Tan Fuwen
R&D at ByteDance
San Jose, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTan Fuwen is an R&D engineer with a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Virginia and a decade of experience applying machine learning to real-world systems across industry and academia. He has driven research and prototyping at Samsung AI Center in Cambridge and now works at ByteDance, with prior internships at Adobe, Amazon’s A9, Honda Research, and a research associate role developing low-cost 3D telepresence systems. His work spans computer vision, multimodal sensing and applied deep learning, with a track record of translating research prototypes into practical solutions for AR, traffic perception, and telepresence. Based in San Jose, he combines rigorous academic training in applied mathematics and CS with hands-on engineering across both research labs and product-focused teams. An understated strength is his history of moving between long-term research projects and short, impact-driven internships, showing both depth and rapid adaptation.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.) Applied Mathematics, Master of Science (M.S.) Applied Mathematics at Zhejiang UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.) Applied Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Applied Mathematics at Sun Yat-sen UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at University of Virginia
Github Skills (34)
tvm10
pytorch10
python10
machine-learning10
llm10
temp10
data-science9
language-model9
tensorflow9
deep-learning9
arxiv9
embedded8
jax8
prototyping8
effort8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
uvavision/RerankingTransformer
Sep 2021 - Jun 2022
Contributions:13 commits, 12 pushes, 2 branches in 9 months
uvavision/Text2Scene
Apr 2019 - Apr 2022
Contributions:26 commits, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
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