Jade Cheng - Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Lead at The Walt Disney Company

Jade Cheng

Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Lead at The Walt Disney Company

Tallahassee, Florida, United States

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Jade Cheng is an AI/ML lead with 11 years of experience applying mathematical methods, numerical optimization, and predictive inference to real-world problems across academia, consulting, and enterprise. Currently at The Walt Disney Company, she integrates AI and ML into digital and travel operations to drive solution-oriented analytics and operational improvements. Her background includes postdoctoral work developing statistical software for genomics and mixture classification, and a PhD focused on hidden Markov models and parameterized inference frameworks. Comfortable bridging research and production, she has a track record of deploying end-to-end machine learning pipelines and teaching core CS topics. Based in Tallahassee, she combines deep theoretical expertise with practical engineering to translate big-data insights into robust operational tools.

11 years of coding experience

3 years of employment as a software developer

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Aarhus University

Bachelor of Science - BS, Biotechnology, Bachelor of Science - BS, Biotechnology at Nankai University

Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at University of Hawaii at Manoa

Github Skills (11)

markov4

linear-models3

hidden3

modeling2

stochastic-processes2

parameterized2

machine-learning1

inference1

statsmodels1

experimental-design1

probabilistic-models1

Programming languages (1)

Python

Github contributions (5)

jade-cheng/ohana

Apr 2016 - Jun 2021

Contributions:5 commits, 38 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 2 months

strongio/evolutionary-optimization

Sep 2018 - Sep 2018

Contributions:1 commit, 21 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day

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