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Yongchang Hao 郝永昌


yongchanghao DOT w AT gmail DOT com

Education

  • Ph.D. in Computing Science, University of Alberta, 2023 - Present
  • M.Sc. in Computing Science, University of Alberta, 2021 - 2023
  • B.E. in Computer Science and Technology, Soochow University, 2016 - 2020

Internships

  • Machine Learning Research Intern, Borealis AI
    Vancouver, May 2024 - Sep 2024
  • Research Intern, Tencent AI Lab
    Shenzhen, Feb 2020 - Jun 2021
  • Software Engineer Intern, Google
    Shanghai, Jul 2019 - Oct 2019

Teaching Experiences

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Alberta
    • [CMPUT 267] Basics of Machine Learning, 2024 Winter
    • [CMPUT 463/563] Probabilistic Graphical Models, 2022 Fall
    • [CMPUT 466/566] Machine Learning, 2022 Winter
    • [CMPUT 365] Reinforcement Learning I (An Introduction), 2021 Fall

Research Interests

  • Machine Learning
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Reinforcement Learning

Selected Awards

  • Jeffrey R Sampson Memorial Graduate Prize, 2023
  • Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship, 2022
  • Mary Louise Imrie Graduate Student Award, 2022
  • Gold Medal, CCF-CCSP East China, 2019
  • Silver Medal, ACM-ICPC Asia East Continent Final, 2018
  • Gold Medal, ACM-ICPC Asia Regional, 2018