Keqiang Yan is a research scientist specializing in AI for Science with seven years of experience applying predictive and generative models, LLMs, and agents to materials, molecular, and protein modeling. He transitioned from a PhD in Computer Science at Texas A&M to postdoctoral research at Princeton and now works at ByteDance Seed, combining academic rigor with industry-driven impact. His open-source contributions include extending graph deep learning tooling—adding data loaders and reworking GraphAF components for benchmarks on ZINC250k and QM9—indicating hands-on expertise in model engineering and dataset preparation. Keqiang’s background spans top-tier research internships (MSR AI4Science) and cross-disciplinary training from Peking University, enabling him to bridge foundational ML research and practical AI-driven discovery.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
理学学士, 智能科学与技术, 理学学士, 智能科学与技术 at 北京大学
博士, Computer Science, 博士, Computer Science at 美国德克萨斯A&M大学
Contributions:57 commits, 42 pushes, 1 comment in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Keqiang primarily focused on adding data loading functionalities and modifying code related to GraphAF (Graph Auto-Flow) within the repository. Specifically, they added data loaders for processing ZINC250k and QM9 datasets. Furthermore, they updated and rewrote code related to GraphAF, including changes to the model architecture and optimization components, and added benchmark files, demonstrating efforts towards model development and evaluation. These contributions suggest involvement in model training, evaluation, and potentially data preparation within a graph deep learning research context.
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
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Keqiang Yan - Postdoctoral Researcher at Princeton University