Deyao Zhu
Research Scientist at ByteDance
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDeyao Zhu is a research scientist with eight years of experience bridging academic research and industry-grade AI, currently working at ByteDance after completing a PhD in Computer Science at KAUST. His background combines mechatronics and electrical engineering with deep research stints at Max Planck Institute and Bosch Center for AI, reflecting strong cross-disciplinary expertise in intelligent systems. He has progressed from hands-on lab and internship roles to independent research during his PhD, bringing practical implementation skills alongside theoretical depth. Based in the United States, Deyao is skilled at translating advanced research into production-relevant solutions for large-scale platforms. An understated strength is his international research trajectory—Germany, Saudi Arabia, and China—which equips him to collaborate across global teams and diverse problem domains.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)Bachelor of Engineering - BE Mechatronics, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Mechatronics at Tongji UniversityMaster of Science - MS Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Master of Science - MS Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at Leibniz Universität Hannover
English, German, hokkien, Chinese
Github Skills (40)
memory-efficient9
pytorch9
python9
machine-learning9
multimodal9
natural-language-processing9
speech-recognition9
nlp9
foundation-models9
transformer8
chatbot8
deep-learning8
bert8
tensorflow8
chatgpt7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Vision-CAIR/MiniGPT-4
Apr 2023 - Nov 2023
Open-sourced codes for MiniGPT-4 and MiniGPT-v2 (https://minigpt-4.github.io, https://minigpt-v2.github.io/)
Contributions:1 review, 20 PRs, 29 pushes in 6 months
TsuTikgiau/MiniGPT-4
Oct 2023 - Oct 2023
MiniGPT-4: Enhancing Vision-language Understanding with Advanced Large Language Models
Contributions:14 PRs, 29 pushes in 18 days
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