Zhenghao Peng
PhD Candidate
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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RockstarZhenghao Peng is a CS PhD candidate at UCLA with nine years of software engineering experience, specializing in backend systems for simulation and robotics. Based in Los Angeles, he has contributed core functionality and utility tooling to the popular open-source MetaDrive driving simulator, improving shaders, map restoration, and configurable randomization to make simulations more accurate and user-friendly. His work shows a blend of research rigor and practical engineering—refining simulation logic while adding example scripts that lower the barrier for new users. Comfortable navigating complex codebases, he focuses on maintainability and reproducible experiments, an asset for teams building real-world autonomous driving stacks.
9 years of coding experience
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Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
metadriverse/metadrive
Dec 2020 - Jan 2023
MetaDrive: Lightweight driving simulator for everyone
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 22 reviews, 316 commits in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Zhenghao primarily focused on modifying and improving the core functionalities of the driving simulator, including modifications to the shaders, and the restoration of maps, and also the addition of example scripts to improve the user experience. Moreover, the user was responsible for the implementation of various utility functions, and configuration updates, reflecting a deep understanding of the system. The contributions suggest a focus on refining the core simulation logic, ensuring accurate representation, and introducing functionalities such as support for different levels of randomization.
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pengzhenghao/ChinaSpaceMissionBadges
Jun 2021 - Nov 2021
中国航天任务徽章大赏
Contributions:17 commits, 24 PRs, 30 pushes in 5 months
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