Matthew Shang

Matthew Shang is a current BS/MS student in computer science at the University of Washington. Advised by Gilbert Bernstein, his academic research primarily focuses on computer graphics, programming languages, and applied mathematics. His professional industry background includes developing systems infrastructure at Jane Street, building continuous integration tools at Two Sigma, and engineering CUDA developer tools at NVIDIA. Shang has developed several independent technical projects, including a physically based GPU pathtracer, an augmented reality multiplayer minigolf game featuring an LLM announcer, and a simulation for steering boids with chaotic flows. He also serves as a teaching assistant for various undergraduate courses and is completing his master's thesis on going backwards through chaotic swarms and biological protocols, expected in April 2026. Shang's current focus centers on advancing complex computational simulations, mathematical modeling, and low-level graphics programming.