I am a PhD candidate in Reinforcement Learning at RMIT University (holding Australian PR), exploring the frontier of LLMs and Agentic RL. My mission is to engineer intelligent and reliable AI systems that combine cutting-edge research with tangible engineering impact. Before transitioning to my PhD research, I honed my technical expertise as a software engineer, architecting full-stack, cloud-native, and highly scalable backend systems. This hands-on industry experience shapes my research philosophy: I strive to bridge the divide between theoretical innovation and practical execution, ensuring the algorithms I design are both state-of-the-art and ready for real-world application.

Yiyu Qian

I am a PhD candidate in Reinforcement Learning at RMIT University (holding Australian PR), exploring the frontier of LLMs and Agentic RL. My mission is to engineer intelligent and reliable AI systems that combine cutting-edge research with tangible engineering impact. Before transitioning to my PhD research, I honed my technical expertise as a software engineer, architecting full-stack, cloud-native, and highly scalable backend systems. This hands-on industry experience shapes my research philosophy: I strive to bridge the divide between theoretical innovation and practical execution, ensuring the algorithms I design are both state-of-the-art and ready for real-world application.

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I am a PhD candidate in Reinforcement Learning at RMIT University (holding Australian PR), exploring the frontier of LLMs and Agentic RL. My mission is to engineer intelligent and reliable AI systems that combine cutting-edge research with tangible engineering impact. Before transitioning to my PhD research, I honed my technical expertise as a software engineer, architecting full-stack, cloud-native, and highly scalable backend systems. This hands-on industry experience shapes my research philosophy: I strive to bridge the divide between theoretical innovation and practical execution, ensuring the algorithms I design are both state-of-the-art and ready for real-world application.

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Language

Chinese
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English
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Work Experience

Academic Tutor at CPU Education
March 1, 2025 - Present
Lecturing COMP 30024 Artificial Intelligence.
Software Engineer II at Dell Technologies
September 1, 2023 - February 1, 2025
Engineered Redfish REST APIs via Python FastAPI for Dell iDRAC client-server interactions. Built an LLM agent by integrating ChatGPT-4o-mini via LangChain. Spearheaded Dell's Vangility platform with Next.js and React.js. Developed robust Python scripts to automate Windows OS hardware testing. Drove end-to-end Agile lifecycles across Block Projects.
Junior Data Engineer at 9epoch
February 1, 2022 - August 1, 2022
Architected automated web scraping frameworks. Built and trained robust Artificial Neural Networks for financial trend forecasting. Spearheaded the containerization and deployment of enterprise-grade Python applications.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at RMIT University
September 1, 2025 - February 1, 2029
Master of Science, Computer Science at University of Melbourne
July 1, 2021 - July 1, 2023
Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering at UC Irvine
September 1, 2017 - July 1, 2021
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at RMIT University
September 1, 2025 - February 1, 2029
Master of Science, Computer Science at University of Melbourne
July 1, 2021 - July 1, 2023
Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering at UC Irvine
September 1, 2017 - July 1, 2021

Qualifications

How Transformer LLMs Work
June 1, 2025 - August 7, 2026
Fine-tuning & RL for LLMs: Intro to Post-training
November 1, 2025 - August 7, 2026
Pretraining LLMs
July 1, 2025 - August 7, 2026
The Complete 2024 Web Development Bootcamp
February 1, 2024 - August 7, 2026
The Complete 2024 Python Pro Bootcamp
March 1, 2023 - August 7, 2026
Beginning C++ Programming - From Beginner to Beyond
March 1, 2023 - August 7, 2026
REST APIs with Flask and Python
June 1, 2023 - August 7, 2026
NestJS Zero to Hero - Modern TypeScript Back-end Development
June 1, 2023 - August 7, 2026
Next.js From Scratch 2024
June 1, 2024 - August 7, 2026
React Native Course: 7 Days To Complete App
February 1, 2024 - August 7, 2026
How Transformer LLMs Work
June 1, 2025 - August 7, 2026
Fine-tuning & RL for LLMs: Intro to Post-training
November 1, 2025 - August 7, 2026
Pretraining LLMs
July 1, 2025 - August 7, 2026

Industry Experience

Computers & Electronics, Education, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Software & Internet

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