Hongyang Gao
Assistant Professor at Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa, United States
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Top SchoolHongyang Gao is an Assistant Professor at Iowa State University and a deep learning researcher with 11 years in tech and six years of Python-focused development. His background spans industry roles at Microsoft, Shanbay, and PapayaMobile and graduate research positions at Texas A&M, reflecting a blend of applied engineering and academic inquiry. He holds advanced computer science training from Tsinghua and Texas A&M and has progressed from backend engineering to research-driven teaching and scholarship. Based in Ames, Iowa, he brings practical production experience to his research group, often translating real-world backend and internship learnings into experimental systems and student projects. An underappreciated strength is his cross-disciplinary foundation—combining computational rigor with a humanities-inflected bachelor's in Biomedical English—which helps him communicate complex ideas to diverse audiences.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Biomedical English, Bachelor's degree, Biomedical English at Peking UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Texas A&M UniversityMaster's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Tsinghua UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Washington State University
English
Github Skills (30)
python10
data-science10
gnn10
graph10
machine-learning10
graph-embedding10
deep-learning10
tensorflow10
ranking10
neural-network10
pytorch-geometric10
science10
graph-neural-network10
computer-science10
react10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
HongyangGao/Graph-U-Nets
May 2019 - Sep 2020
Pytorch implementation of Graph U-Nets (ICML19)
Contributions:17 commits, 4 PRs, 19 pushes in 1 year 4 months
pytorchgraph-convolutional-networksgeometric-deep-learninggnndeep-learning
xiao9aba2008/caffe-invariant
Oct 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:12 PRs, 199 pushes, 19 branches in 2 months
deep-learningpytorchcaffemachine-learning
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