Yuchen Zhang
Researcher Research Intern at Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolYuchen Zhang is an NLP and ML researcher with six years of experience focused on responsible AI, few-/zero-shot learning, and algorithmic bias, currently working on safety and alignment at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems. Previously a research engineer at Meta FAIR, Yuchen worked on Llama 2+ and multimodal models addressing memorization, PII, CSAM, and robustness, blending production-scale engineering with safety evaluations. Their background spans applied legal-tech NLP, principled bias mitigation in academic research, and deployable data-science solutions such as a patented gibberish-detection pipeline at Momentive.ai. Comfortable leading projects end-to-end, they combine statistical rigor from an MS in Data Science with practical experience in litigation analytics and product-focused internships. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Yuchen brings a rare mix of legal domain knowledge and deep technical expertise in model alignment. An underappreciated strength is their track record of selecting high-value datapoints for labeling—boosting annotation efficiency in specialized domains.
6 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Quantitative Sciences Theory and Methods Political Science Focus, Quantitative Sciences Theory and Methods Political Science Focus at Emory UniversityMaster of Science - MS Engineering Data Science, Master of Science - MS Engineering Data Science at University of PennsylvaniaHigh School Diploma-Graduated with Honor, High School Diploma-Graduated with Honor at Princeton High SchoolHigh School Program International Relations and Affairs, High School Program International Relations and Affairs at Georgetown UniversityBachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Information Systems & Operations Management, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Information Systems & Operations Management at Emory University - Goizueta Business SchoolNon-degree program Computer Science, Non-degree program Computer Science at UC Berkeley ExtensionStudy Abroad Fall 2015 Risk Management Management of Technology Quality Management, Study Abroad Fall 2015 Risk Management Management of Technology Quality Management at University of Edinburgh Business School
English, Chinese, French
Github Skills (55)
transformers10
pytorch10
language-model10
python10
machine-learning10
seq2seq10
deep-learning10
tensorflow10
bert10
natural-language-processing10
transformer10
speech-recognition10
nlp10
jax10
natural-language-understanding9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
zycalice/notes
Sep 2020 - Jan 2024
Contributions:324 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
wenth1021/feature-importance-cv
Nov 2021 - Jan 2024
Contributions:4 PRs, 39 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 2 months
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