Yuzhe Yan
Co-founder at LogisticsOS Inc.
California, United States
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Top SchoolYuzhe Yan is a co-founder and software engineer with a decade of experience building high-performance algorithm engines—particularly routing, optimization, and quantitative trading systems—based in California. He founded LogisticsOS after honing route planning and optimization expertise at Mapbox and Esri, and he contributes practical, performance-focused fixes to notable open-source projects like Valhalla, improving map matching and memory usage. Holding a Ph.D. and a Y Combinator batch credential, he blends deep research rigor with startup execution, preferring to author robust systems over code reviews. Known for turning complex routing problems into efficient production engines, he favors hands-on optimization work that measurably boosts stability and throughput.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Batch W21, Batch W21 at Y CombinatorDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) at New Mexico State UniversityBachelor of Science (BS), Bachelor of Science (BS) at Dalian University of Technology
Chinese, English
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Github Skills (10)
openstreetmap10
routing-slip10
c-language10
routes10
cprogramming-language10
data-structure9
data-structures9
algorithms8
algorithm8
dijkstra8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
valhalla/valhalla
Oct 2019 - Sep 2020
Open Source Routing Engine for OpenStreetMap
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:132 commits, 38 PRs, 241 pushes in 10 months
Contributions summary:Yuzhe primarily focused on bug fixes and code optimization within the Valhalla routing engine. Their contributions included addressing map matching issues related to routes with zero legs and improving memory management by moving temporary data structures to member variables. These changes directly impacted the performance and stability of the routing engine, enhancing its ability to handle complex route calculations.
osrmmulti-modalnominatimtileddijkstra
TheMalaka/Multi-dimensional-Assignment-Problem-Instance-Generator
May 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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