Khanh Nguyen
Research Asssitant at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Urbana-Champaign Area United States
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Top SchoolKhanh Nguyen is a machine learning engineer and research assistant pursuing an MS in Computer Science at UIUC, with a 4.0 BS in CS from UIC and 12 years of hands-on experience across research labs and industry. Currently at UIUC’s Blender Lab, Khanh builds demonstration systems and advances retrieval-agent research for generative AI, pairing practical system engineering with NLP research. Previous roles include an ML internship at Adobe focused on agent research and impactful projects at CVS Health and the Discovery Partners Institute where they improved model accuracy and revamped UI design workflows. Khanh combines strong academic rigor with user-centered product thinking—evident from prototyping high-fidelity interfaces and deploying transformer-based speech emotion models. Fluent in bridging research and production, they have a track record of turning experimental models into usable demos and scalable design systems. Off the record, their GitHub bio hints at youthful ambition and a long-term drive that fuels rapid learning and broad technical curiosity.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 4.0/4.0, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 4.0/4.0 at University of Illinois at ChicagoMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignHigh School Diploma, Mathematics, 8.3, High School Diploma, Mathematics, 8.3 at Nguyen Huu Cau high school
Vietnamese, English, French
Github Skills (39)
webfonts8
bootstrap8
player7
stream7
material-icons7
flutter-plugin7
materialize6
flutter6
svg6
api6
gift6
android6
scraper6
mls6
dart5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
bimemto/fhcrawler
May 2016 - Oct 2022
Contributions:515 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 6 months
bimemto/SexyLady
Mar 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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