Xingdi Yuan
Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, Montreal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolXingdi Yuan is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research Montreal with over a decade of experience advancing applied AI and machine learning research within Microsoft since 2015. Having progressed from research engineer roles at Maluuba to senior research positions and now principal-level leadership, Xingdi blends hands-on model development with research strategy and collaboration across product teams. He holds a Master's in Computer Science from NYU and a B.Eng. in Electrical and Communications Engineering, reflecting a strong foundation spanning theory and systems. Based in Montreal, he is known for translating research prototypes into production-ready solutions and mentoring early-career researchers—an understated strength that amplifies impact across projects.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at New York UniversityBachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering at Beijing University of Technology
English, Chinese
Github Skills (82)
python10
deep-learning10
mahjong10
neural-network10
jax10
data-science10
tensorflow10
jupyter-notebook10
pytorch10
machine-learning10
word2vec9
text-based9
topic-modeling9
expressions9
fasttext9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
xingdi-eric-yuan/TextWorld-Coin-Collector
Aug 2018 - Aug 2021
Coin collector game in Microsoft TextWorld, and a simple RL agent solving it.
Contributions:23 commits, 5 PRs, 26 pushes in 3 years
agentsolvingin-gamereinforcement-learningcoin
xingdi-eric-yuan/GATA-public
Feb 2020 - Aug 2021
Contributions:1 review, 24 commits, 12 PRs in 1 year 6 months
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