Jon Cai
Computer Scientist at TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE AT CHICAGO
Roseville, California, United States
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Top SchoolJon Cai is a computer scientist and PhD student at CU Boulder with 11 years of research and engineering experience focused on machine learning, natural language processing, and broader AI systems. He has contributed as a graduate researcher for the NSF AI Institute for Student-AI Teaming and earlier as a research assistant at TTIC, pairing theoretical rigor with applied experimentation. Trained in both computer science and physics (University of Chicago; Xi'an Jiaotong University), he brings a strong quantitative mindset to modeling and algorithm design. Based in Roseville, CA, Jon blends programming, research, and conceptual thinking to tackle hard problems at the intersection of language and learning. He’s equally comfortable writing code and developing research ideas, driven by the motto “life is short, code it out.” An under-the-radar strength is his cross-disciplinary fluency—physics-informed perspectives that subtly shape his ML research approaches.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Physics, Bachelor of Science Physics at Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at University of Colorado BoulderMaster's Degree Computer Science and Physics, Master's Degree Computer Science and Physics at University of Chicago
Github Skills (32)
pytorch10
python10
data-science10
machine-learning10
ml10
deep-learning10
tensorflow10
deep-neural-networks10
gpu10
natural-language-processing10
neural-network10
nlp10
numpy9
acceleration9
bert9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Jonbean/models
Jun 2016 - Feb 2017
Contributions:268 commits, 297 pushes, 2 branches in 7 months
Jonbean/switchboard_parse
Jun 2016 - Apr 2020
Contributions:9 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 10 months
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