cv

Welcome to my CV!

Basics

Name Yicheng Duan
Email yxd245@case.edu
Phone (216) 390-7831
Summary A passionate computer science student with a focus on Embodied AI and Vision-Language-Action models. Aming to shape the future of Humanoid.

Work

  • 2025.05 - Present

    Cleveland, Ohio, US

    Graduate Research Assistant
    Case Western Reserve University
    Conducting research in Embodied AI and Vision-Language-Action models under the supervision of Dr. Yu Yin.
    • Data, Benchmark, and Simulation.
  • 2021.05 - 2024.08

    Beijing, China

    Algorethem Engineer, Part-time
    ZHIPU AI (Z.AI)
    Designed statistical and machine learning models, optimized large-scale data systems, and contributed to early-stage LLM agents.
    • Developed models that enable metric-based document discovery and semantics-enhanced retrieval methods. Validated on millions of data entries
    • Implemented Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines with the company's Large Language Model (GLM) for 3+ B2B solutions
    • Built large-scale knowledge graphs ~ 90 million nodes with an average degree of 12.
    • Nominated for 5+ patents.
    • Built and refactored backends for asynchronous calculation tasks execution.
    • Deployed, maintained and managed the terabyte-scale databases. locally and on cloud.
    • Designed and proposed a microservices architecture, boosting online system performance by 7x
    • Led and mentored a team of 4 interns.
  • 2020.09 - 2020.12

    Beijing, China

    Quantitative analyst Intern
    Founder Securities Co., Ltd.
    Developed quantitative trading strategies in Python, including a multi-factor model based on research reports and a statistical model targeting on northbound Hong Kong capital flows affecting the mainland A-share market.
    • Quantitative strategies

Education

  • 2024.08 - Present

    Cleveland, Ohio, US

    MS
    Case Western Reserve University
    Computer Science
    • Machine Learning
    • Data Mining
    • Computer Vision
    • Machine Learning on Graph
    • Deep Generative Model
    • Digital Image Processing
  • 2015.09 - 2020.03

    Seattle, Washington, US

    BS
    University of Washington, Seattle
    Applied Physics

Skills

Programming Languages
Python
Linux Bash
ML Frameworks
Transformer
Pytorch
Numpy
Scikit-learn
Web Technologies
Flask
FastAPI
Docker
Grafana
RabbitMQ
API/REST
Django
GitHub
Agile
DevOps
Profiling
AWS
CV
LLM
VLM
RAG
Database Management Systems
MongoDB
Elasticsearch
Kibana
Neo4j
Pinecone
PostgreSQL
Redis
Cloud Platforms
AWS
Alibaba Cloud
Workforce Skills
Product management
Leadership
Teamwork
Communication
Problem solving
Time management
Adaptability
Critical thinking
Attention to detail
Creativity
Analytical skills
Self-motivation

Languages

Chinese
Native speaker
English
Fluent