Work Experience
Work Experience
Applied Sciencetist
Amazon - Worldwide Returns and Recommerce, Bellevue, WA, USA
07-2024 to present
Using LLM to enhance customer return experience at Amazon.
Graduate Research Assistant
Rutgers University - School of Engineering, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
09-2020 to 05-2024
Conducted leading-edge research in Deep Learning, identifying emerging research challenges and opportunities in the field. Facilitated research direction and idea exchange by hosting a weekly paper reading group.
Designed and executed extensive experiments to validate hypotheses, resulting in 10 published papers at top AI conferences (NeurIPS, ECCV, AAAI, ICASSP, MobiCom). Effectively communicated research findings through concise, well-written academic papers and conference presentations.
Supported course instructors by organizing weekly class recitations, grading assignments, and holding office hours. Mentored and assisted over 200 students in foundational and advanced Computer Engineering courses.
Applied Scientist Intern
Amazon Alexa, Sunny Vale, CA, USA
06-2023 to 09-2023
Developed a groundbreaking method to safeguard user images from identity theft and copyright infringement when exposed to generative diffusion models.
Demonstrated exceptional performance of our proposed approach, surpassing the existing state-of-the-art protection methods both qualitatively and quantitatively.
Achieved remarkable efficiency gains with a 150-fold increase in processing speed compared to existing solutions, while simultaneously reducing memory consumption by 2.6 times.
Machine Learning Intern
MoMo, HCMC, Vietnam
06-2021 to 08-2021
Led end-to-end development of an ML pipeline for data collection, labeling, and DNN model training, enabling efficient ID card information extraction. Guided the launch of a company-wide in-house ID product benefiting over 10 million users.
Spearheaded standardization efforts across AI datasets and models, resulting in a 50% reduction in ML Life Cycle time.
Implemented a secure in-house server for data labeling, successfully processing and annotating 20,000 high-quality data points, yielding over $100,000 in cost savings. Simultaneously, enhanced Optical Character Recognition model performance by 10%, achieving competitive levels.
IT Helpdesk Assistant
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA
05-2017 to 05-2018
Installed, upgraded, maintained, and ensured smooth operation of over 100 PCs, Macs, printers, projectors, and mobile devices.
Provided top-notch customer support and resolved client issues in person, via phone, and remote desktop connections for more than 100 staff and faculties with a wide range of technical backgrounds.
Performed diagnostics and troubleshooting system issues, documented help desk tickets/resolutions, and maintained equipment inventory lists.
International Student Orientation Assistant
Rutgers University - Rutgers Global, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
05-2017 to 09-2017
Planned a 7-day-long orientation program for more than 2000 international students.
Helped more than 1000 new students integrate into American academic culture via social events.
Other Activities
Conference Reviewer
[CVPR-23, 24] IEEE / CVF Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference
[ECCV-22, 24] European Conference on Computer Vision
[NeurIPS 23, 24] Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems.
[ISCAS-23] IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
[AICAS-22] IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems
Teaching Assistant
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
[Fall 2022] Digital Logic Design
[Spring 2022] Probability and Random Processes
[Spring 2024] Introduction to Deep Learning