Tiantao Lu

Tiantao Lu is a Senior Software Engineer at Waymo, with experience in designing large-scale distributed systems focused on graph optimization, numerical modeling, discrete optimization, data pipeline, partitioning, network optimization, and data visualization. Previously, Tiantao served as a Principal Software Engineer at Cadence Design Systems, where the role involved developing algorithms and heuristics for electronic design automation (EDA) placement optimization problems. Tiantao's academic background includes a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Maryland, where involvement included research assistantship and teaching assistantship. An undergraduate degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering was obtained from Peking University.