Yu Wang
Research Fellow at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
Greater Boston United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYu Wang is a Research Fellow at MIT CSAIL and a soon-to-graduate PhD in EECS with a math & statistics minor, bringing nine years of research experience at the intersection of visual/geometric computing, applied mathematics, and machine learning. His work focuses on designing algorithms for manifolds, shapes, and surfaces—spanning geometric deep learning, differentiable programming, data-driven PDEs, and physical simulation—with applications from character animation to robotics. He has held research internships at Adobe and Microsoft Research and academic positions at UPenn and Tsinghua, demonstrating a consistent track record of translating theory into practical algorithms. Known for blending convex optimization and numerical methods with modern ML, he often frames inverse problems and control tasks in geometry-aware ways. Based in Greater Boston, he combines deep mathematical rigor (5.0/5.0 PhD record) with hands-on experience building tools for 3D vision and AI-for-science problems.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Ph.D. minor in Mathematics & Statistics, 5.0/5.0, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Ph.D. minor in Mathematics & Statistics, 5.0/5.0 at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science - BS, Control Theory, Bachelor of Science - BS, Control Theory at Tsinghua UniversityNon-degree Undergraduate Student and Research M.S., Non-degree Undergraduate Student and Research M.S. at University of Pennsylvania
Chinese, English
Github Skills (12)
nonlinear1
pytorch1
machine-learning1
c-library1
caffe1
cpp1
deep-learning1
gradient-descent1
nonlinear-optimization1
optimization-methods1
optimization1
numerical-optimization1
Github contributions (5)
wangyu9/qhw-code
Jun 2021 - Aug 2021
Contributions:61 commits, 60 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
wangyu9/steklov-code
Jun 2019 - Nov 2021
Contributions:13 commits, 13 pushes, 4 comments in 2 years 5 months
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