Yelong Shen
Researcher at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYelong Shen is a researcher and software engineer with a decade of experience building and researching systems at Microsoft and Tencent, currently based in Redmond, Washington. With roles spanning RSDE to researcher, he blends production-grade engineering experience with academic rigor from a PhD in computer science at Kent State University. His work focuses on scalable, research-driven solutions—evidenced by his public repository "bigstorm" on GitHub—indicating an interest in open-source experimentation alongside corporate R&D. Having transitioned from deep engineering to research roles, he routinely bridges prototype research and deployable systems. Colleagues can expect a pragmatic researcher who pairs long-term technical vision with hands-on implementation.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Beihang UniversityBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Changchun University of Science and TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Kent State University
Github Skills (14)
roberta10
adaptation10
pytorch8
lora8
huggingface-transformers7
deep-learning7
nlp7
large-language-models5
language-model5
reproducible-science3
reproducible-research2
docker2
cli2
transformer1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
yelongshen/rlray
Oct 2024 - Apr 2025
Contributions:985 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
yelongshen/bigstorm
Sep 2019 - Oct 2020
Contributions:1470 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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