About

Yichao Lu is a Senior Machine Learning Scientist at Amazon, specializing in Natural Language Processing (NLP) with extensive industry experience. With a proven track record of leading and delivering impactful projects, Yichao has been instrumental in enhancing customer issue resolution and brand intellectual property protection at Amazon using NLP and Computer Vision (CV) techniques. In addition to his industry work, Yichao is also a published researcher on top Machine Learning (ML) conferences, including NeurIPS, ICML, EMNLP, NAACL, and UAI. His research focuses on fast linear regression and spectral learning algorithms, as well as their statistical properties. Yichao's educational background includes a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, Machine Learning, and Statistics from the University of Pennsylvania, where he also served as a Teaching Assistant for undergraduate courses in calculus and statistics. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Statistics from the University of Science and Technology of China. Yichao's technical expertise includes ML, research science, NLP, and Computer Vision. With 8.70 years of relevant experience, he is a highly skilled professional with a strong passion for applying ML techniques to solve real-world problems.