

Hanlin “Asher” Mai
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Electrical & Computer Engineering
I am a M.S. student in ECE at UIUC expecting to graduate Dec 2025, where I am advised by Prof. Svetlana Lazebnik. Before this, I received my B.S. in Computer Engineering with Highest Honors at UIUC in May 2023. During my undergrad, I worked as a Machine Learning Intern at Rivian.
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Biography
My name is 麦瀚林 (Mai, Hanlin), and I go by Asher.
I was born on Sep 28, 2000 in Guangzhou, China.
From 1st to 8th grade, I went to English School attached to Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. It was a semi-boarding school where I only went home on weekends. There, I learned how to be independent, how to speak English confidently, and how to perform in a public setting and address an audience.
I went to Palm Valley School for 9th to 12th grade in Rancho Mirage, CA. I played Football, Basketball, Volleyball and Golf. I also did Drama and performed in 5 different shows: Treasure Island, A Few Good Men, The Crucible, Shrek the Musical, and Drowsy Chaperone.
I got a B.S. in Computer Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in May 2023.
I taught myself how to yoyo and performed at various events.
Teaching
Teaching Assistant for ECE 220: Computer Systems & Programming
Course Assistant for ECE 391: Computer Systems Engineering
Grader for ECE 120: Introduction to Computing
News
| 06/2025 | Married the love of my life: Suteetida Mai |
| 05/2025 | Started Internship at Waymo on Machine Learning Infrastructure Team |
| 02/2025 | Co-Chaired Machine Learning and Signal Processing Session of CSL Student Conference with Evan Matthews |
| 05/2024 | Returned to Rivian as Machine Learning Engineering Intern for summer 2024 |
| 02/2024 | One paper accepted at CVPR 2024, analyzing projective geometry in generative models. |
| 02/2024 | Presented paper at CSL Student Conference |
| 08/2023 | Started M.S/Ph.D in ECE at UIUC and TA for ECE 220, ending internship at Rivian |
| 07/2023 | Competed in inaugural Research Park Hackathon and won 1st place |
| 05/2023 | Received B.S. in Computer Engineering with Highest Honors |
| 04/2023 | Received Donald L. Bitzer and H. Gene Slottow Creativity Award |
| 01/2023 | Started Machine Learning Intern role at Rivian |