About

「Gradient Descent Yourself & Optimize Solutions」

Hey, I’m Shengyuan Wang (a.k.a. Alan, @SWang). I graduated from Macalester College advised by Prof. Andrew Beveridge and Susan Fox. Right now, I am a graduate student in University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. In Macalester College, I work with Prof. Libby Shoop for teaching Parallel and Distributed Computing, and work with Prof. Jason McDonald in MAX Center. Outside campus, I am the committee member of FIRA ROBO Organization and researcher in Felidae Conservation Fund. The virtual doppelganger is a daily presence in WeiboZhihuBilibiliInstagram

ResumeCV

Work Experience

Apr 2025 – Now Technical Engineer Specialist @ Synopsys
May 2024 – Sept 2024 Full Stack Developer & Cloud Computing @ Ericsson
Feb 2023 – Jun 2023 Frontend Developer @ Felidae Conservation Fund
May 2022 – Sept 2022 Software Engineer @ NetEase Game
Nov 2021 – Jan 2022 Program Assistant @ Ramsey County
Oct 2020 – Now Software Developer @ FIRA Robo Organization

Teaching

Fall 2021 COMP 123     Introduction to Computer Science
Spring 2022 COMP 221     Algorithm Design and Analysis
Fall 2022 COMP 221     Algorithm Design and Analysis
Spring 2023 COMP 221     Algorithm Design and Analysis
Fall 2023 COMP 445     Parallel and Distributed Computing & MAX Center Tutor

Publications

Improvements To Naive Loss Functions With Outlier Identifiers
paper | code
An Optimal Trading System based on LSTM and Dynamic Programming
paper | code
An Algorithmic Approach to Knapsack Problems
paper | code
Performance Comparison of OpenMP and OpenACC in Floyd Warshall Algorithm
paper | code
Study on PID Control Design and Electric Kettle Simulation
paper | code
Unlocking the Secrets of Wordle: Predicting Game Difficulty and User Experience
paper | code
Real-time Grass Rendering Using Billboarding Technique
paper | code
THREE-BODY PROBLEM AND SIMULATION
paper | code
Factors affecting Weight and Diabetes
paper | code
Matrix Completion and Recommendation Systems
paper | code

Honor Prizes

May 2023 Finalist Prize @ Mathematic Contest In Modeling (MCM)
March 2023 Silver Prize @ ICPC Regional Contest
Dec 2022 First Place @ Macalester Local Contest
May 2022 Finalist Prize @ Mathematic Contest In Modeling (MCM)
March 2022 Bronze Prize @ ICPC Regional Contest
Dec 2021 First Place @ Macalester Local Contest
Oct 2020 Global Medal @ FIRA ROBO All-Round U19
Oct 2020 Silver Medal @ FIRA Data Analysis Challenge U19
Oct 2020 Gold Medal @ FIRA Programming Challenge U19