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General Information
| Full Name | Mukai Yu |
| Date of Birth | 4th Feburary 2001 |
| From | Shenzhen, Guandong, China |
| Languages | Mandarin Chinese, English |
Education
- 2024 - 2026
- 2019 - 2024
Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyBSc in
Integrative Systems and Design,
Computer Science (double major)- GPA : 3.6/4.3
- 2022 Spring
University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignNon-degree exchange program
- GPA : 3.9/4.0
- Grainger College of Engineering, Computer Science
- 2016 - 2019
Experience
- 2023 Sept - Dec
Huawei, Hong Kong Research Center, Design Automation LabResearch Intern
- Participating in software development of EDA design verification via emulation on FPGA
- Research on multiprocessor scheduling algorithm for EDA Netlist
- 2023 Jan - Aug
Carnegie Mellon University,
Robotics Institute,
AirLab Research Associate I
- Supervisor: Professor Sebastian Scherer
- Publish IEEE IROS paper & release thermal image dataset for object detection
- WIT-UAS: A Wildland-Fire Infrared Thermal Dataset to Detect Crew Assets from Aerial Views
- Lead hardware & perception algorithm development of the WildFire Project
- Redesign & manufacture Open Research Drone
- Develop & deploy SSD object detection deep learning model on NVIDIA Jetson Xavier with hardware acceleration
- 2022 May - Aug
Carnegie Mellon University,
Robotics Institute,
AirLab Visiting student intern
- Supervisor: Dr. Peng Yin, Dr. Ji Zhang
- Implemented Online VIO System with Map Prior on Boston Dynamics Spot
- Related work: VINS-Mono, FAST-LIO, Sequence SLAM
- 2021 May - Aug
Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyUndergraduate Research Opportunity program
- Supervisor: Professor Dan Xu
- Researched in real-time 3D reconstruction SLAM unsupervised deep learning algorithms
- Compared depth estimation results on different unannotated video datasets
- Reported algorithm summary of 10+ papers
Extracurriculum
- 2019 - 2020
HKUST ENTERPRIZE Robomaster TeamSenior Software Engineer
- Built quaternion mathematical library for rigid transformation
- Implemented robust IMU complementary filter and stabilization Gimbal algorithm
- 2018 - 2019
Robomaster Robotics High School Summer/Winter CampRunner-up Team
- Participated consecutively 4 cohorts : 2018 winter & summer, 2019 winter & summer
- Lead Embedded, Software, and Mechanical development, captain last time
- Built robots with Mecanum wheel Omnidirectional chassis and pneumatic actuator from scratch in 2 weeks
Honors and Awards
- 2024
- ASMPT Technology Bronze Award
- NED EIC Category 4 Champion
- Hong Kong Science and Technology Park Tech FYP Sponsorship
- 2023
- University's Scholarship Scheme for Continuing Undergraduate Students
- 2022
- HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund - Reaching Out Award
- Shui On Innovation Fund Student Awards
- 2021
- Dean's List
- 2019
- DJI RoboMaster Scholarship
- University Scholarship
Course work
- 2025 Fall
11-851 Talking to Robots
Carnegie Mellon University
- Topics : LLMs and Foundation Models, Instruction following and Dialogue, Task and Motion Planning, End-Effector and Real-Valued Control, Semantic Mapping (2D and 3D), World Models
- 2025 Spring
16-825 Learning for 3D Vision
Carnegie Mellon University
- Topics : Explicit, Implicit, and Neural 3D Representations; Differentiable Rendering, Single-view 3D Prediction; Neural Rendering; Multi-view 3D Inference; Generative 3D Models; Shape Abstraction; Mesh and Point Cloud Processing
- 2024 Fall
16-831 Introduction to Robot Learning
Carnegie Mellon University
- Topics : Imitation Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Q-Learning, Policy Gradient, Actor-Critique Methods, Model-Based Reinforcement Learning, Bandits and Preference-Based Learning
- 2023 Fall
COMP 5222 Advanced Machine Learning with Graphs
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Topics : Graph based semi-supervised learning, Network embedding, Graph neural networks, Graph subgraph isomorphism, Knowledge Graphs
- 2022 Fall
COMP 6411B Advanced Topics in 2D and 3D Deep Visual Scene Understanding
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Topics : Semantic Segmentation, Depth Estimation, 2D/3D Object Detection, Multi-Task Learning, 3D Scene Reconstruction, Implicit Representation Learning, Visual SLAM
- 2022 Fall
COMP 4421 Image Processing
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Topics : Image Filtering, Compression, Segmentation, Registration, Morphological Processing, Description, Recognition
- 2022 Spring
CS 498 Machine Perception
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Topics : SLAM, 3D reconstruction, Object Detection, Bayesian Filter
- 2022 Spring
CS 446 Machine Learning
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Topics : discriminative models, generative models, reinforcement learning models
- 2022 Spring
CS 425 Distributed Systems
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Topics : distributed transactions, consensus, mutual exclusion, concurrency control
- 2021 Fall
COMP 5411 Advanced Computer Graphics
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Topics : 3D model representation and manipulation, rendering, GPU computing
- Rendering Project - Music Visualizer
Skills
| Programming | C/C++ · Python (NumPy, PyTorch, JAX, DDP) · MATLAB · Javascript · HTML · CSS · GLSL |
| Robotics | ROS 2 · Jetson · STM32 · UAV · Camera Calibration · Sensor Timesync · PID · MPC · MPPI · SLAM |
| AI | Computer Vision · 3D Gaussian Splatting · Reinforcement Learning · Graph Neural Network |
| Software | Linux (Ubuntu) · Docker · Git · CI/CD · Cloud Computing (SLURM) · Web Development · Solidworks |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese (Native) · English (TOEFL Speaking 28/30) |
Academic Interests
-
Robotic Perception
- Unified Spherical Models,
- 3D/4D Vision
- Differentiable Rendering
-
Robotic Control
- Object Manipulation
- Skill Learning
- Reinforcement/Imitation Learning
-
Multimodal Learning and Large Models for Robotics
Hobbies
- Sport : Basketball, Table Tennis, Water Sport
- Museum, Movie, Hiking
- Baking
- Video Gaming
Shenzhen Middle School