Li-yi Wei
Independent Researcher at Dragoniac
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolLi-yi Wei is a Research Scientist Manager based in the San Francisco Bay Area with 14 years of experience translating deep computer science research into production-ready products. With a PhD in Computer Graphics from Stanford, he has led and published work across academia and industry at Adobe, Microsoft Research, NVIDIA, and the University of Hong Kong, bridging GPU architecture, graphics, and applied research. He combines hands-on technical depth—evident from early systems work that left a memorable mark on team workflows—with managerial experience guiding research teams toward practical impact. Known for dry humor and perseverance through frequent paper rejections, he brings a pragmatic, resilient approach to turning ambitious ideas into deployed systems.
15 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Graphics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Graphics at Stanford University
math, coding
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (18)
python9
machine-learning8
topology8
ui-components7
optimization6
data-analysis6
deep-learning6
data-science6
high-performance5
data-visualization5
gradio-interface5
scalability3
backend3
gradio3
virtual-reality3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
1iyiwei/noise
Aug 2011 - Nov 2019
Sampling and Noise
Contributions:30 commits, 28 pushes, 2 branches in 8 years 3 months
graphics
1iyiwei/topopt
Jun 2017 - Mar 2018
Topology optimization
Contributions:12 commits, 4 PRs, 13 pushes in 8 months
optimizationtopologytopology-optimizationhigh-performancescalability
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