Zhe Zhang

About Zhe Zhang

Research Scientist at Netflix with over 10 years of experience in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning (ML). Contributed to large-scale content knowledge injection, multitask post-training for LLMs, and adversarial training to enhance safety and integrity in conversational recommendation systems. Designed and implemented innovative LLM-as-a-Judge frameworks for model alignment and evaluation. Previously, worked at Meta on Cognitive and Conversational AI, including user action prediction, proactive learning, and dialog systems. At IBM Watson, contributed to the development of advanced NLP solutions, earning an IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Award. Proficient in NLP, deep learning, and Python, with a focus on advancing machine learning applications in dialogue systems and conversational AI.

Experience

1. Research Scientist

   Netflix

   Jun 2023 — Present · Los Gatos, CA, US

   Executed large-scale content knowledge injection and multitask post-training for foundation LLMs.• Conducted adversarial training to enhance safety and integrity in conversational recommendation systems. • Designed and implemented LLM-as-a-Judge frameworks for effective model alignment and evaluation.

Education

• Renmin University of China

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science

  2003 — 2007

• North Carolina State University

  Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science

  2009 — 2012

• North Carolina State University

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science

  2009 — 2014

Skills

• Machine Learning
• Computer Science
• Mysql
• Javascript
• Natural Language Processing
• Software Development
• Text Mining
• Perl
• Java
• Information Extraction
• Artificial Intelligence
• C++
• C
• Programming
• R
• Photoshop
• Algorithms
• Ajax
• Sentiment Analysis
• Sqlite