Ziyang Ma is a PhD candidate in a joint program between Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Nanyang Technological University, with six years of research and industry experience focused on intelligent perception, speech, and language technologies. He has interned at leading AI labs including Qwen, ByteDance Seed, Alibaba Tongyi Speech Lab, Microsoft Research, and MEGVII, bringing a pragmatic KISS-driven approach to complex problems. At Qwen he contributes to multimodal/model-omni efforts, and his background spans speech research, natural language computing, and academic teaching assistance. Comfortable bridging academia and industry, he repeatedly moves between research internships and teaching roles, suggesting strong communication skills and an ability to translate theory into applied systems. An underappreciated strength is his broad exposure to top Chinese and international AI labs by mid-20s, giving him a rare cross-institutional perspective on scalable ML research.
6 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Nanyang Technological University Singapore
Bachelor’s Computer Science, Bachelor’s Computer Science at Shandong University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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