Zhengli Zhao
Research Scientist at Meta
Menlo Park, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZhengli Zhao is a research scientist in Menlo Park with nine years of ML research and engineering experience spanning Google Brain, Waymo perception, and applied ML at Meta. He holds advanced training in computer science (Ph.D.) and electrical engineering, blending rigorous academic foundations with production-focused work on perception and applied machine learning. At Google and Waymo he contributed to core research and perception stacks, and now translates those insights into scalable ML solutions at Meta. Known for a focused, humble approach—"Work hard. Stay humble."—he also shares technical outreach via zhengliz.github.io, signaling an active interest in communicating research beyond internal teams.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of California, Santa BarbaraDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at University of California, Irvine
Chinese, English
Github Skills (16)
adversarial-learning9
nlp8
generative8
semi-supervised-learning8
controlled8
sequence7
natural-language-processing7
python7
chainer7
pytorch6
deep-learning6
gradient5
bert5
data-science5
machine-learning5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
zhengliz/uo-dlnlp
May 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:2 commits, 2 pushes in 10 months
nlpnatural-language-processingoxford
zhengliz/natural-adversary
Feb 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:6 commits, 3 pushes, 1 comment in 3 months
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