Zhaodong Wang

Short Biography

My name is Zhaodong Wang. I am currently a Staff Data Scientiest at Walmart Global Tech, working on delivering/optimizating sponsored product systems (Ads recommendation). Previously I worked as a senior research scientist at JDT Silicon Valley Research Center, researching on recommendation system performance optimization, as well as fundamental deep learning or machine learning model applications including multi-label classification, similarity prediction, cross-domain training, etc. Before that, I graduated with my Ph.D. degree in computer science at Washington State University, supervised by Dr. Matthew E. Taylor, in 2019. I obtained my bachelor's degree in Engineering  Automation from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2014. 

My research interest includes Recommendation Systems, Natual Language Processing, Reinforcement Learning, Transfer Learning, and Real Robotics. I am mostly motivated by cross-domain AI research and real-world applications, especially in scenes that have a direct impact/change on a human’s daily lifestyle, which require innovative thinking and creative solution proposal.