Leiyi Yao
Development Architect at SAP
Pudong, Shanghai, China
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Top SchoolLeiyi Yao is a Development Architect at SAP with a PhD in Information Engineering and over eight years of experience building optimization and predictive analytics engines for enterprise-scale systems. Since joining SAP in 2014 he has driven core work on the TRP optimization engine, HANA OFL network flow algorithms, and a variety of high-impact PoCs—from airport passenger flow simulation to transit arrival estimation. He led predictive-model development in HANA Core and as HANA Machine Learning API lead now directs Python and R interfaces that put advanced analytics into production. His background spans supply-chain optimization (rail and empty-container logistics), energy and retail demand forecasting, and the design of HANA/PAL subengines, blending research rigor with product delivery. Notably, he was selected for the CEIBS-SAP Management Development Programme and repeatedly recognized for outstanding performance on cross-disciplinary projects. Based in Pudong, Shanghai, Leiyi pairs deep algorithmic expertise with hands-on platform engineering to translate complex models into scalable cloud services.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
学士, Telecommunications Engineering, 学士, Telecommunications Engineering at Fudan UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, 信息工程, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, 信息工程 at 香港中文大学
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Github Skills (47)
scenarios10
predictive10
sap-hana9
notebook9
machine-learning9
hana8
python8
sql8
sap8
data-science7
ml7
pandas6
clustering5
pydata5
scikit-learn5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
SAP/generative-ai-toolkit-for-sap-hana-cloud
Mar 2025 - Apr 2025
Generative AI Client for SAP HANA Cloud is an extension of the existing HANA ML Python client library, mainly focusing on GenAI and related use cases. It includes many leading-edge GenAI related open source libraries and provides seamless integration with HANA ML, HANA vector engine, and other SAP GenAI Hub SDK.
Contributions:7 releases, 1 review, 41 PRs in 13 days
generative-ai-hub-sdkhana-mllangchainsap-hana
raymondyao/jupyter_buildpack
May 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch in 2 days
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