Rui Wang

Experienced software engineer · Machine learning researcher

Portrait of Rui Wang

I am an experienced software engineer with 10 years in industry. I also conduct machine learning research.

My research spans optimization, statistical machine learning, and deep learning, with recent work on federated learning and forecasting for buildings and energy systems.

academic experience

  • Ph.D. in Electrical EngineeringJan 2021 – Jun 2025

    University of British Columbia (UBC)

  • Master of Science in Computer ScienceSep 2014 – May 2017

    Simon Fraser University (SFU)

  • Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Information EngineeringSep 2009 – Jun 2013

    Nanjing Tech University

work experience

  • MicrosoftJun 2021 – Present

    Software Engineer

  • AWSJun 2019 – Jun 2021

    Software Engineer

  • NavarikOct 2017 – Jun 2019

    Software Engineer · Vancouver

  • SAPMay 2016 – Dec 2016

    Intern · Vancouver

recent publications

  1. Hessian-Similar Optimization with Capped Participation: Lower Bounds and Virtual Masters
    arXiv preprint, 2026
  2. The Certification Exponent: Instance-Optimal Sequential Certification of Policy Improvement from History Dependent Logs
    arXiv preprint, 2026
  3. Multi-server federated learning for buildings energy prediction with wind speed
    IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2024
  4. Personalized federated learning for buildings energy consumption forecasting
    Energy and Buildings, 2024

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