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Tianqi Chen

Associate Professor

Machine Learning

  • Associate Professor
    Machine Learning
  • Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States

BIO

I am an Assistant Professor in the Machine Learning Department and Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University . I help run the Catalyst Group. I am also the CTO of OctoML. I recently received my Ph.D. from Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington.

At UW, I was advised by Carlos Guestrin. I also worked closely with Luis Ceze and Arvind Krishnamurthy. I was a member of SAMPL Lab and MODE Lab. I recieved my Master and Bachelor's degree from Prof. Yong Yu's ACM Honors Class at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU).

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Assistant Professor
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United StatesSep 2020 - present
  • Teaching Assistant
    Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaMar 2009 - Jun 2012

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Chief Technology Officer
    OctoML, United StatesSep 2019 - present
  • Intern
    Huawei Noah's Ark Research Lab, Hong Kong, ChinaAug 2012 - Dec 2012
  • Visiting Scholar
    DERI, Galway, IrelandJan 2011 - Mar 2011
  • Intern
    Microsoft Research Asia (China), Beijing, ChinaJun 2009 - Dec 2009

DEGREES

  • PhD, Computer Science
    University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States2013
  • MS, Computer Science
    Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China2010 - 2013
  • BS, Computer Science
    Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China2006 - 2010

CAMPUS

  • Pittsburgh