Summary
Haicang Zhou is a machine learning engineer and final-year PhD from Nanyang Technological University with eight years of experience bridging academic research and production-grade AI, now focusing on next-generation recommendation algorithms at TikTok. His research spans data mining, graph neural networks, spatiotemporal urban computing, and AI4Science, with publications in top AI and data-mining venues and practical work touching recommender systems, map services, and knowledge graphs. Trained at Fudan University and a math visiting stint at HKUST, he combines rigorous theoretical grounding with applied system development. Notably, he brings a geography-aware perspective to ML—applying spatial insights to improve model relevance in urban and recommender contexts—while transitioning his academic advances into scalable industry solutions.
8 years of coding experience
Bsc in Computer Science, Computer Science, Bsc in Computer Science, Computer Science at Fudan University
Visiting Internship Student, Mathematics, Visiting Internship Student, Mathematics at 香港科技大学
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science and Engineering at Nanyang Technological University Singapore