Yongyi Zhao
Senior Computer Vision Engineer at metalenz
Houston, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolYongyi Zhao is a Senior Computer Vision Engineer with nine years of experience specializing in computational imaging and inverse problems, currently driving research and product work at Metalenz. He holds a BS from Carnegie Mellon and is pursuing a PhD in ECE at Rice, where he developed hardware-aware imaging systems and algorithms for imaging through scattering media and explored neural rendering and implicit representations. Yongyi’s background blends hands-on prototype building (lensless and spherical cameras) with algorithmic reconstruction, and he has interned at Samsung Research and AWS, applying research to production-scale engineering. Based in Houston, he combines deep academic rigor with industry experience to bridge optical system design and modern computer-vision pipelines—often focusing on problems where hardware constraints and learned models meet.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.) Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
English, Chinese, SpanishGithub contributions (5)
yyiz/mysite
Jan 2017 - Jan 2025
Contributions:41 pushes in 8 years 1 month
yyiz/CToF-DOT_code
Jun 2021 - Oct 2021
Contributions:4 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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