Xiaotian Duan
Research Assistant at University of Chicago
Lemont, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolXiaotian Duan is a research-focused machine learning engineer and Ph.D. candidate in Computer & Data Science at the University of Chicago with a decade of experience applying deep learning to computational chemistry and bioinformatics. Currently a Research Assistant and active postdoc researcher at Argonne National Laboratory, he works at the intersection of LLMs and AI4Science, translating advanced models into scientific discovery workflows. His background spans rigorous academic training (Ph.D. work, MS from RPI with a 4.0) and hands-on lab experience at national labs, enabling both theoretical contributions and reproducible engineering. Xiaotian is comfortable bridging systems-level thinking with domain-specific modeling, and he often focuses on turning complex scientific problems into tractable ML research projects. Colleagues describe him as someone who pairs strong quantitative foundations with a knack for making models practically useful in lab settings.
10 years of coding experience
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer and System Engineering, 4.0, Master of Science (M.S.), Computer and System Engineering, 4.0 at Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteUniversity of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Systems and Machine Learning, 3.7, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Systems and Machine Learning, 3.7 at University of Chicago
English, Chinese, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (7)
natural-language-processing7
artificial-intelligence6
large-language-models5
chatgpt5
gpt5
llama3
mistral2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
xduan7/dl-project-template
Feb 2020 - Nov 2022
Contributions:161 commits, 167 pushes, 6 branches in 2 years 9 months
xduan7/UnoPytorch
Aug 2018 - May 2021
Contributions:57 commits, 46 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 9 months
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