Yihong Wu
Researcher PHD Student at University of Southampton
Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolYihong Wu is a computer vision researcher and PhD student at the University of Southampton specializing in omnidirectional depth estimation and scene completion, building on an MSc in Artificial Intelligence (Distinction) and a top-ranked undergraduate degree in software engineering. With six years of experience, he combines rigorous academic research with practical backend engineering—evidenced by contributions to the widely used SoftEtherVPN project where he fixed network bugs, improved authentication (EAP‑MSCHAPv2) and bolstered memory safety and routing. He has a track record of academic leadership and student representation from his undergraduate days, reflecting strong communication and project stewardship alongside technical depth. Based in Southampton, he brings a rare mix of research-first thinking and hands-on systems debugging that helps bridge prototype models and production-grade networked systems.
6 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, GPA 3.92/4.00 with Average Score: 91.77%(Top 1%), Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, GPA 3.92/4.00 with Average Score: 91.77%(Top 1%) at Zhuhai College of Jilin UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Southampton
Github Skills (10)
c1710
debug10
ppp10
c1110
vpn10
networking10
ipv69
l2tp8
ipsec8
openvpn8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN
Mar 2021 - Jan 2023
Cross-platform multi-protocol VPN software. Pull requests are welcome. The stable version is available at https://github.com/SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN_Stable.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:29 reviews, 111 commits, 112 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Yihong primarily contributed to the SoftEther VPN project by addressing various bugs and implementing fixes related to network functionality. Their commits involved resolving UDP send errors with reverse proxies, fixing MAC address issues for IPv4 multicast, and addressing EAP identifier duplication in the PPP protocol. Additionally, the user enhanced the system by implementing EAP-MSCHAPv2 authentication and addressing memory safety and route management issues.
vpn-tunnelmulti-protocoll2tpv3multi-platformwfh
domosekai/shdns
Aug 2019 - Jan 2023
A port of ChinaDNS (DNS filter) in golang with IPv6 support
Contributions:23 releases, 58 commits, 52 pushes in 3 years 5 months
golangdns-filterdnsipv6ipv6-support
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