Yipeng Zhang
Senior AI Engineer at Zoom
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYipeng Zhang is a Senior AI Engineer based in Los Angeles with a decade of experience bridging cutting-edge research and production ML systems. With a PhD from UCLA and roles spanning research (UCLA), large-scale search at Sogou, and multiple impactful stints at eBay, he has delivered production models for recommendation, layout optimization, and LLM/RLHF workflows. Currently at Zoom, he combines deep learning, computer vision, and signal-processing expertise to move academic ideas into high-traffic products. Notably, his Sogou work built a 2 billion pair training set and deployed models that meaningfully outperformed benchmarks in a 307M DAU search engine, reflecting a rare mix of data engineering and model innovation. He also mentors and teaches ML concepts, reflecting strong communication alongside technical depth.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San DiegoBachelor’s Degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-MadisonUniversity of California, Los Angeles
English, Chinese, Chinese
Github Skills (13)
classification7
detector7
gui-application7
visualization5
motion-capture4
multiprocessing4
python4
motion-tracking3
action-recognition3
pose-estimation2
optical-flow2
loader2
intrinsics2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
roychowdhuryresearch/HFO_Detector
Jan 2023 - Mar 2023
Contributions:2 reviews, 20 commits, 13 PRs in 2 months
pythonspeedstedetectionspeed-detection
roychowdhuryresearch/HFO-Classification
Apr 2021 - Jan 2023
Contributions:16 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
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