Richard Liu
Founding Research Engineer at University of Chicago
Greater Chicago Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Liu is a PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Chicago specializing in computer graphics, 3D deep learning, vision, animation, and XR, with seven years of research and industry experience. He combines strong quantitative training (UChicago BA in Economics and Math) with applied research across geometry processing, HCI, and causal inference from prior roles at Yale and Booth. His work spans building reproducible research tools and open-source packages for experimental design and algorithmic analysis, and he has practical experience delivering data engineering and analytics solutions in finance. Based in Cypress, CA, he brings a cross-disciplinary perspective—melding econometric rigor with cutting-edge graphics research—and prefers email contact at guanzhi@uchicago.edu.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Oxford AcademyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at University of Chicago
Github Skills (35)
textinput10
computer-graphics10
geometry-processing10
pytorch9
3d9
electron7
parameterization7
typescript7
webcam7
cpp6
deepfake6
segmentation6
python6
face6
swap6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
factoryofthesun/factoryofthesun.github.io
Nov 2022 - Jul 2025
Contributions:4 PRs, 19 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 8 months
factoryofthesun/IVaps
Jul 2020 - Jul 2021
Treatment effect estimation using outcomes from ML-based assignment.
Contributions:90 commits, 2 PRs, 53 pushes in 1 year
machine-learning
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