Yandong Li
Senior Software Engineer at Google DeepMind
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYandong Li is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years of experience at the intersection of machine learning and computer vision, currently working on generative AI at Google DeepMind. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from UCF’s CRCV lab, contributing research-driven approaches to self-supervised learning and generative models during multiple internships and research roles at Google, Microsoft, IBM, Baidu, and Microsoft Research Asia. Yandong’s background blends academic rigor—top-10 CV lab research and CVPR-presented work—with production-grade engineering across Google and DeepMind, enabling him to move models from prototype to scalable systems. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, he is actively seeking a summer internship to apply his research expertise to real-world ML challenges. A not obvious detail: his early team placements achieved top finishes in large-scale vision competitions (YouTube-8M, ActivityNet), reflecting both competitive and collaborative strengths.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering at Southeast UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at University of Central Florida
Github Skills (35)
spade10
image-synthesis9
machine-learning9
visual-recognition9
generative-model9
face-detection8
face-recognition8
ai8
segmentation8
google8
animation7
synthesis7
semantic7
deep-learning7
computer-vision7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Cold-Winter/BachGAN
Mar 2020 - Sep 2020
Contributions:24 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
Cold-Winter/Cold-Winter.github.io
Feb 2018 - Apr 2021
Contributions:72 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 2 months
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