About me

Welcome! I am Ryan (Yuanlong) Zhou,

a current ByteDancer, inspiring creativity and enriching life as a Software Engineer at TikTok.

I am also

• a scientific researcher on AIGC (text to image to 3D), Vision (detection, segmentation, tracking), Graphics (OpenGL WebGL shader), 3D reconstruction (SLAM, Nerf, Gaussian Splatting).
  • AURORA: Automated Unleash of 3D Room Outlines for VR Applications (ACM SIGGRAPH VRCAI 2024)
• a programming practitioner for LLM (CoT, RAG) with modern framework (Langchain, Llama Index).
  • Multi-Modal Intelligent Album (Azure AI Studio, multi-modal LLM)
• an enthusiastic open-source community contributor taking Agile development with Git version control.
  • AI Programmer on Rocket.Chat (Mistral, CodeLlama, OAuth)
• a creative VR/AR game developer (Unity3D) with leadership, releasing 5+ commercial games on Steam.
  • Entire List of My Game Portfolio

     

• Education:
  2023/08-2024/12: M.Sc. in Computer Science, Texas A&M University, USA.
  2019/09-2023/07: B.Eng. in Computer Science (Minor: Finance), Sichuan University, China.
  GPA: 3.8 / 4.0 Toefl: 106 (29/26/23/28) GRE: 324 (155/169/4)

• Professional:
  TikTok: Software Development Engineer - Backend
  Amazon: Applied Scientist Engineer
  Google Summer of Code: Open-Source Developer
  Huawei Student Development Program: Full Stack Engineer
  Dots Rhythm Technology - Game Startup: Founder & XR Game Engineer

• Academia:
  Texas A&M University – Aggie Graphics Group (IGVC Lab, Dream Lab)
  Nanyang Technological University – Business AI Lab

• Specialization:
  Full-Stack Development (Web/Mobile/PC), Cloud Service (AWS), AIGC, Multimodal LLM, Computer Graphics/Vision, HCI, XR, Game, 3D Animation, Database (SQL, NoSQL), Machine/Deep Learning, System Architecture, Algorithm

• Skillsets:
  Languages: Mandarin (Native), English (Professional Fluent).
  Values: Proactive, Ownership, Leadership, Dive Deep, Work Ethic, Organizational, Learning Agility, …
  Coding Languages: C/C++, Java, Python, C#, Go, SQL, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, OpenGL (WebGL), R.
  Development: Git, Docker, AWS, Azure, React, Conda, MySQL, NoSQL, Oracle, Apache, Spring, Node.js, Flask.
  Software: Adobe Acrobat, MS Office (Word, Excel macros, PPT), Google Drive, GitHub, Unity3D, Matlab, CAD, SPSS, VMware, Stata, Tibco, CRM, CMake, Gradle, 3dsMax, Linux (Red Hat, Ubuntu), IDEA, PyCharm, Visual Studio.
  Leadership: Co-Founder of Startup, President of Game R&D Club, Student Union, 4 Copyrights & 2 Patents

• Course List:
  Object-Oriented Programming (C++, Java, Python), System Design, AI and Deep Learning, Computer Animation, Human AI interaction, Programming LLM, Mobile Wireless Network, Digital Logic and Digital System, Multimedia Technology, Data Visualization, Computer Organization, Data Structure and Algorithm Analysis, Computer Graphics, Discrete Mathematics, Operating System, Microcomputer System and Interface, The Art of Game, Computer Network, Advanced Software Engineering, Web Front-end: H5 + CSS3 + JS, Database System, Principle of Compiler, Computer Architectures, Linear Algebra, Calculus, Probability Statistics, Discrete Mathematics.
  Political Economy, Accounting, Microeconomics, Public Finance, Macroeconomics, Statistics, Finance, Corporate Finance, Econometrics, Monetary economics and monetary policy, International Economics, Financial Engineering, International Trade, Financial Econometrics, E-finance, Politics Economy and Diplomacy of European Union, Engineering Project Investment and Financing, Financial Risk Management, Security Investment.

Phone (WhatsApp): +1 979 344 4239 E-mail: ryanbowz@outlook.com

Quick Jump: project game award certificate
If you want to learn more about me, you can read corresponding pages or refer to my Resume/CV.

Last Update: 2025/04/05