Alan Yi
Student Researcher at Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA)
Shanghai, United States
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Top SchoolAlan Yi is an ML engineer and researcher focused on the intersection of AI, quantum computing, and medicine, with nine years of practical experience and a track record spanning industry internships and academic projects. He has built diffusion- and LLM-powered image tools at Tencent, led GCN work for quantum key distribution with Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and is pursuing reinforcement learning solutions for fixed-wing UAV path planning at Purdue. Currently engaged in quantum federated learning and a Quantum Theory of Mind project, he will join IBM Silicon Valley Lab as an ML Engineer Intern in Summer 2026. Based in Shanghai but active in US research environments, he combines applied engineering with exploratory research and has a knack for translating theoretical ideas into prototype systems—his GitHub ethos (“slow down”) hints at deliberate, thoughtful experimentation.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Purdue UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Shanghai High School International DivisionProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
qingshangithub/qingshangithub.github.io
Mar 2019 - Sep 2020
Contributions:58 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
qingshangithub/KNNbyMatlab
Nov 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:6 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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