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My name is Robert and I’m a Computer Engineering student at UBC, currently interning at UBC PhysAI where I work on physics-aware diffusion models. On the side, I’m interested in software engineering, particularly probabilistic modeling, relational learning, ML systems, and UI design.

Based in Vancouver, BC

01May 27, 2026

Received the AML-TN for ongoing work on physics-aware diffusion models

First-author research carried out with Dr. Yichen Chen at UBC PhysAI on physics-aware diffusion models, funded by Huawei.

02April 8, 2026

Interview at CBC: A new shopping platform developed by a Calgary student simplifies buying local

CBC

Robert Hoang, a local computer engineering student, has spent the last two weeks onboarding businesses around Calgary into his newly developed shopping platform. Robert joined us in-studio to tell us all about the rollout of Dayo.

Listen on CBC →
03March 30, 2026

Launched Dayo across Vancouver, Calgary, and Toronto

Founder & CEO

Shipped the Dayo shopping platform across three cities with over 200,000 products from local businesses on day one.

Visit Dayo →

  • 01May 2026
    ArtRECO: Non-Relational Recommendation via Contrastive OptimizationLoRA training pipeline with a recommendation algorithm.
  • 02April 2026
    A Cold-Start Dual-Encoder Embedding PipelineDual-encoder embeddings for cold-start graph recommendation.
  • 03March 2026
    DayoShopping platform for local businesses in Vancouver, Calgary, and Toronto.
  • 04September 2025
    Joint Representation Deep Learning in Heterogeneous GraphsJoint representation learning across heterogeneous graphs.
  • 05July 2025
    Future ATP PredictionsPredicting future ATP rankings from historical match data.

When I’m away from the keyboard, I’m usually playing guitar, sitting at a piano, or out for a run to clear my head.

I used to be into photography, film, and drawing. I don’t really care for them anymore.

I’m always listening to music. My favorites are John Mayer, Elliott Smith, and Oasis.

Oh, and I made a short video. Go watch it.

Watch “One Last Mile” →

  • 01May 2026
    One Last MileA short film.