Bo Shang

Bo Shang

Forward-deployed AI & robotics engineer · LiDAR-camera sync · multi-sensor pipelines · Postdoc @ UMD

Public profile update checklist

Public profile update checklist

Use this checklist whenever an appointment, title, or public contact address changes. It is a reusable checklist, not a record that every platform is current.

Confirm the source facts

Update the source records first. The baseline confirmed on 2026-09-17 is:

  • Current institution: University of Maryland, College Park.
  • Current role: Postdoctoral Associate, Civil and Environmental Engineering / Maryland Transportation Institute, 2026-07 to present.
  • Most recent CUNY / City College appointment: 2025-07 to 2026-06.
  • Public contact email: bshang@umd.edu.

The website’s authoritative records are _data/cv.yml for appointments and _config.yml author.email for the public email. Reconfirm these facts when the next change occurs; update this dated baseline too. Preserve earlier appointments and affiliations printed on historical publications. Do not infer a move of home address from a job change.

Update and verify every destination

For each row: confirm the signed-in identity, inspect current public fields, save applicable changes, then reload the public profile. Check both current institution/title and the previous appointment’s end date. Where public email or an institutional verification domain is displayed, confirm it is current; record any pending verification separately. Account login and recovery emails are separate from public contact information.

DestinationFields and outputs to inspect
Website and CVBio/sidebar, academic web CV, resume index, both role web timelines, all six downloadable CV PDFs
LinkedInHeadline, About, current UMD experience, CUNY end date, public contact information
ORCIDEmployment records and dates, visibility, biography, public researcher links/email
Web of ScienceEditable profile affiliation and institution history; distinguish publication-derived affiliations
ResearchGateCurrent institution/department/position, previous affiliations and end dates, introduction
FacebookPublic Intro/About and Work records; preserve audience settings and avoid creating a separate announcement
GitHubBio and any existing public company/contact fields
Google ScholarProfile affiliation, verified email domain, homepage link

Keep a per-update record with URL, changed fields, checked date, and result (verified, already current, or a specific blocker/pending verification). Search excerpts can lag behind saved profiles; they are not proof of a live update. Do not mark a platform complete until the saved destination is checked.

Website and PDF completion gate

  • Update shared academic records, relevant _pages/ bios/timelines, and all five cv-tex/cv-*.tex role appointment entries. Audit project date ranges when they describe the same appointment; keep unrelated historical dates intact.
  • Follow the CV build procedure: sync contact data, rebuild all role PDFs, and regenerate the academic web CV and PDF. Never edit generated _pages/cv.md or assets/cv.pdf by hand.
  • Run python tools/build_academic_cv.py --check and python tools/check_contact_info.py; inspect actual PDF dates and rendered pages. Contact validation alone does not validate appointment dates.
  • Confirm the final PDF-generation and website-deployment workflows pass. Run python tools/check_contact_info.py --live-base-url https://cnpcshangbo.github.io and reopen the live pages and every linked PDF to verify the new dates, institution, and email. Refresh any separately delivered local CV copy.