Rui Zhao
Research Scientist at Tencent
Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
Summary
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Top SchoolRui Zhao is a research scientist with a Ph.D. in Machine Learning and a decade of experience translating deep learning and reinforcement learning advances into game AI, robotics, and vision-language systems. Currently at Tencent AI Lab & Robotics X, he focuses on deep RL for real-world tasks, building on prior research roles at Siemens and internships at Horizon Robotics. His work bridges rigorous academic training—Magna cum laude PhD from LMU Munich and advanced robotics degrees—with hands-on applied research, including RGB-D activity recognition and cognitive visual dialog. Known for improving RL algorithms for practical deployment, he combines mechatronics roots with ML depth to tackle perception-to-control challenges in embodied AI.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Ludwig Maximilian University of MunichBachelor's degree, Mechatronics, Bachelor's degree, Mechatronics at Tongji UniversityBachelor's degree, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at Munich University of Applied SciencesMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Robotics, Cognition, Intelligence, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Robotics, Cognition, Intelligence at Technical University Munich
English, German, Chinese
Github Skills (59)
epub10
reader10
python10
data-science10
ebook-reader10
pdf10
machine-learning10
kobo10
tflearn10
kindle10
ml10
deep-learning10
tensorflow10
deep-neural-networks10
ubuntu-touch10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ruizhaogit/music
Feb 2020 - Mar 2021
Contributions:16 commits, 16 pushes, 1 comment in 1 year 1 month
ruizhaogit/GuessWhat-TemperedPolicyGradient
Jun 2018 - Feb 2019
Contributions:15 commits, 3 pushes in 7 months
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