Yuzhang Shang

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About Me

I am a final-year Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at the Illinois Institute of Technology advised by Prof. Yan Yan (now at University of Illinois Chicago, UIC).

During my Ph.D. journey, I was a visiting student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the supervision of Prof. Yong Jae Lee. I was a Research Scientist Intern at Google DeepMind working with Daniele Moro and Andrew Howard (team famous for MobileNet), on training inference-efficient large language models. Additionally, I interned as a Research Scientist at Cisco Research working with Gaowen Liu and Ramana Kompella, where I developed efficient CV models and created the model slimming toolbox.

Research Goal: Efficient/Scalable AI Systems

Before Ph.D., I worked as research assistants at Shandong University and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) under the supervision of Prof. Liqiang Nie and Prof. Dan Xu, respectively. I received my bachelor’s degrees in Applied Mathematics and Economics (dual degrees) at Wuhan University.

Besides research, I am a contract photographer for Shutterstock Images and Getty Images (my portfolio).