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Hi, I am an assistant professor at UC Davis department of Computer Science.  As a researcher, I am passionate about identifying the frontier of technologies that can change the world. My research interests span across deep learning, efficiency and robustness, and their applications. Before joining UCD, I was a research scientist at Google DeepMind (previously Google Brain). At Google, I work on multi-task deep learning as well as its applications in recommendation systems, natural language processing, and computer vision. Before Google, I obtained my PhD at the University of Michigan, advised by Professor Qiaozhu Mei. Before that, I obtained my Master and Bachelor degrees at Peking University, China, advised by Professor Bin Cui. 

To all visitors:
- If you are interested in my research, you can find a list of my publications on Google Scholar.  If you are interested in anything but my research, thank you...
- My cv can be found here.  My lab is not strictly structured and information can be found here. 

To students:
- Thank you for your interests! I do read my emails (zao[at]ucdavis[dot]edu, maybe missing 5% of them). Sometimes I may not reply (I am sorry!). But it's okay. I believe our paths will cross when the time comes. And if not, you probably will work with more awesome collaborators. 
- For questions related to my research and teaching, besides sending emails, you can try to reach my agent. If you are considering taking my class, here is a very real footage of what usually my class would look like...

If you reach here, I would like to share something more about me. 

• I have two cats and one dog. 

• I am from Tianjin, China.

• I practice Kendo.

• I love snowboarding, archery, surfing, ice skating, and probably any sports that don't involve round objects.

• I love all genres of music.

• I like to collect music instruments. 

• I live in the awesome city of San Francisco.

• I am doing OMAD (one meal a day) and accept the fact that most human social behaviors involve intaking food/drinks. 

• I treat cooking of seafood, beef, and all other different dishes seriously.

• I may say yes to requests easily but mentally reject all of them.