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Basics

Name Tianjun Zhong
Email tianjun.zhong@columbia.edu
Phone (470) 855-3939

Education

  • 2024.09 - 2026.05

    New York, NY

    M.S.
    Columbia University, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
    Computer Science, Track: Advanced Master's Research (Machine Learning)
    • Natural Language Processing (A+)
    • Spoken Language Processing (A)
    • Computer Vision (A)
    • Artificial Intelligence (A-)
  • 2020.08 - 2024.05

    Atlanta, GA

    B.A. & B.B.A.
    Emory University, Emory College of Arts and Sciences, Goizueta Business School
    Computer Science and Business Administration (Double Major)
    • Machine Learning (A)
    • Analysis of Algorithms (A)
    • Data Mining (A)

Work

  • 2024.05 - 2024.08

    Shenzhen, China

    AI Engineering Intern
    TripleE Group
    Designed algorithms to improve RAG pipelines, evaluated embedding models, and built 23 FAISS vector databases; achieved 98.45% top-1 accuracy on high-difficulty queries.
  • 2023.05 - 2023.06

    Shenzhen, China

    Software Engineering Intern
    Tencent, Department of IDC Platform
    Developed Python automation tools to reduce manual workload by 90%, created monitoring and reporting scripts for 30+ data centers, and integrated with Git and cloud databases.

Skills

Programming
Python (Transformers, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, NumPy)
Java
SQL
C
R
Languages
English (professional fluency, GRE 335)
Mandarin (native)
Cantonese (intermediate)