Zihao Wang
Senior Agentic AI Data Scientist
Alpharetta, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZihao Wang is a Senior Agentic AI Data Scientist with nine years of experience building production-grade AI systems that bridge research and product impact, currently driving AI innovation at Equifax. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Emory and an M.Eng. from Carnegie Mellon, and his work spans LLMs, NLP, deep learning, information retrieval, and risk monitoring. Zihao has led cross-functional teams to operationalize LLM-driven analytics and customer personalization—delivering query rewriting, customer embeddings, and profile prediction at scale for enterprises like Walgreens. His prior research and competition experience includes leading Emory’s Alexa Prize-winning socialbot and developing temporal reranking models at Johns Hopkins, reflecting a blend of strong systems engineering and novel algorithmic thinking. Outside of work he balances technical rigor with endurance pursuits—running, piano, and skiing—which mirror his iterative, performance-oriented approach to AI product development.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science at Emory UniversityMaster of Science (M.Sc.) Civil Engineering, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Civil Engineering at Carnegie Mellon UniversityBachelor's degree Civil Engineering, Bachelor's degree Civil Engineering at Dalian University of Technology
chinese/mandarin, English
Github Skills (2)
nlp2
korean-nlp2
Github contributions (5)
zihaow21/Python-Projects
Dec 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:132 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
zihaow21/Neural-Network
Nov 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:44 pushes, 1 branch in 14 days
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