Hao Zhang
Staff Algorithm Engineer at Alibaba Group
Singapore, Singapore
Summary
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Top SchoolHao Zhang is a Senior Research Scientist based in Singapore with nine years of experience building and applying large language and multimodal models, retrieval-augmented generation, and production-grade AI agents. He has led multimodal foundation model efforts at Alibaba DAMO and contributed to Pangu LLM and a Search Agent at Huawei Noah’s Ark Lab before moving into quantitative research at Balyasny Asset Management. Hao blends deep academic training (PhD, Nanyang Technological University) with hands-on engineering across research institutes and industry, routinely moving models from prototype to deployed systems. Known for bridging algorithmic research and applied product needs, he often focuses on efficient, scalable architectures for real-world multimodal workflows. An understated strength is his track record of collaborating across national labs, corporate R&D, and finance, enabling rapid translation of cutting-edge models into domain-specific solutions.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Communications Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Communications Engineering at Dalian University of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at Nanyang Technological University Singapore
Chinese, English
Github Skills (26)
python-codes10
batch-normalization10
language-processing10
vision-and-language10
reinforcement-learning9
lists9
robotics9
lstm9
nlp9
prediction9
deep-learning8
knowledge-representation8
natural-language-processing8
machine-learning8
stock8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
26hzhang/DL-NLP-Readings
Oct 2021 - Apr 2022
Contributions:14 commits, 2 PRs, 281 pushes in 6 months
nlplanguage-modelroboticsdeep-learninglanguage-processing
IsaacChanghau/IsaacChanghau.github.io
Apr 2018 - Jan 2020
Contributions:67 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
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