Cui, Yifeng
Software Engineer at Intel
Shanghai, China
Summary
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RockstarCui Yifeng is a software engineer based in Shanghai with six years of experience focused on deep learning engineering and performance optimization. As an Intel Deep Learning Software Engineer, he has hands-on expertise migrating and modernizing TensorFlow 1.x models to TensorFlow 2.0, adapting preprocessing, dataset handling, and inference pipelines for Intel Xeon and Data Center GPU platforms. His contributions to Intel’s AI Reference Models—notably enabling MobileNet v1 and SSD-ResNet34 inference—demonstrate practical skills in making research models production-ready and hardware-efficient. Comfortable working across model code, deployment details, and low-level configuration, he blends ML engineering with systems-aware optimization. Colleagues can rely on him for pragmatic migrations that preserve accuracy while improving compatibility and performance.
6 years of coding experience
Github Skills (10)
inference10
tensorflow10
deep-learning10
python9
deep-neural-networks9
ai9
neural-network9
performance-analysis8
performance-monitor8
cpu8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
intel/ai-reference-models
Jul 2019 - Apr 2020
Intel® AI Reference Models: contains Intel optimizations for running deep learning workloads on Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and Intel® Data Center GPUs
Role in this project:
ML Engineer
ML EngineerContributions:11 commits in 8 months
Contributions summary:Cui, primarily focused on migrating and adapting TensorFlow 1.x models to TensorFlow 2.0 within the context of Intel's AI reference models. Their work involved significant code changes related to model compatibility, including modifications to preprocessing, dataset handling, and session configurations. Furthermore, the user contributed to enabling and supporting inference capabilities using the updated models and frameworks, specifically for the MobileNet v1 and SSD-ResNet34 models. Their commits demonstrate expertise in deep learning model adaptation and optimization for Intel platforms.
optimizationsprocessorstensorflowzoomodel-zoo
CuiYifeng/pytorch
Mar 2024 - Mar 2025
Tensors and Dynamic neural networks in Python with strong GPU acceleration
Contributions:27 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year
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