Pengkai Zhu
Senior Applied Scientist at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Pasadena, California, United States
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Top SchoolPengkai Zhu is a Senior Applied Scientist with nine years of experience at the intersection of research and production ML, currently at AWS AI Labs in Pasadena. He holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from Boston University and a background in electrical engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology, combining academic rigor with hands-on applied work. His research focuses on resource-limited machine learning, object detection, and reducing regression during model updates—skills he has applied to real-world problems such as perception for autonomous vehicles and stabilizing deployed models. Known for bridging theory and engineering, he specializes in making models robust and efficient under practical constraints.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Harbin Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Artificial Intelligence, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Artificial Intelligence at Boston University
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Github Skills (18)
prediction6
lstm6
nlp5
pytorch4
language-processing4
deep-learning4
natural-language-processing3
object-detection3
notebook3
ipython3
machine-learning3
neural-network3
re-identification2
caffe2
tensorflow2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
pengkaizhu/zsd_dataset
May 2018 - Jul 2019
Contributions:4 commits, 1 push in 1 year 2 months
pengkaizhu/toha
Apr 2022 - Jul 2022
A Hugo theme for personal portfolio
Contributions:9 pushes in 3 months
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