Yiren Lu
Senior Software Engineer, Applied Research at Waymo
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolYiren Lu is a Senior Software Engineer in Applied Research at Waymo with nine years of experience applying ML and AI to multi-agent simulation and behavior planning for autonomous vehicles. Previously at Google he contributed to Assistant and Search projects tied to Brain-Robotics research, and his academic work at UPenn focused on reinforcement and inverse reinforcement learning with published implementations. He blends strong research rigor (MS in Robotics, Stanford AI coursework) with production engineering experience across large tech environments, from Microsoft Research to eBay. Known for moving away from front-end work, he prefers building core algorithms and systems that bridge simulation, planning, and learning. Yiren’s background includes hands-on implementations of advanced RL algorithms and a history of shipping research-driven features into real products, making him adept at turning research prototypes into deployable solutions.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science in Engineering - M.S.E., Robotics, Master of Science in Engineering - M.S.E., Robotics at University of PennsylvaniaBachelor of Engineering - B.Eng., Software Engineering (Honors), Bachelor of Engineering - B.Eng., Software Engineering (Honors) at Tongji UniversityExchange Program, Computer Science, Exchange Program, Computer Science at Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyNon-Degree Option, Artificial Intelligence, 3.98, Non-Degree Option, Artificial Intelligence, 3.98 at Stanford University
Chinese, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (29)
responsive10
github-pages10
jekyll10
jekyll-theme10
markdown7
wechat7
bitly6
api6
dom6
vue6
cycle6
graph6
css6
strassen6
algorithm6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
LucidaLu/template
Aug 2018 - Jan 2020
Contributions:76 commits, 62 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
yiren-lu/yiren-lu.github.io
Jul 2021 - Jul 2024
A beautiful, simple, clean, and responsive Jekyll theme for academics
Contributions:24 pushes in 3 years
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