Chenda Duan

About me

Hello! I’m Chenda Duan, a second-year MS student in Computer Science at UCLA, previous interning as a Machine Learning Research Engineer at Kuaishou Technology this summer. I recently graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science from UCLA, proudly with a perfect 4.0 GPA.

🔍 Actively Seeking Opportunities:

• PhD opportunities focusing on Multi-modal Learning, RL, AI for Medicine/Bio, and general AIGC.
• Full-time roles as a Machine Learning Engineer, Software 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.

News

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!

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, computer vision, and robotics. I am also very interested in the application of machine learning in the field of Biology, Medicine, and Economics.

Research Interests:

• Reinforcement Learning
• Multi-modal Learning (Vision-language)
• AI for Medicine, Computational Bio
• Robotics

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

Research Groups:

• 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.