Yichong Xu
Research Scientist at Google DeepMind
Kirkland, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolYichong Xu is a research scientist with nine years of experience at the intersection of machine learning, NLP and multimodal systems, currently working at Google DeepMind after research roles at Character.AI and Microsoft Cognitive Services. He holds a PhD in Machine Learning from Carnegie Mellon and began his research trajectory with internships at Microsoft Research Asia and quantitative experience at Jump Trading. Yichong’s work focuses on interactive and preference learning, large language models, and grounding knowledge in multimodal contexts—bridging deep learning theory with practical system design. Colleagues know him for moving rapidly from prototypes to production-facing models and for combining rigorous academic training with industry-scale engineering.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Tsinghua UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Machine Learning, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Machine Learning at Carnegie Mellon University
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Github Skills (71)
compression10
statistics9
audio9
python9
gpu9
deep-learning9
pytorch9
machine-learning9
mixture-of-experts9
deepspeed9
data-science9
data-analysis9
nlp8
scikit-learn8
inference8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/KEAR
Dec 2021 - Aug 2022
Official code for achieving human parity on CommonsenseQA with External Attention
Contributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 13 pushes in 7 months
xycforgithub/BiMPM
Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:58 pushes in 1 month
nlpperspectivematchingsentencesnatural-language
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