Wenqian Ye
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWenqian Ye is a research scientist and software engineer with eight years of experience at the intersection of machine learning and production systems, currently working on Ads Ranking and foundational AI at Meta. With a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Virginia and advanced degrees from NYU Courant and UIUC, she bridges rigorous research methods and practical engineering—most recently contributing to agentic and foundational AI efforts at AWS. Her background includes embedded and systems work at Cirrus Logic, giving her a rare combination of low-level systems understanding and state-of-the-art ML research. Colleagues describe her as someone who turns novel research ideas into deployable models and ranking systems, pairing academic depth with product-focused delivery.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Courant Institute of Mathematical SciencesBachelor of Science, Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Mathematics and Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Virginia
Github Skills (13)
robotics10
racing8
rover8
autopilot7
perception7
autonomous-vehicles7
iot7
extraction3
ctp3
python-requests3
data-extraction2
python2
dropbox1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
wenqian-ye/My_Books
Jul 2019 - Nov 2020
Contributions:11 commits, 6 pushes in 1 year 4 months
wenqian-ye/Text-Image-SSL
May 2022 - Aug 2022
Contributions:15 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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