Summary
Po-yu Chen is an AIML lead with a PhD in Computer Science and over a decade of experience building and operationalizing advanced ML/AI solutions for finance, research institutions and industry. He has driven R&D and training at JPMorgan Chase—creating production-ready bandit, RL, representation learning and differentially private generative models—and now leads AIML for Global Markets at Barclays. His work spans applied and theoretical research, from LLM fine-tuning and RL-guided language agents to sustainable-AI frameworks that balance utility, privacy, fairness and emissions. A seasoned project manager and mentor, he also holds concurrent research roles (Honorary Research Fellow at Imperial) and has a track record in deploying sensor/IoT analytics and anomaly detection from earlier academic projects. Notably, he blends cutting-edge research with production standards and internal benchmarking, making him effective at translating SOTA methods into business impact.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science, Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Science at National Cheng Kung University
Master’s Degree Engineering Science, Master’s Degree Engineering Science at National Taiwan University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at Imperial College London
English, Chinese, Japanese