Yibo Yang
Research Scientist at Meta
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYibo Yang is a research scientist and deep learning engineer with nine years of experience building generative AI and uncertainty-aware ML systems, currently improving recommendation relevance at Instagram/Meta. He holds a PhD focused on deep learning and uncertainty quantification and combines that with interdisciplinary training in physics, economics, statistics, and data science from Peking University, University of Chicago, and UPenn. Yibo has applied his research in production settings across major tech firms—including Apple, Facebook, and Morgan Stanley—bringing rigorous probabilistic modeling to real-world ranking and automated market-making problems. Known for bridging theory and engineering, he specializes in uncertainty quantification methods that make models both more reliable and more interpretable in high-stakes applications.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts - MA, Statistics, Master of Arts - MA, Statistics at The Wharton SchoolBachelor of Science - BS, Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics at Peking UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Statistics, Master of Science - MS, Statistics at University of ChicagoCertificate, Advanced Scientific Computing, Certificate, Advanced Scientific Computing at University of Pennsylvania
English, Chinese
Github Skills (11)
autodiff6
pytorch6
automatic-differentiation6
machine-learning6
python6
gpu6
jit5
composable4
numpy4
tpu4
jax3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
PredictiveIntelligenceLab/CADGMs
Jan 2019 - Feb 2020
Contributions:19 commits, 17 pushes in 1 year 1 month
PredictiveIntelligenceLab/UQPINNs
Nov 2018 - Jul 2019
Contributions:27 commits, 24 pushes in 8 months
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