Summary
Congzheng Song is a machine learning research engineer at Apple with 11 years of experience bridging academic research and deployed privacy-preserving ML systems. He completed a Ph.D. in Computer Science at Cornell after a strong undergraduate foundation in math and CS at Emory (3.96 GPA), and spent internships at Google, Amazon, and Petuum that shaped his applied research instincts. At Apple he focuses on federated learning and privacy-preserving techniques, translating cutting-edge theory into practical, production-ready solutions. Known for rigorous academic training and a taste for hands-on system-building, he combines deep technical expertise with experience across research labs and industry teams. An owner of a concise personal research site, he brings a researcher’s curiosity to real-world ML privacy challenges in New York.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, 3.96, Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, 3.96 at Emory University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at Cornell University
Chinese, Japanese, English