Yuan Yao
Geophysical Team Leader at CGG
Houston, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYuan Yao is a Geophysical Team Leader in Houston with 11 years of experience applying advanced mathematics and coding to solve seismic and subsurface challenges in the oil and energy sector. He progressed through technical and project leadership roles at CGG, combining hands-on geophysics with team and project management since 2013. Trained as a mathematician with a Ph.D. in algebraic geometry from UT Austin and earlier degrees from USTC, he brings uncommon theoretical rigor to practical geophysical problems and algorithm development. Comfortable bridging research and delivery, he is known for turning abstract mathematical ideas into robust workflows and for mentoring multidisciplinary teams that deliver complex surveys and interpretations.
11 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mathematics (algebraic geometry), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mathematics (algebraic geometry) at The University of Texas at AustinMaster of Science (M.S.), Mathematics, Master of Science (M.S.), Mathematics at University of Science and Technology of China
English, Chinese
Github Skills (49)
string-matching10
levenshtein10
levenshtein-distance9
edit-distance9
matching9
string-comparison9
parsing9
parse9
cpp8
grammar8
parser-generator8
jaro-winkler8
csharp7
javascript7
scheme7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
yaoyuan0553/dot-configuration-files
Aug 2017 - Feb 2023
Contributions:32 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 6 months
yaoyuan0553/PatentTagging
Jul 2019 - Sep 2019
Contributions:1 release, 130 commits, 20 PRs in 2 months
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