Summary
Ziqi Pang is a CS PhD student at UIUC specializing in computer vision, machine learning, and robotics with eight years of experience spanning academia and industry. He has driven perception and 3D detection research at TuSimple and NVIDIA, contributed to top-tier projects like SAM3 at Meta FAIR, and held founding research scientist responsibilities building a cost-efficient multi-modal assistant at OpenAGI Labs. His work blends practical autonomous-driving solutions (LiDAR detection, 3D MOT) with AutoML and few-shot learning, producing state-of-the-art results and multiple conference papers. Trained at Peking University and Carnegie Mellon collaborations, he brings both solid theory and production-minded engineering, with a knack for turning simple architectural insights into measurable system gains. Based in Urbana, IL, he aims to transition PhD research into industry R&D that creates real societal and commercial impact.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer science at Peking University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science (AI/CV/Robotics), Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science (AI/CV/Robotics) at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English, Chinese