Summary
Zhuoyuan Chen is a Member of Technical Staff based in Palo Alto with 11 years of experience building cutting-edge ML and generative systems across top-tier labs and product teams. He has held senior research and engineering roles at xAI, Google (Gemini post-training), Apple (Generative AI, LLMs, video intelligence with two NeurIPS papers), Uber ATG, Meta FAIR, and Baidu, blending deep research (ICCV/ICML papers) with production-focused delivery. His background spans 3D vision, NeRFs and diffusion, mapping and 3D reconstruction, voxel-based generative models, and large language model post-training—demonstrating rare breadth across low-level vision and large-scale generative AI. Known as low-key, hard-working and open-minded, he moves comfortably between research publications and deploying models in product environments. He holds advanced degrees from Tsinghua and Northwestern and has a track record of turning academic ideas into practical systems at major AI-driven companies. An unassuming polymath, he often surfaces non-obvious connections between 3D perception and generative model architectures when driving product-grade research.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
University of California, San Diego
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Bellevue Christian School