Hong-bin Yang
AR Engineer at Snap Inc.
Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolHong-bin Yang is an AR Engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in computer vision and computer graphics, currently building Lens Studio features at Snap in Lausanne. He has a strong research-to-product background from EPFL and Academia Sinica, contributing C++ visual SLAM, OpenGL rendering, and ML-based image forensics to applied AR and fabrication projects. His work spans computational design and tooling—developing parametric CAD/Grasshopper plugins and in-house geometry algorithms for architecture—alongside software for robotics and digital fabrication. Comfortable across Python, C++, C#, and graphics pipelines, he combines rigorous academic research with hands-on engineering to deliver AR engines and CAD integrations. A serial researcher-practitioner, he often bridges low-level vision (YUV subsampling, SLAM) with higher-level tooling and deployment for real-world workflows.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Exchange student Electrical Engineering, Exchange student Electrical Engineering at Czech Technical University in PragueBachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at National Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyMSc Computer Science, MSc Computer Science at EPFL
Chinese, English, Japanese
Github Skills (100)
atom-editor10
glx10
clicking10
boolean10
polygons10
polygon10
geometry10
video-player10
egl10
glew10
point-cloud10
mpv10
player10
tessellation9
wrapping9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
Petingo/PTT-Theme
Sep 2019 - Jan 2021
Contributions:27 commits, 17 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 4 months
Petingo/GRE-Mason-2000
Sep 2019 - Nov 2021
Contributions:6 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
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