Shen Yan
Research Scientist at ByteDance
Bellevue, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShen Yan is a research scientist with nine years of experience specializing in multimodal machine learning and pretraining, currently driving MM pretraining efforts at ByteDance after recent research roles at Google and DeepMind. With a PhD in Computer Science from Michigan State and prior engineering studies in Germany and China, Shen blends deep academic rigor with practical industry impact across top-tier AI labs. Their track record includes multiple research internships and applied ML roles at leading companies, signaling an ability to move ideas from prototype to production-scale research. Based in Bellevue, WA, Shen is comfortable at the intersection of foundational model research and applied systems, and is known for rapidly transitioning between high-impact research environments. An under-the-radar strength is frequent cross-organizational collaboration, evidenced by short, impactful stints at varied teams that accelerate knowledge transfer and deployment.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Telecommunications Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Telecommunications Engineering at Xidian UniversityMaster of Science - MS Computer Engineering, Master of Science - MS Computer Engineering at RWTH Aachen UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Michigan State University
English, German, Chinese
Github Skills (3)
dog3
tensorflow2
deep-learning2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ssangx/NeuralRelighting
Jul 2020 - Oct 2022
Contributions:27 commits, 24 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
ssangx/raytracing.cuda
Sep 2019 - Mar 2020
Contributions:36 commits, 35 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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