Rui Yu
Research Scientist at University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Summary
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SeniorRui Yu is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Louisville with eight years of research and industry experience in computer vision, deep learning, and robotics. His work focuses on pedestrian trajectory prediction, multi-object tracking, distributed state estimation, and autonomous navigation, blending theoretical rigor from his PhD studies with practical problem-solving from internships at Snap, Toyota Research Institute, and Kitware. Rui has a track record of translating vision research into applied systems—evident in projects ranging from face analysis on multi-camera smartphones to end-to-end person search and video re-identification. He completed undergraduate and master’s degrees at Tsinghua University before earning a PhD-level record at Penn State, where he achieved a 4.0 GPA while leading vision-centered research. Colleagues value his ability to bridge academic research and deployable solutions, particularly in safety-critical mobility contexts. Based in Louisville, he continues to push interdisciplinary advances that improve autonomous navigation and human-centered vision systems.
8 years of coding experience
Github Skills (9)
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computer-science6
computer-vision4
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deep-learning3
pytorch3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ruiyu0/Retracking-by-Prediction
Jul 2021 - Aug 2021
Code and data for "Towards Robust Human Trajectory Prediction in Raw Videos" IROS 2021
Contributions:9 commits, 2 PRs, 7 pushes in 29 days
pytorchhuman-trajectorypredictionhuman-trajectory-predictiondeep-learning
ruiyu0/ruiyu0.github.io
Aug 2023 - Apr 2026
Personal website of Rui Yu
Contributions:159 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 8 months
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