Lisa Zhang
Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream at University of Toronto Mississauga
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolLisa Zhang is an Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream) in computer science with 15 years of industry and academic experience building data-driven systems and teaching the next generation of engineers. Her background spans startups and large companies—founding a data-visualization startup, leading engineering and data teams, and driving production machine learning at ad-tech firms using Spark and real-time pipelines. She blends practical product experience (A/B testing, recommendation engines, dynamic ad optimization) with formal training in machine learning (Master’s, University of Toronto) and a strong mathematical foundation (BMath, Waterloo). Based in Toronto, she brings a rare mix of technical leadership, hands-on model engineering, and classroom-focused pedagogy, and has a track record of turning research-grade algorithms into scalable production features.
14 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Machine Learning, Master’s Degree, Machine Learning at University of TorontoUniversity of Waterloo
Github Skills (4)
minikanren9
visualization3
database3
data-visualization2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Polychart/polychart.js
Nov 2012 - Jan 2017
Contributions:6 commits, 1 push in 4 years 2 months
xuexue/homepage
Feb 2017 - Mar 2025
Contributions:42 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 2 months
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