Hongyang Zhang
Assistant Professor at University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolHongyang Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo and an affiliate at the Vector Institute, leading the SafeAI Lab with a focus on trustworthy machine learning. He earned a Ph.D. in Machine Learning from Carnegie Mellon University and spent two years as a postdoc at TTIC, bringing nine years of research experience at the intersection of theory and applied AI. His work bridges academic rigor and real-world safety concerns in deployed systems, often translating advanced ML theory into practical, verifiable solutions. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, he combines deep expertise from top labs with an emerging leadership role in building safer AI tools and collaborations across academia and industry.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Peking UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Machine Learning, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Machine Learning at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (19)
tradeoff10
loss10
surrogate10
cuda8
inference8
llm-inference8
defense8
large-language-models8
pytorch8
deep-learning7
encryption7
transformer7
llm6
ai5
privacy5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
xincoder/google_attack
Jan 2019 - Jul 2020
Contributions:2 PRs, 20 pushes, 1 comment in 1 year 5 months
yaodongyu/TRADES
May 2022 - May 2022
TRADES (TRadeoff-inspired Adversarial DEfense via Surrogate-loss minimization)
Contributions:1 commit, 2 PRs, 181 pushes in 1 day
pytorchminimizationdeep-learningadversarialtradeoff
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