- currently reading through papers to understand stapl (graph) library
last updated November 13, 2026
hey, it's me, it's landau tzou
undergrad statistics and computer science student at the university of illinois urbana-champaign. right now i'm:
- doing parallel computing research in dr. lawrence rauchwerger's group
- building internal tooling for illinois business consulting
experiencehover for detailstap for details
2026 — present
2026 — present
- building internal tooling for ibc pm's, slt, and 250+ consultants
- currently working on alumni network to connect current consultants with ibc alumni for mentorship and networking
- planning to build a rag chatbot to help consultants find information regarding their cases
may 2025 — aug 2025
- built a deep rl (q-learning) framework optimizing evtol ascent trajectories for energy and noise efficiency
- integrated psopt direct collocation with rl policy learning to refine trajectories under real-world flight constraints
- co-authored nasa technical memorandum 20250009012 and presented the methodology to 40+ researchers
apr 2025 — jul 2025
- troubleshot registration, processing, and hardware issues, cutting athlete and staff wait time by 25%
- coordinated competition logistics for 600+ athletes from 15+ countries
- maintained registration records and supported livestream setups for remote viewers
educationhover for detailstap for details
2026 — 2029
- gpa: N/A
- activities: ibc tech team, parallel computing research
- coursework: cs 124, stat 200, math 231
publications
a dual-approach framework for evtol climb noise mitigationseptember 2025