Xiangyu Gao is a Senior Research Engineer at PlusAI, where he focuses on advancing perception systems for autonomous vehicles. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and an M.S. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Washington. His doctoral research concentrated on sensor perception, autonomous driving, computer vision, and machine learning, contributing to several high-impact publications in IEEE journals. Prior to his current role, Xiangyu was a Machine Learning Engineer at Motional, where he developed state-of-the-art algorithms for autonomous driving. He has also held research internships at Intel and Volvo Cars, focusing on radar-based perception and imaging technologies. His work has earned recognition within the academic community, where he actively participates as a reviewer for leading conferences and journals.