CV

Yingao (Elaine) Yao

Education

  • Sept. 2021 - present
    Master of Applied Science (MASc)
    University of British Columbia
    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    • Advised by Karthik Pattabiraman
  • Sept. 2017 - May. 2021
    Bachelor of Engineering
    University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
    • Department of Electronic and Communication Engineering
    • GPA 3.96/4.0

Work experience

  • 2021 - present
    Research Assistant
    Dependable Systems Lab, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    • Advised by Karthik Pattabiraman
  • 2021 - present
    Teaching Assistant
    CPEN 333 - Software Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Honors and Awards

  • 2020
    • Outstanding Winner (0.2%) in COMAP Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling
    • Thanksgiving Scholarship for Modern Scientists (CAD 4000, 12 per school per year)
    • National Scholarship (CAD 1600, for top 1.5% students per school)
  • 2019
    • National Second Prize (3%) in China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling
  • 2018
    • Third Place in Microsoft Student Club Hackathon

Skills

  • Programming: Python, C, C++, Bash, Java, Matlab
  • Tools: ArduPilot, Linux, IDA Pro, Git