Lei Chen
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Workday
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLei Chen is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer based in Palo Alto with 8 years of experience translating advanced research into production-grade AI systems across computer vision, 3D applications, and multimodal/LLM-driven solutions. At HP he led graph neural network and GAN-inspired innovations that cut simulation and optimization times from hours to minutes and integrated models into NVIDIA and industrial 3D printing platforms; he now continues that trajectory at Workday. An inventor with nearly 20 US patents, Lei combines hands-on model optimization and CI/CD practices with cross-functional leadership to deliver real-time, interpretable ML services. His academic work in super-resolution and drone audio detection underscores a pragmatic research bent—optimizing perceptual quality and real-world deployment on edge devices. Notably, he bridges signal-processing roots and large-scale ML engineering, routinely turning proof-of-concept prototypes into scalable, business-impacting products.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, IrvineMaster of Science - MS Electrical and Computer Engineering, Master of Science - MS Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke UniversityEngineering School Summer Program Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Engineering School Summer Program Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Peking UniversityB.S Electrical Engineering, B.S Electrical Engineering at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Github Skills (9)
pytorch10
machine-learning10
deep-learning10
physics10
ram4
recurrent3
self-attention2
attention-mechanism2
computer-vision1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
dearleiii/PIRM-2018-SISR-Challenge
Jun 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:100 commits, 102 pushes, 3 branches in 1 month
dearleiii/LeetCode
Jul 2018 - Jul 2019
Contributions:149 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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