception and autonomy algorithms that translate into real-world systems. His background uniquely combines top-tier mechanical engineering and economics training from Tsinghua with a perfect master's record at MIT, reflecting both technical depth and quantitative rigor. Heng’s work spans theoretical optimization and hands-on robotic sensing—evident from projects ranging from ultrasound elastography to autonomous perception—making him adept at moving ideas from lab prototype to practical deployment. Based in Boston, he balances academic leadership with industry collaboration, often tackling problems that require cross-disciplinary solutions.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor's Degree, Economics, 91.5, Bachelor's Degree, Economics, 91.5 at Tsinghua University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (36)
autopilot10
mixed-integer-programming10
drones10
geometric10
ros10
mavlink9
px49
robotics9
rover9
convex-optimization9
3d-reconstruction9
slam9
raspberry-pi9
computer-vision9
optimization8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
MIT-SPARK/STRIDE
Sep 2021 - Oct 2022
Contributions:9 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
MIT-SPARK/CertifiablyRobustPerception
Jul 2020 - Dec 2022
Certifiable Outlier-Robust Geometric Perception
Contributions:22 commits, 1 PR, 30 pushes in 2 years 5 months
semidefinite-programmingroboticsconvex-optimizationpoint-cloud-registrationcomputer-vision
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