Haichao Zhang
Senior Research Scientist at Horizon Robotics
Cupertino, California, United States
Summary
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RockstarHaichao Zhang is a Senior Research Scientist based in Cupertino with nine years of hands-on experience developing computer vision and machine learning systems across industry and academia. He has driven research-to-product transitions at Horizon Robotics and Baidu USA after earlier research roles at Amazon, Microsoft Research Asia, and Duke, blending deep CV expertise with practical deployment know-how. Known for leading teams as a tech lead and shipping end-to-end solutions, he excels at turning cutting-edge algorithms into efficient, real-world implementations for embedded and cloud platforms. His career path—spanning internships at the US Army Research Lab to postdoctoral work—reflects a consistent focus on rigorous experimentation and system-level engineering. Colleagues value his ability to bridge academic rigor with product constraints, often surfacing novel optimizations that aren’t obvious from papers alone.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (84)
parallel10
unreal-engine-410
python10
simulator10
deep-learning10
ros10
distributed-training10
parallelization10
mahjong10
industrial10
neural-network10
paddlepaddle10
deep-reinforcement-learning10
computer-vision10
scalability10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Haichao-Zhang/alf
Aug 2019 - Apr 2022
Agent Learning Framework
Contributions:30 pushes, 28 branches in 2 years 8 months
agentdeep-learningmachine-learningframework-learningtensorflow
Haichao-Zhang/FeatureScatter
Oct 2019 - Nov 2020
Feature Scattering Adversarial Training
Contributions:1 release, 19 commits, 3 PRs in 1 year 1 month
pytorchpythondeep-learningadversarialadversarial-training
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