Yue Gong
Applied Scientist II at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYue Gong is an applied scientist with nine years of industry and research experience, currently working at AWS in Redmond after completing a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Chicago. Their background blends academic research and production ML: research assistantships and internships at TikTok, Tencent, UC Irvine, and AWS where they moved from intern to full-time applied scientist. Yue has hands-on experience deploying ML research into cloud environments and a track record of cross-industry collaboration on applied problems in recommendation, computer vision, and systems research. Having remained active in both top-tier research settings and large-scale engineering teams, they bridge theoretical rigor with practical delivery. Based in Redmond, they combine deep academic training with real-world product experience, often translating prototype ideas into scalable AWS services. An early pattern in their career is rapid progression from research roles into production-focused engineering, indicating strong adaptability and execution.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at University of ChicagoBachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Southern University of Science and Technology
Github Skills (19)
pintos8
style-transfer7
agriculture7
discovery7
photo6
python6
operation4
android4
tencent3
sketch3
java2
database2
lsh2
cra1
laravel1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
snowgy/Influence_Maximization
Dec 2018 - May 2019
Contributions:15 commits, 5 pushes in 5 months
snowgy/Cloud-Educational-Administration-System
May 2019 - Jun 2019
Contributions:13 commits in 18 days
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