Hongyuan Mei
Member Of Technical Staff at xAI
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolHongyuan Mei is a seasoned ML researcher and software engineer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with nearly a decade of experience designing and deploying AI systems. He is currently a Member of Technical Staff at xAI, where he helps Grok become a knowledgeable reasoner and focuses on RL data, training, and efficient test-time compute. Prior roles include Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind and Research Assistant Professor at TTIC, reflecting a strong blend of academic rigor and industry impact. His research centers on modeling sequential data for time-stamped event prediction and natural language understanding, backed by a PhD in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins and master's degrees in Computer Science & Statistics and Financial Mathematics from the University of Chicago, plus a BE from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. With a track record across TTIC, Microsoft, Bloomberg, and other institutions, he bridges theory and production and maintains an active research webpage at hongyuanmei.com.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at Johns Hopkins UniversityBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, 88, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, 88 at Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyMaster’s Degree, Computer Science and Statistics, Master’s Degree, Computer Science and Statistics at The University of ChicagoMaster of Science (M.S.), Financial Mathematics, 3.88, Master of Science (M.S.), Financial Mathematics, 3.88 at University of Chicago
English, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (43)
python10
acceleration10
machine-learning10
numpy10
deep-learning10
tensorflow10
gpu10
autograd10
neural-network10
tensor10
gpu-acceleration10
nearest-neighbors9
similarity9
clustering9
cosine-similarity8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
hongyuanmei/HMEIatJHU.github.io
Jul 2021 - Feb 2025
A beautiful, simple, clean, and responsive Jekyll theme for academics
Contributions:1 PR, 80 pushes in 3 years 7 months
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hongyuanmei/neurawkes
Oct 2017 - Sep 2021
Contributions:8 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years
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