Zhe Yu
Assistant Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology
City of Rochester, New York, United States
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Top SchoolZhe Yu is an Assistant Professor and machine learning researcher with a decade of experience applying data-driven methods to improve information retrieval and user experience. He earned a PhD in Computer Science from North Carolina State University and previously contributed to RAISE Lab research that blends ML with human-centered retrieval from large data. His industry internships at Google and LexisNexis included productionizing seasonality-aware forecasting, outlier analysis tools, and ML-driven product features—bridging rigorous experimentation with deployable engineering. Based in Rochester, NY, he combines strong software skills (JavaScript, GitHub) with a robotics and automation background from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, giving him a systems-oriented view of ML problems. Colleagues value his ability to translate academic research into practical features that measurably improve user workflows.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, 4.0/4.3, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, 4.0/4.3 at North Carolina State UniversityBachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (19)
ecology9
markdown7
crossword7
science6
source-code-analysis5
machine-learning5
csc5
python5
data-science4
data-processing4
pandas4
spring3
natural-language-processing3
semantics3
java2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ai-se/ML-assisted-SLR
Nov 2016 - Nov 2018
Contributions:182 pushes, 46 comments, 53 issues in 1 year 11 months
azhe825/azhe825.github.io
Sep 2015 - Aug 2020
Contributions:100 pushes in 4 years 11 months
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