Jiawei Zhang
Associate Professor
Davis, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJiawei Zhang is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at UC Davis and founder/director of the IFM Lab, combining a decade of academic leadership with applied research. He transitioned from assistant professorships at Florida State University and UC Davis into his current faculty role, reflecting a steady trajectory in research and teaching. His background includes research internships at Microsoft, IBM, and Yahoo and editorial work for ACM TKDD, signaling deep ties to both industry and scholarly publishing. Trained with a PhD from University of Illinois Chicago and a CS bachelor's from Nanjing University, he blends rigorous theoretical training with practical lab leadership. As IFM Lab director since 2017, he has cultivated multidisciplinary projects that bridge foundational research and real-world impact. Based in Davis, California, he is known for advancing data-driven methods while maintaining strong industry collaborations.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Nanjing UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science at University of Illinois Chicago
English, Chinese
Github Skills (7)
graph10
ranking9
graphql9
bert8
science8
computer-science7
react7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jwzhanggy/Graph_Toolformer
Apr 2023 - Sep 2023
Contributions:338 pushes, 1 branch, 9 comments in 4 months
jwzhanggy/ifmlab
Oct 2016 - Apr 2025
Contributions:681 pushes, 8 branches in 8 years 6 months
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