cv
Welcome to my CV!
Basics
| Name | Yicheng Duan |
| 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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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2015.09 - 2020.03 Seattle, Washington, US
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 |
Certificates
| Deep Learning Specialization | ||
| Coursera | 2023-09 |
| Data Structures and Algorithms Specialization | ||
| Coursera | 2023-08 |
| Meta Back-End Developer Specialization | ||
| Coursera | 2023-07 |