Yuchen Zhang
Researcher at ByteDance
Beijing, China
Summary
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Top SchoolYuchen Zhang is a researcher and machine learning scientist with a decade of experience building conversational AI and large-scale ML systems, currently based in Beijing and working at ByteDance. He previously led development of Microsoft’s next-generation conversational AI as a Principal Researcher after Semantic Machines was acquired, and his background spans postdoctoral research at Stanford and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UC Berkeley. His work bridges deep research and product impact—earlier internships at Microsoft Research, Google and Baidu contributed to shipped improvements like a >1% NDCG gain for Bing search. Comfortable moving ideas from statistical foundations to production, he combines expertise in ML, NLP and distributed systems with a track record of turning research prototypes into real-world assistants. An academic-trained engineer, he maintains a public homepage showcasing his research and projects.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts - MA, Statistics, Master of Arts - MA, Statistics at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Engineering, Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science at Tsinghua University
Github Skills (28)
mvp10
java10
android10
jvm9
reflect9
datepicker8
kotlin8
pickerview8
timepicker7
http-client7
android-library6
linkage6
fresco5
pinch-to-zoom4
picasso4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
lianyuchen/YunKeTang
Jan 2016 - Jan 2016
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 12 days
lianyuchen/CloudServer
Oct 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:10 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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