I am Zheng Shi. Computer scientist and machine learning engineer.
I have spent 12 years building ML/optimization systems in both enterprise and startup environments. At IBM, I grew from entry level data scientist to ML technical lead and Team Lead, worked on problems across supply chain optimization, recommendation, ranking, and forecasting. At Oden Technologies, I joined as their first Staff ML engineer and built the entire recsys and anomaly detection system from scratch. In parallel with all of that, I completed a PhD in machine learning and optimization at Lehigh University while working full-time.
I am currently on sabbatical, spending my time thinking, writing, building, and enjoying life.
Background
- Ph.D. in Machine Learning, Lehigh University
- M.S. in Operations Research, Lehigh University
- B.Eco. in Finance, Nankai University
- B.A. in English, Tianjin University
Experience
- 2025 ~ present: Sabbatical
- 2024 ~ 2025: Staff Engineer, Machine Learning — Oden Technologies
- 2021 ~ 2024: Team Lead, Machine Learning — IBM
- 2016 ~ 2022: Research Assistant — Lehigh University
- 2013 ~ 2021: Staff / Advisory / Senior / Tech Lead, Data Science — IBM
Work With Me
If there is a hard problem worth solving, we should probably talk.