Chenda Duan

UCLA Ph.D Computer Engineering | MS. Computer Science 24' | BS. Computer Science 22'

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Los Angeles, CA

Email: chenda@ucla.edu

🔍 Actively Seeking Opportunities:

  • 2025 Summer Internship as a Research Scientist, Machine Learning Engineer, or Quant Researcher in the US.

If you believe there’s a potential fit, please contact me. I’m eager to explore new challenges and collaborations.

About me

Hello there! I’m Chenda Duan, a first-year Ph.D. student in Computer Engineering at UCLA, where I am fortunate to be advised by Prof. Vwani Roychowdhury. I earned both my B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from UCLA as well, conducting my master’s research under the guidance of Prof. Bolei Zhou. During my bachelor’s studies, I had the opportunity to work with Prof. M. Khalid Jawed and Dr. [Roel Ophoff]. I am a 10-year UCLA Bruin!

My current research lies at the intersection of AI and Medical Neuroscience. I am particularly focused on applying machine learning techniques to address medical conditions such as epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease, aiming to develop innovative solutions for diagnosis and treatment.

Additionally, I am working on vision-language/multi-modal models, with a specific focus on achieving performance comparable to SOTA models like GPT-4 and Gemini for long-horizon video understanding, using regular-sized VLMs and LLMs.

My previous research experience includes work in autonomous driving, reinforcement learning, and robotic.

News

Mar 22, 2024 Finally got my Ph.D offer from UCLA ECE! Another 5 years@UCLA🤔
Sep 22, 2023 Two papers accepted by NeurIPS 2023!🎉 One as Spotlight and one as Poster!🙂
Sep 13, 2023 I will be the Associate Instructor for CSM152A for the fall quarter!
Apr 10, 2023 I will join Kuaishou Technology® as a ML & Algorithm Engineer Intern this Summer!🙂
Mar 12, 2023 I will be the TA for CS33 next quarter!
Nov 8, 2022 I will continue to be the TA for CS174A for Winter 2023 (and potentially Spring2023)!
Sep 9, 2022 I will be the TA for UCLA-CS174A this FALL🧐
Apr 1, 2022 I finally decide to stay at UCLA for two more years for the MSCS program😊
Mar 19, 2022 Master degree application seasons ends, just like 3 years ago, nothing exciting, only pities😷
Jul 25, 2020 I swithed my major to Computer Science, before it starting declining🥶
Mar 22, 2019 I got admitted to UCLA with physics as my major🥳
Jun 30, 2016 I decided to go to international department of my high school, and give up taking 高考👀
Nov 8, 2000 I was born!:smile:

About my academics.

The field of computer science is vast and ever-evolving. Within this expansive domain, it is hard to constrain yourself into a specific area of interest. I am a firm believer in the power of interdisciplinary research and the importance of a broad skillset. I am passionate about the intersection of machine learning, medical science/neurosicence, computer vision, LLMs, and robotics.

Research Interests:

  • AI for Science
  • LLM, VLM, LMM
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Robotics

At UCLA, I’ve been fortunate to collaborate with three prominent research teams:

Research Groups:

  • UCLA Prof Vwani Roychowdhury’s Group
  • UCLA Prof Bolei Zhou’S Group
  • UCLA’s Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics.
  • UCLA Structures-Computer Interaction Lab.

For more information about me, connections, or just a friendly chat, all contact and social media details are available below.