About me
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My background is mostly in distributed machine learning systems.
- I graduated from University of Michigan (summa cum laude) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University with degrees in both Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Computer Engineering.
- I obtained my Master’s degree from UCLA in Computer Science (specialization: data mining and machine learning).
- I spent 2 years in Meta’s marketplace team working on recommendation systems.
- I spent 2 years in Voleon (largest quant HF in California) working on data and systems.
- I spent 3 years leading the engineering team at Panoramic Hills Capital (a multi-family office in Shanghai), with cumulative return of 320%+ (unleveraged).
After spending 5 years working in quantitative trading, my interest shifted to work that can benefit more people than a selective few. The advent of large-scale generative models has made it possible to do that, but at the same time necessitates a more guided approach to business, engineering, and education. I want to see if I can make some small contributions myself. I currently work at Manifest AI, carrying out research on efficient language modeling.
I also believe in Longtermism where positively influencing the long-term future is the priority of our time.
I’m currently based in Vancouver, Canada. I can be reached at [email protected].