Weiran Shen
Beijing,China
Summary
A dynamic researcher in algorithm development and evaluation. A collaborative team player, I effectively communicate complex concepts and embrace continuous learning to expand my expertise beyond my academic background, driving impactful results in innovative projects. With international academic experience, I adapt quickly to diverse cultural and professional environments and am open to overseas and outdoor opportunities.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Research Experience
Prof. Yen-Ling Kuo of the University of Virginia
03.2025 - Current
- Master Thesis Project: Diffusion-Based Uncertainty Estimation for Multi-Robot Scheduling
- Master’s Thesis (in progress): Applying Diff-DAgger to Multi-Robot Scheduling
- Research Focus: Uncertainty-Aware Multi-Robot Coordination with Diffusion Policies
Research Experience
Prof. Heming Cui of The University of Hong Kong
06.2023 - 09.2023
- Research Paper Title: Investigation of Parallel and Hyperparameters Strategy on Performance of Image Classification Training
- Paper Project: Conducted a series of comprehensive experiments to ascertain the appropriate learning rates required for maintaining satisfactory classification accuracy when utilizing large batch sizes
- Research Focus: Analyzed the reason for a reduced GPU utilization and the basis for establishing the research findings
Big Data Development PTA
Tencent
07.2023 - 08.2023
- Grasped how to build a nginx server and simulated multiple ip to access to web pages
- Interfaced nginx with the collection tool flume to view the message queue from the console
- Imported logs into hdfs and kafka, and configure hadoop and zookeeper in advance
- Connected nginx to kafka by skipping flume to make sure the process is running with messages delivery and logs output on the console
Bachelor's Graduation Thesis
Beijing University of Technology
01.2023 - 06.2023
- Graduation Thesis Title: Design and Development of Web-based Hospital Pharmacy Management System
- Conducted requirement analysis and determined the development of the B/S structure system based on JavaEE
- Used SpringBoot to integrate Mybatis-Plus for database access, and used Navicat for database creation, application and management
- Used Vue to build front-end framework enabling to open and manage webpages on browsers
- Applied Alibaba Cloud servers with single-core vCPUs, 2G memory, and 1M bandwidth to the front-end access on the LAN
Course Project – Learning in Robotics
University of Virginia
01.2025 - 04.2025
- Project Topic: Robot Research Principle
- Implemented Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) for parameter estimation and Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF) for IMU orientation tracking; calibrated raw sensor data against motion-capture ground truth
- Developed policy iteration algorithms for stochastic gridworld navigation and implemented Particle Filter SLAM, integrating LiDAR odometry with occupancy grid mapping to achieve robust localization and mapping
- Built reinforcement learning controllers, trained a policy gradient pendulum stabilizer and implemented Double Q-Learning (DQN) with experience replay and Polyak averaging for CartPole control
Course Project – Neural Networks
University of Virginia
01.2025 - 04.2025
- Project Topic: Optimizing Smarter: Adaptive and Momentum-Based Gradient Methods
- Presented Adagrad, explaining its motivation, mathematical formulation, and parameter-dependent learning rate adaptation
- Collaborated with team to deliver a comprehensive lecture-style presentation on adaptive gradient methods for neural networks
Course Project – Learning for Interactive Robots
University of Virginia
09.2024 - 12.2024
- Project Topic: Video Generation for Robot Manipulation
- Fine-tuned CogVideoX to generate task-specific robot manipulation videos from natural language prompts
- Applied Gemini-1.5-flash for video captioning and action planning to improve text-to-video alignment
- Adapted HoRoPose with self-supervised training for robot pose estimation and action trajectory extraction
- Evaluated pipeline in ManiSkill3 environment with Panda robot; analyzed video quality and trajectory errors, highlighting challenges in long-horizon video generation
Course Project - Practice of Software Exploitation
Beijing University of Technology
06.2022 - 07.2022
- Project Topic: Command Center of the Prevention and Control of Pandemic
- Created the code warehousing, configured git, became familiar with relevant use functions, and learned the advantages of remote warehousing
- Wrote the requirements for the incremental project and each requirement management in the software requirement specification
- Completed the process design and prototype design in the general design specification
- Realized the functions of the trend line chart and the map reflecting the number of patients for the pandemic monitoring module, and built a related database
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA, USA06-2026
Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering
Beijing University of Technology
Beijing, China07-2023
Skills
- Technical Skills: C/C, Java, Python
- Research Skills: Algorithm Development & Evaluation
- Research Techniques Utilization: PyTorch, TensorFlow, ManiSkill, Isaac Gym, Academic Tools (LaTeX, Overleaf, BibTeX citation management)
- Language Skills: Chinese (Mother Tongue), English (Proficient)
Timeline
Research Experience
Prof. Yen-Ling Kuo of the University of Virginia
03.2025 - Current
Course Project – Learning in Robotics
University of Virginia
01.2025 - 04.2025
Course Project – Neural Networks
University of Virginia
01.2025 - 04.2025
Course Project – Learning for Interactive Robots
University of Virginia
09.2024 - 12.2024
Big Data Development PTA
Tencent
07.2023 - 08.2023
Research Experience
Prof. Heming Cui of The University of Hong Kong
06.2023 - 09.2023
Bachelor's Graduation Thesis
Beijing University of Technology
01.2023 - 06.2023
Course Project - Practice of Software Exploitation
Beijing University of Technology
06.2022 - 07.2022
Master of Science - Computer Science
University of Virginia
Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering
Beijing University of Technology
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