Yilong Li is a Ph.D.-trained research scientist with eight years of experience building sensing, localization, and efficient multimodal AI systems, currently working as a Visiting Research Scientist at Meta Reality Labs. He specializes in model compression and on-device inference for next-generation glasses, and has led gaze tracking and gaze-object-detection architecture work tailored to Meta’s custom silicon. His background blends deep academic research at UW–Madison with practical hardware and systems experience—ranging from UWB sensing and IoT deployments to sensor networks and calibration in startup and lab environments. Notably, he has bridged networking and platform reliability during a Meta PhD internship and delivered low-cost, high-accuracy sensing prototypes in industry research roles.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, 3.8, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, 3.8 at University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Yilong Li - Visiting Research Scientist Meta Reality Lab