Summary
James Yang is a PhD candidate at Nanyang Technological University with eight years of experience building AI and data systems that solve real-world problems. His background blends hands-on industry internships at firms like Jump Trading, SAP, Visa, and ViSenze with academic research in AI and data systems, giving him a practical bent on production-ready ML and data infrastructure. He has a strong foundation in mathematics and computer science and a track record of improving deep learning model performance—raising F1 scores by over 20% during a Visenze project. Based in Singapore, he focuses on bridging research and engineering to move models from prototype to deployed systems. Outside formal roles, he maintains a technical homepage and GitHub presence that reflect an ongoing commitment to reproducible research and tooling.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Hangzhou Foreign Languages School
Bachleor of Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachleor of Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science at Nanyang Technological University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, AI and Data systems, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, AI and Data systems at Nanyang Technological University Singapore
English, Chinese