Yangyan Li
Senior Researcher at Ant Group Research Institute
Hangzhou City, Zhejiang, China
Summary
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Top SchoolYangyan Li is a senior researcher with 13 years of experience specializing in 3D perception, computer graphics, and computer vision, currently at Ant Group Research Institute after seven years driving algorithm development at Alibaba. Trained with a Ph.D. from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and postdoctoral stints at Stanford and Tel Aviv University, Yangyan blends deep academic rigor with production-focused engineering. He has a strong track record in point-cloud processing—contributing practical fixes and cross-platform builds to the widely used Point Cloud Library (PCL)—and routinely resolves low-level build and parsing issues that improve deployability. Comfortable moving between research and engineering, he has held faculty and industry research roles and is skilled at turning advanced registration and parsing algorithms into robust systems. Colleagues describe him as someone who uncovers brittle integration gaps others miss, ensuring research prototypes survive real-world builds and toolchains.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science and Technology, Bachelor's degree Computer Science and Technology at Sichuan UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Graphics Computer Vision, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Graphics Computer Vision at University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Github Skills (10)
pcl10
computer-vision10
point-cloud-library10
c-language10
cmake10
cprogramming-language10
point-cloud10
qt9
ply8
cuda7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
PointCloudLibrary/pcl
Aug 2013 - Oct 2014
Point Cloud Library (PCL)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:19 commits in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Yangyan primarily focused on adapting the Point Cloud Library (PCL) to different environments and fixing build issues. They addressed compatibility with Qt 5 and VS 2012, modifying CMake files and incorporating necessary preprocessor directives. The user also worked on exporting DLLs and resolving compilation errors. Further contributions involved bug fixes and code improvements related to PLY file parsing and registration algorithms.
cpppoint-cloud-libraryc-plus-pluscomputer-visionpcl-library
yangyanli/FPNN
Mar 2016 - Mar 2018
Contributions:10 commits, 22 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 11 months
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