Summary
Jason Liang is a research scientist based in San Francisco with 11 years of experience specializing in evolutionary algorithms, neural architecture search, and AutoML for deep learning. He holds a PhD from UT Austin and has translated academic research into industry impact at Sentient Technologies and now Cognizant, where he builds evolutionary AutoML systems for production-grade deep learning. His work blends rigorous experimentation with systems engineering, including a novel evolutionary NAS algorithm developed at Sentient and research into applying evolution to deep neural networks. Comfortable across academia and industry, he has a background in robotics simulation, computer vision, and AR benchmarking that informs a practical, multidisciplinary approach to AI problems. Colleagues describe him as someone who bridges theoretical insight and scalable implementation, with a particular interest in how evolutionary methods can accelerate progress toward more capable LLMs and AGI.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
BS EECS, BS EECS at University of California, Berkeley
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin
Chinese, English