Yunzhu Li
Assistant Professor at Columbia University
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolYunzhu Li is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University leading the Robotic Perception, Interaction, and Learning Lab (RoboPIL), where she advances robot learning at the intersection of robotics, computer vision, and machine learning. With a PhD from MIT and about a decade of experience spanning MIT CSAIL, Stanford, UIUC, and research stints at NVIDIA, she blends deep theoretical foundations with hands-on systems and lab robotics. Her work focuses on expanding robots’ perception and physical interaction capabilities, translating cutting-edge research into real-world robotic behaviors. Known for moving between top academic labs and industry research, she brings a practical, experiment-driven approach to building perceptual and control systems that close the gap between simulation and embodied interaction.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Peking UniversityChengdu No.7 High School
Github Skills (14)
particle10
dynamics10
director9
rigid-bodies9
computer-vision8
reinforcement-learning8
ros7
omniverse7
robotics7
nvidia5
drake4
pytorch1
physics1
perception1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
pairlab/v-cdn
Nov 2020 - Oct 2022
Contributions:12 commits, 6 pushes, 1 comment in 1 year 11 months
YunzhuLi/senstextile
Apr 2020 - Mar 2021
Contributions:25 commits in 11 months
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