Yixiao Zhang
Research Scientist at ByteDance
California, United States
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Top SchoolYixiao Zhang is a Research Scientist at ByteDance’s Seed Music team with a decade of experience at the intersection of AI and music, specializing in controllable text-to-music generation, music editing, and representation learning. He holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and Music from Queen Mary University of London, where he studied under Prof. Simon Dixon and Dr. Mark Levy, and previously contributed to Music X Lab at NYU Shanghai. His background includes internships at Stability AI, SonyAI, Yamaha, and Microsoft, giving him hands-on experience translating cutting-edge research into large-scale, production-oriented generative models. Based in California, he also shares insights through blog posts and answers on 知乎, reflecting a commitment to public-facing science communication. Uncommonly for researchers in his field, he blends deep MIR expertise with practical product-focused model controllability and editability work at one of the industry’s leading music AI teams.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science at University of Electronic Science and TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Queen Mary University of London
English, Chinese
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Github Skills (39)
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computer-vision8
natural-language-processing8
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machine-learning8
artificial-intelligence8
music-generation8
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ldzhangyx/music-nlp-chatbot
Dec 2020 - Apr 2021
Contributions:2 releases, 21 commits, 13 pushes in 3 months
ldzhangyx/BART-fusion
Apr 2022 - Dec 2022
Contributions:9 commits, 5 pushes, 4 comments in 8 months
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