MATHEMATICS
Mathematical Thinking
A national Hope Cup gold award, followed by independent study of calculus and linear algebra, built a foundation for reading AI formulas and algorithmic papers.
CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY · 2026
Turn curiosity
into things that
actually run.
I'm Yanlin Lu, an incoming engineering student at Central South University, admitted to the Intelligent Rail Infrastructure track. From youth robotics to Python projects, I learn best by building ideas into working systems.
PROFILE / 2026YANLIN LU · 卢彦霖
“Turning the persistence to build
into the ability to protect China's speed.”
08Years of making
06+Major competition honors
04Businesses testing a product
01 / ABOUT
One seed. Eight years of momentum.
20182026
In 2018, a boy holding a bronze medal at the IOIRC China Regional Selection heard the words “Central South University” from Professor Cai Zixing for the first time.
Eight years later, that boy returns with circuits built on a Raspberry Pi, loops written in Python, and pages of mathematical derivations—as an incoming engineering student.
The early fascination with AI now has a concrete direction: distributed multi-agent systems, collaborative decision-making, and engineering solutions to real-world problems.
“I'm ready to spend the next four years turning an eight-year ambition, line by line, into code that runs.”
PROGRAMMING
Code & Hardware
Starting with Raspberry Pi and Python, I expanded into C++, GitHub, and Visual Studio Code while learning how software and hardware form a complete intelligent system.
ENGINEERING
Product & Systems Mindset
From diagnosing a home network to building tools for businesses and college decisions, I enjoy turning ambiguous problems into testable, practical solutions.
02 / SELECTED WORK
Turn problems into working products.
Less about what I know.
More about what I can solve.
01JUN—JUL 2026Independent Developer
College Application Decision Assistant
Faced with a large volume of university and major data, I defined the product requirements, consolidated recent admission records, and designed multi-dimensional filtering and recommendation logic.
RESULT
Completed the full loop from requirement definition and data organization to implementation and outcome validation.
02SENIOR YEARTeam Lead
Restaurant Ordering Mini Program
Worked with classmates to develop an ordering and checkout assistant, then proactively presented the product to local restaurants and tested its commercial viability.
RESULT
Secured trials or purchases from four businesses while building product, communication, and market-testing experience.
03HIGH SCHOOLIndependent Project
Home Mesh Network Redesign
Investigated recurring home-network outages by reading technical documentation, testing the topology, and redesigning the whole-home Mesh deployment.
RESULT
Resolved coverage issues in a complex signal environment and turned a daily frustration into a systems-engineering exercise.
04PRIMARY—MIDDLE SCHOOLIndependent Exploration
Raspberry Pi Hardware Programming
Used Raspberry Pi and Python to build LED-matrix displays, collect temperature-sensor data, and prototype simple smart-home interactions.
RESULT
Developed an early understanding of the intelligent-system loop: perception, decision, and action.
03 / HONORS
Honors are milestones left by action.
Mathematics × Robotics × Innovation
MATHEMATICS
First PrizeGrade 7 Mathematics Competition, Jiujiang Foreign Language School
ROBOTICS
First PrizeJiujiang Youth Intelligent Robotics Competition · Blast Games
ROBOTICS
Second PrizeJiangxi Youth Intelligent Robotics Competition · Blast Games
MATHEMATICS
Second PrizeHua Luogeng Cup Mathematics Competition
MATHEMATICS
Grade 4 Gold Award16th Hope Cup National Mathematics Invitational
ROBOTICS
Peak Duel 101 · Bronze MedalIOIRC China Regional Selection
INNOVATION
National Second PrizeLearning by Doing National Science & Innovation Competition · Future City
ARCHIVE
Certificates & Field Notes
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IOIRC China Regional Selection
2018 · Primary Division Third Prize
Learning by Doing · Future City
2017 · National Second Prize
Hope Cup National Mathematics Invitational
2018 · Grade 4 Gold Award
Jiujiang Youth Robotics Competition
2019 · Blast Games First Prize
Jiangxi Youth Robotics Competition
2019 · Blast Games Second Prize
Grade 7 Mathematics Competition
2021 · First Prize
FIRST LEGO League Jr.
Best Mechanical Design Award
Science & Robotics Medals
Second Prize and Bronze Medal · Front
Science & Robotics Medals
Competition Archive · Back
Blast Games Medal
Robotics Challenge · Second Prize
IOIRC China Regional Selection
2018 · Competition Venue
IOIRC China Regional Selection
2018 · Opening Ceremony
04 / FUTURE VISION
Help machines see.
Then help them decide.
I plan to study computer vision and reinforcement learning in depth, then combine them in a small virtual-robot project that explores an unknown environment autonomously.
My longer-term goal is to understand and build distributed multi-agent systems that perceive independently, coordinate decisions, and serve transportation, energy, and the physical world.
01
YEAR 1 · FOUNDATION
From Maker to Systems Thinker
Strengthen calculus, probability, data structures, and algorithms while completing a first focused AI project.
02
YEAR 2 · CORE
Enter the Core of AI
Study machine learning, computer vision, and reinforcement learning, then contribute to a real research group.
03
YEAR 3 · BREAKTHROUGH
Lead an Independent Research Project
Focus on multi-agent systems and distributed reinforcement learning by building a virtual-robot exploration platform.
04
YEAR 4 · DEPLOYMENT
Move from Algorithms to Edge Deployment
Consolidate research and project outcomes into a complete workflow from algorithm design to lightweight hardware validation.
LET'S BUILD SOMETHING REAL