Chenchao Zhao
Applied Scientist at Amazon
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChenchao Zhao is an applied scientist with 8 years of experience translating theoretical physics rigor into production-grade machine learning systems across computer vision, NLP, and MLOps. After a PhD in physics from UIUC, he progressed from academic research to an AI fellowship and senior research roles, now leading a cross-functional team at Amazon managing thousands of SageMaker jobs for large-scale experiments. He combines deep statistical modeling and research instincts with hands-on engineering to move models from prototype to robust deployment. Known among peers as a "crazy ML scientist," he brings curiosity-driven problem solving and an ability to tame complex, resource-intensive workflows in fast-moving product environments.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Physics, Bachelor's degree Physics at Beijing Normal UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Physics at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Github Skills (82)
transformers10
language-model10
python10
flax10
deep-learning10
image-generation10
speech10
gpu10
numpy10
audio10
resume10
multi-gpu10
neural-network10
transformer10
nlp10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ChenchaoZhao/torchvision-extra
Apr 2021 - Aug 2022
Contributions:14 releases, 63 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
ChenchaoZhao/TorchLiter
Feb 2021 - Oct 2022
A lightweight PyTorch training engine
Contributions:15 releases, 258 commits, 19 PRs in 1 year 8 months
pytorchpythondeep-learningtorchmachine-learning
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