Yanpei Cao
Head Of Research at VAST
Earth, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYanpei Cao is a research-driven leader with 11 years of experience bridging academia and industry in computer graphics, 3D/4D reconstruction, computer vision, and SLAM. Currently Head of Research at VAST after senior research roles at Tencent and Kuaishou, he has led efforts in 3D digitization, immersive content generation, and mobile 4D/avatar systems. Trained as a PhD researcher at Tsinghua with a visiting stint at RWTH Aachen, he combines deep theoretical grounding with product-focused engineering and prior CTO experience. Yanpei is comfortable taking projects from core algorithm development to deployable systems, often targeting mobile and real-time scenarios. An underappreciated strength is his consistent movement between startups and large labs, giving him both rapid-iteration instincts and experience coordinating long-term research programs.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Visiting PhD Student Computer Science, Visiting PhD Student Computer Science at RWTH Aachen UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Graphics 3D Reconstruction Computer Vision, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Graphics 3D Reconstruction Computer Vision at Tsinghua University
English, Chinese, German
Github Skills (18)
openvr9
kinect9
steamvr8
3d-reconstruction6
windows5
point-cloud4
memory-footprint3
low-memory2
nonlinear2
nonlinear-optimization2
optimization2
c-library2
cpp2
openmp2
footprint2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
TencentARC/SurfelNeRF
Jun 2023 - Jul 2024
SurfelNeRF: Neural Surfel Radiance Fields for Online Photorealistic Reconstruction of Indoor Scenes
Contributions:1 PR, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
VAST-AI-Research/TripoSR
Mar 2024 - Jul 2024
Contributions:2 reviews, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 4 months
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