Zijian Hu

Zijian Hu

Machine Learning Research Engineer

Scale AI

Biography

Zijian Hu is a Machine Learning Research Engineer at Scale AI. He is interested in building efficient machine learning systems that can operate in noisy environments and can be trained and adapted with minimal supervision.

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Interests
  • Large Language Model
  • Multimodal Foundation Model
  • Machine Learning Systems
  • Self-Supervised Learning
  • Efficient Machine Learning
  • Computer Vision
  • Natural Language Processing
Education
  • MSc in Computer Science, 2020

    University of Southern California

  • BSc in Computer Science, 2020

    University of Southern California

Skills

Machine Learning

PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, OpenCV

Robotics

ROS, OpenCV, V-Rep

Mathematics

Statistical Learning, Probability, Calculus

Programming Languages

Python, C/C++, Java, JavaScript (ES6), MATLAB

Web Development

Node.js, Java EE, Angular

Computer System & Hardware

X86 Assembly/GAS, MIPS, Verilog, Arduino

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Machine Learning Research Engineer
Jul 2024 – Present San Francisco, California
  • Working on mega-scale LLM training and machine learning systems for GenAI
  • Working on synthetic data generation for math and reasoning
 
 
 
 
 
Machine Learning Engineer
Apr 2023 – Jul 2024 Palo Alto, California
  • Led the pre-training and post-training of Fox-1 1.6B, TensorOpera’s in-house LLM.
  • Led the development of TensorOpera’s LLM inference solutions.
  • Developed FedLLM - TensorOpera’s federated LLM training framework.
 
 
 
 
 
Research Engineer, Computer Vision
Oct 2021 – Mar 2023 Mountain View, California
  • Worked on the following topics at ByteDance Intelligent Creation Lab:
    • Computer Vision
    • Video Content Understanding
    • Semi-Supervised Learning
    • Self-Supervised Learning
    • Multimodal Machine Learning
    • Object Detection
    • Open-Set Learning
 
 
 
 
 
Research Staff (Full-time)
Sep 2020 – Oct 2021 Los Angeles, California
 
 
 
 
 
Research Assistant
May 2018 – May 2020 Los Angeles, California

Recent Publications

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(2020). Can I Trust You? A User Study of Robot Mediation of a Support Group. 2020 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).

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(2019). Design and Evaluation of Expressive Turn-Taking Hardware for a Telepresence Robot. 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (Ro-Man).

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(2019). User Interface Tradeoffs for Remote Deictic Gesturing. 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (Ro-Man).

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Projects

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Contact

  • 3737 Watt Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089
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  • Monday 10:00 to 13:00
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