Tianyi Peng
Assistant Professor at Columbia University
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTianyi Peng is an Assistant Professor and machine learning researcher with a decade of experience building algorithms for large-scale, dynamic settings, blending academic rigor from MIT with industry-facing product work. After a PhD focused on machine learning, causal inference, and quantum information, Tianyi transitioned from research roles at MIT and a stint developing recommendation systems at TikTok to applied AI work as an AI Research Scientist at Cimulate.AI creating a generative Customer-GPT. Now based in Cambridge and starting a faculty role at Columbia, Tianyi bridges theoretical foundations and real-world systems, with strengths in scaling models and marrying causal insights to production ML. Notably, their background in the elite Yao Class at Tsinghua and cross-domain PhD training suggest an ability to take on high-dimensional, interdisciplinary problems that span theory to deployment.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Machine Learning, Causal Inference, Quantum Information, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Machine Learning, Causal Inference, Quantum Information at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor's degree, Computer Science (Yao Class), Bachelor's degree, Computer Science (Yao Class) at Tsinghua University
Github Skills (39)
python10
data-science10
data-manipulation10
dataframes10
pandas10
manipulation10
adapter10
data-structures10
frame10
data-analysis10
transformers9
pytorch9
lora9
llm8
machine-learning7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
TianyiPeng/Cluster-Simulation-Scheme
Sep 2018 - Jul 2020
Contributions:7 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
TianyiPeng/tianyipeng.github.io
Nov 2019 - Apr 2025
Contributions:84 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 5 months
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