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Name Bruce (Zhi) Wen
Label ML/NLP researcher
Email zhiwen120@gmail.com
Url https://zhi-wen.net

Work

  • 2021 - Present
    (Senior) applied research scientist
    Mila - Quebec AI Institute
    • Define the scientific roadmap and architectural scope for applied ML projects. Ensure scientific rigour, technical soundness, and alignment between research outputs and the client's end-goals.
    • Make core contributions to model designs and implementation, conduct experiments and interpret results.
    • Mentor junior teammates on scientific methodologies and coding best practices; provide technical advice to clients, guiding their own ML initiatives.
  • 2019 - 2021
    Graduate Research Assistant
    McGill University
    • Developed ML frameworks for healthcare applications, advised by Prof. Yue Li. Made core contributions to projects including medical pre-training dataset construction and COVID-19 response assessment.
    • Authored papers in Patterns, Nature Communications, and EMNLP.
  • 2018.10 - 2019.4
    R&D Intern
    Horizon Robotics
    • Designed a pipeline for large-scale audio quality evaluation and data selection based on audio-textual features.
    • Built a scalable Hadoop-based audio processing platform with a custom web interface for data management.
  • 2018.10 - 2018.7
    Research Intern
    University of Toronto & SickKids
    • Analyzed and visualized complex fMRI data (BOLD signal and DKI) to support clinical research under Dr. Andrea Kassner.
    • Constructed a reusable Matlab pipeline for experimental data processing and analysis.

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