Summary
Luwei Yang is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer based in Cupertino with 11 years of experience specializing in computer vision, 3D vision, reconstruction, SLAM, and localization. After a research-heavy PhD at Simon Fraser University—where they authored four first-author papers with two oral presentations at CVPR/ICCV—Luwei transitioned to industry roles including research scientist at TuSimple and engineering positions at Apple, now at a senior level. They bridge cutting-edge academic research and production ML systems, shipping perception and localization models for real-world applications. Notably, Luwei has a track record of moving novel 3D vision techniques from papers into deployed systems, combining deep research rigor with pragmatic engineering.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Simon Fraser University