Xiangyu Peng
Senior Research Scientist at Salesforce
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolXiangyu Peng is a Senior Research Scientist specializing in human-centered AI with a PhD in Machine Learning from Georgia Tech, blending expertise in natural language generation, explainable AI, deep reinforcement learning, and game AI. With eight years of experience and roles spanning graduate research, industry internships at Microsoft and Salesforce, and current research leadership at Salesforce in Palo Alto, he translates cutting-edge research into product-relevant solutions. His work sits at the intersection of large language models and interactive systems, emphasizing interpretability and agent behavior in entertainment and real-world settings. Notably, his background in structural and civil engineering informs a methodical, systems-oriented approach to ML research and robust experimentation.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Civil Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Civil Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Machine Learning, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Machine Learning at Georgia Institute of TechnologyMaster's degree Structural Engineering, Master's degree Structural Engineering at Stanford University
Chinese, English, Korean
Github Skills (11)
raw-data5
semantics4
natural-language-processing2
deep-learning2
conceptnet2
reader2
pytorch2
machine-learning1
artificial-intelligence1
nlp1
rpg1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
xiangyu-peng/HEX-RL
Jun 2022 - Oct 2022
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
xiangyu-peng/Gatech_Agent_Eva_2
Feb 2020 - May 2021
Contributions:212 commits, 21 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 2 months
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