U of T Computer Science · Research Engineering

Shiyuan Lyu

I build reliable AI research systems and practical software.

Computer science student at the University of Toronto working on LLM-powered agent systems, Python research infrastructure, interactive applications, and algorithmic AI.

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Experience

Research and applied work

May 2026 - Present Toronto, Canada

The Matter Lab, University of Toronto

Undergraduate Research Assistant · El Agente Gráfico

El Agente · PI: Prof. Alán Aspuru-Guzik · El Agente members · Matter Lab website

Contributing reliable Python tooling to El Agente's LLM-powered multi-agent research ecosystem.

Upgrade and maintain Pydantic schemas that validate tool inputs, outputs, metadata, and agent-interface contracts.
Encapsulate agent tools with typed capability definitions and lifecycle hooks.
Improve the reliability and extensibility of structured agent-tool workflows.

2023 - 2025 Remote

Nyamboyo Technical School

Technical Volunteer and Content Coordinator

Digitized handwritten lecture notes, managed upload tracking, and coordinated teacher feedback for a nonprofit educational resource project.

Projects

Selected technical projects

2026 Python · Streamlit · LLM APIs · NetworkX

Academic Literature Knowledge Graph

Built and deployed a research application for arXiv search, PDF parsing, schema-validated LLM extraction, and interactive graph exploration.

Designed a modular pipeline covering discovery, parsing, extraction, graph construction, quality reporting, and exports.
Added mock-provider tests, sample artifacts, deployment configuration, API-key safety guidance, and reproducible setup documentation.

GitHub Live Demo

A completed Gomoku game showing five black stones in a row, a red winning line, and restart controls

Spring 2026 Python · Pygame · Algorithms

Gomoku AI with Minimax Search

Developed a complete, playable human-versus-AI Gomoku application as a CSC111 course project.

Implemented minimax search with alpha-beta pruning, candidate filtering, move ordering, and transposition-table caching.
Designed heuristic scoring for open-ended lines, local neighborhoods, center control, and immediate tactical wins.
Built a Pygame interface with restart controls, last-move highlighting, and winning-line visualization.

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Education

University of Toronto

Sept. 2025 - Present Toronto, Canada

Honours Bachelor of Science, Computer Science Specialist

University of Toronto, St. George · Toronto, Canada

Skills

Tools I use

Languages

Python, Java, JavaScript, HTML/CSS

AI & Research Engineering

LLM API integration, agent-tool interfaces, structured validation, NetworkX

Frameworks & Developer Tools

Pydantic, Streamlit, Git, GitHub, Codex, Claude Code, LaTeX

Awards

Honors and awards

Distinction, Euclid Mathematics Contest and Canadian Senior Mathematics Contest, 2024.
Top 25%, Fermat Mathematics Contest and Hypatia Mathematics Contest, 2023 - 2024.