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Dr. Phil. Yi-Yu Liu

About

EdTech Strategist | Full-Stack AI Engineer | Building AI products from incubation to production

Most EdTech engineers have never stood in front of a classroom. Most educators have never re-based a broken merge on a git repository. I have... and then I went and built the software(s) anyway. That combination is rare and it's exactly why what I ship actually gets used.

Skills

.NET

AIML

API Development

ASP.NET MVC

Applications Software Development

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Neural Networks

BPMN

C#

CSS

Decision Modeling

Document Object Model (DOM)

Entity Framework

Flask

HTML5

Javascript

LINQ

MVC

Machine Learning

Microsoft SQL Server

MongoDB

MySQL

Node.js

PostgreSQL

Python

React.js

TypeScript

Unified Modeling Language (UML)

Use Case Analysis

Use Case Diagrams

Open for

fulltime

cofounder

Work Experience

Perspective Mind AI

2024-10 -

Workplace
Tech Co-Founder (Part-Time)
Location

Other

Employement type

cofounder

• Co-founded and architected an AI oral-exam platform that validates knowledge directly instead of relying on AI-detector/humaniser cycles. • Designed the real-time Socket.IO interface (8 core WebSocket events) and multimodal verification pipelines across voice, video, and transcription. • Integrated GPT-4o, Faster Whisper, SpeechBrain, DeepFace, Sentence Transformers, and ElevenLabs; filed the Austria patent and retain IP ownership. Skills/Tech: ReactJS, Flask, OpenAI, Faster Whisper, SpeechBrain, ElevenLabs, Face API, Socket.io, WebRTC

Modul University of Vienna

2025-06 -

Workplace
Business and Data Analyst
Location

Other

Employement type

fulltime

• Built and evolved the PUMA platform UI, workflows, dashboards, and role-based features. • Owned end-to-end delivery from UX and requirements to implementation, testing, and release. • Implemented AI document identification (Gemma 4 26B via LM Studio) to reduce admissions delays from incorrect uploads, a root cause in around 60% of rejection/delay cases. • Integrated CampusNet OData at enterprise scale (929 unique entities) and strengthened RBAC (15 user types, 32 permission features). Skills/Tech: Next.js, Flask/Python, OData, MongoDB, JWT, LM Studio, Gemma, IIS

{type}DEV Technologies

2018-10 - 2026-01

Workplace
Business Analyst / UX UI Developer
Location

Remote

Employement type

fulltime

• Developed Dashboard front end for Impact CAT. • Designed user journeys, wireframes, and front-end experiences for dashboard and portal products. • Built front-end modules and collaborated on API/database integration across client systems. • Converted stakeholder input into implementable UX improvements and production features. • Modeled a employee onboarding process for 74 different broker / employee types within 3 months of a consulted insurance giant in South Africa. • Designed a multi-tier security protocol BPMN diagram for executives in a security firm, South Africa • Modeled Insurance company's Supplier onboarding process from RFP / RFQ until payout. • Innovated "window of opportunity / competitor" analysis for American firm using text mining on Google Play. Skills/Tech: ReactJS, Angular, VueJS, Bootstrap, Kendo UI, ASP.NET MVC, Razor, SQL Server, Python, Power BI

Modul University of Vienna

2023-02 -

Workplace
Data Science Lecturer
Location

Other

Employement type

parttime

• Teach web/application development and dashboard implementation with practical front-end focus. • Guide student prototypes with AI integration workflows for real-world product delivery. • Established and taught Knowledge Extraction, Data Modeling and Visualisation subject • Restructured Smart Information Systems Engineering subject Skills/Tech: HTML/CSS/JavaScript, Flask, Python, Power BI, LM Studio, OpenAI

University of Pretoria

2014-12 - 2019-12

Workplace
Informatics Lecturer
Location

Other

Employement type

fulltime

• Delivered software engineering modules with strong emphasis on UI implementation and full-stack fundamentals. Skills/Tech: ASP.NET MVC, C#, SQL Server, MongoDB, HTML, Bootstrap

Academic Experience

University of Pretoria -

 

2012.12 - 2016.12

Bachelor of Science, BSc in Informatics ABET accredited

University of Pretoria -

 

2016.12 - 2019.04

Master of Science, MSc in Informatics

Modul University of Vienna -

 

2020.08 - 2025.12

Philosophical Doctorate, PhD in Business and Socioeconomics Sciences