Izzie L
Applied Scientist at Microsoft AI
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolIzzie L is an Applied Scientist at Microsoft with 11 years of hands-on experience building end-to-end web and mobile products and now applying that product-focused mindset to training and evaluating large language models. A UC Berkeley graduate in Computer Science, Data Science, and Cognitive Science, she has shipped production features from frontend prototypes to backend systems for high-traffic sites and student-facing platforms. At Microsoft AI she fine-tunes open-source LLMs to beat internal benchmarks and builds north-star metrics to measure document relevance, combining research rigor with product metrics. Her background includes leading analytics and design projects at Berkeley, running web operations for a 3,000+ weekly visitor site, and managing cross-functional engineering teams for health and education apps. Curious and community-oriented, she pairs strong technical breadth with UX sensibility and a penchant for philosophical conversations over coffee.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts Computer Science Data Science Cognitive Science Entrepreneurship & Technology, Bachelor of Arts Computer Science Data Science Cognitive Science Entrepreneurship & Technology at University of California, BerkeleyHigh School, High School at Gabrielino High School
Chinese, English
Github Skills (5)
oculus2
virtual-reality2
scheduling2
openvr2
oculus-quest1
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
izzielau/izzielau.github.io
Nov 2020 - Dec 2022
Contributions:109 commits, 105 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 1 month
izzielau/terkel
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:21 pushes, 7 branches in 11 months
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