Lihong Zhang
Data Scientist
Mountain View, California, United States
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Top SchoolLihong Zhang is a data scientist and software engineer with 12 years of experience building production ML systems and optimizing large-scale infrastructure, currently working at Meta on ads ranking, resource forecasting, and GDPR-compliant ML pipelines. She holds an M.S. in Computational Science from Harvard and a B.S. in Mathematical Physics from the University of Waterloo, blending strong theoretical foundations with practical software engineering. Her work spans real-time ranking for 1B+ DAU, latency and cost tradeoffs in backend systems, and predictive models that reduce idle GPU/CPU capacity. Earlier roles include algorithmic trading analytics, deep-learning recommendation and forecasting for consumer IoT, and research simulating optical systems at IQC—evidence of cross-domain problem-solving. She has contributed to the Apollo autonomous driving open-source project, improving perception and planning integrations and emphasizing code quality in complex systems. Based in Mountain View, she combines rigorous academic training with hands-on systems engineering and a knack for turning experimental models into production impact.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Cross-registration, Cross-registration at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMaster's degree, Computational Science, 3.77/4.0, Master's degree, Computational Science, 3.77/4.0 at Harvard UniversityBachelor of Engineering - BE, Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology, 3.73/4.0, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology, 3.73/4.0 at Ocean University of ChinaBachelor of Science - BS, Mathematical Physics, 3.75/4.0, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematical Physics, 3.75/4.0 at University of Waterloo
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Github Skills (8)
git10
c-language10
apollo10
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autonomous-driving10
opengl9
computer-vision9
cmake8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
ApolloAuto/apollo
Aug 2017 - Aug 2017
An open autonomous driving platform
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Systems Engineer
Back-end Developer & Systems EngineerContributions:27 commits in 5 days
Contributions summary:Lihong primarily fixed compiling warnings and added configurations related to the map file path within the Apollo autonomous driving platform. The contributions also included changes to perception modules, specifically concerning visualizers and object detection. The code modifications included updates to header and source files, suggesting a focus on code quality and integration within the perception and planning subsystems. The user’s work touched upon core components vital for autonomous vehicle functionality.
autonomousmachine-learningautonomyautonomous-drivingapollo
daizhenyang/leetcode
Aug 2013 - Sep 2013
Contributions:40 commits in 9 days
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