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Education, research, teaching, publication, awards, and technical skills.
Contact Information
| Name | Weiping Yan |
| Professional Title | Undergraduate Researcher |
| yan00944@umn.edu vipinapple986@gmail.com | |
| Website | https://appleweiping.github.io/ |
| Public Profiles | GitHub · LinkedIn · Google Scholar · X · Instagram |
Profile
- Weiping Yan (闫维平) is an undergraduate researcher interested in artificial intelligence, natural language processing, microelectronics, and electronic design automation.
Education
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Program starts 2026-09-08 Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
UG
University of Minnesota
College of Science and Engineering
- Incoming undergraduate; no degree or declared double major is claimed.
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2024 - 2026 Delft and Eindhoven, the Netherlands
UG
Delft University of Technology × Eindhoven University of Technology
Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Applied Physics
- Concurrent study period recorded through August 2026 before the University of Minnesota program begins.
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2021 - 2024 Hangzhou, China
HS
The Affiliated High School to Hangzhou Normal University
Chinese, Mathematics, English, Physics, Chemistry, and Technology
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2023 - 2024 Shanghai, China
HS
Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated to SISU
Science and Engineering
Experience
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2026 - Present Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
NLP Research Intern
University of Minnesota — Minnesota NLP Group
Undergraduate research internship in natural language processing.
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2026 - Present Co-Founder
Veylora Labs
Developing executive-intelligence systems for organizational decision support.
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2026 - Present Hong Kong
Research Assistant
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Research activity in large language models for recommendation (LLM4Rec) and natural language processing.
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2025 - 2025 Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Teaching Assistant
Eindhoven University of Technology
Supported undergraduate teaching in calculus and logic/set theory.
- Led tutorials, guided problem solving, and provided structured feedback on mathematical reasoning.
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2025 - 2025 Shanghai, China
Research Assistant
Zhangjiang Laboratory
Studied semiconductor IC design workflows and EDA toolchains.
- Covered schematic and pre-layout simulation, DRC/LVS verification, and MPW-oriented tape-out preparation; no completed tape-out is claimed.
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2023 - 2024 Beijing, China
Student Researcher — PM2.5 and Respiratory Disease Incidence
Independent Research Project
Investigated PM2.5 exposure and respiratory-disease incidence under the joint supervision of Prof. Soummya Kar (Carnegie Mellon University) and Associate Prof. Qiang Gao (Southeast University).
- Used Python for exploratory analysis, statistical inference, and visualization.
- This was an independent research project, not an appointment at Carnegie Mellon University.
- The published analysis used randomly generated/synthetic data, not a real-world clinical or environmental dataset.
Publications
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2023 Effect of PM2.5 air pollution on the incidence of respiratory diseases: A Python-based data analysis
Published research article. The study reports analysis of randomly generated/synthetic data and does not claim a real-world clinical or environmental dataset.
Selected Honors and Awards
- Kaggle Bronze Medal, Santa 2025 - Christmas Tree Packing Challenge — 186th of 3,357 teams (January 31, 2026).
- First Prize, CTSS College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition — TU/e listed as the affiliated institution (July 2025).
- First Prize, 2025 National College Student Mathematics Ability Challenge (December 2025).
- National First Prize, 2025 “Science and Innovation Cup” College Student Mathematical Modeling Competition, Mathematical Modeling Knowledge Competition track (December 2025).
Technical Skills
Research and analysis: Statistical inference, data analysis, data visualization, machine learning, scientific computing, research software engineering
Programming: Python, C, Java, MATLAB, Verilog
Scientific and engineering tools: NumPy, pandas, Matplotlib, Git, LTspice, Origin
Language Proficiency
Chinese (Mandarin): Native
Hangzhou dialect: Spoken
English: C1