Yuanjian Liu
Research Assistant at University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYuanjian Liu is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at the University of Chicago with nine years of engineering and research experience focused on high-performance computing, autonomous laboratories, and lossy compression. As a Globus Labs researcher co-advised by Ian Foster and Kyle Chard, he develops self-driving lab systems and compression algorithms, translating research into production-grade C++—work previously applied at Google and Alibaba. His internships produced production contributions (2K+ and 10K+ lines of C++ respectively) and led to benchmarks and a conference paper, highlighting a rare blend of systems-level rigor and experimental science. Comfortable both teaching and shipping code, he combines academic excellence (3.83/4.0) with practical impact on genome compression and budget-allocation algorithms, and he’s actively expanding his public code footprint.
10 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, 3.83/4.0, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, 3.83/4.0 at University of ChicagoBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at 浙江大学
Stackoverflow
21reputation
511reached
4answers
2questions
Github Skills (52)
bootstrap10
devcontainer10
rubygems9
technical-writing9
video-player9
jekyll9
swift8
image-editing8
jamstack8
flash8
jekyll-theme8
camera8
mpv8
qt8
driver7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
legendPerceptor/SZ3
Mar 2021 - May 2025
Contributions:3 releases, 2 PRs, 93 pushes in 4 years 1 month
fireescapefilms/fireescapefilms.github.io
Jan 2023 - Apr 2025
We are a registered student organization at the University of Chicago, aiming at producing high-quality narrative films.
Contributions:7 PRs, 64 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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