Max Zhao
Member Of Technical Staff at Cerebras Systems
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolMax Zhao is a Member of Technical Staff and kernel engineer with 11 years of experience, currently optimizing AI training kernels and writing assembly, C++, and Python for Cerebras Systems in Berlin. He bridges deep clinical and computational expertise—holding an MD/PhD (magna cum laude) and a Computer Science bachelor's—having worked on performance benchmarking of facial-embedding models and computational flow cytometry during his research visits. His recent work focuses on squeezing performance from hardware to accelerate state-of-the-art LLM training, a niche that blends low-level systems engineering with applied ML. Prior roles include a clinical genetics residency at Charité and short-term research stints at Cornell and the Big Data Institute, reflecting a career that moves fluidly between medicine and machine learning. Colleagues value his ability to translate clinical problem statements into high-performance kernel implementations that materially speed model training.
11 years of coding experience
MD/PhD, Magna cum laude, MD/PhD, Magna cum laude at Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinBachelor's degree, Computer Science, 1.3 (3.7/4.0 GPA equiv), Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 1.3 (3.7/4.0 GPA equiv) at Technische Universität Berlin
German, English, Chinese
Github Skills (200)
data-science10
i310
python10
window-manager10
pygobject10
partitioning10
applet10
tensorflow10
gnome-shell10
machine-learning10
tiling10
genomics10
gnome10
pytorch10
deep-learning10
Programming languages (27)
Github contributions (5)
xiamaz/YabaiIndicator
Dec 2021 - Jan 2023
MacOS Menubar Applet for showing spaces and switching spaces easily
Contributions:7 releases, 1 review, 34 commits in 1 year 1 month
menubarspacesswitchingmacosapplet
amos-flyinn/amos-tub-ws18-proj1
Oct 2018 - Feb 2019
AMOS [WS18/19] Project 1 - FlyInn
Contributions:1 release, 14 commits, 25 PRs in 3 months
project-1amos
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