Bio

General Information

Name Yiren (Aaron) Zhao

Education

  • 2022
    PhD in Computer Science
    University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
  • 2017
    MPhil in Advanced Computer Science
    University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
  • 2016
    BEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    Imperial College London, London, UK

Experience

  • Sep 2022 - Now
    Assistant Professor in Computer Engineering
    Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London
  • Sep 2022 - Now
    Visiting Researcher
    Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge
  • Dec 2021 - June 2022
    Part-time Research Contractor
    Apple AI/ML
    • Mainly working with the Apple ML platform team and System Intelligence and Machine Learning (SIML) team.
  • Oct 2021 - Sep 2022
    Research Fellow
    St John’s College, University of Cambridge
  • Oct 2019 - Feb 2020
    Research Contractor
    Microsoft Research New England
    • Worked on Project AutoML
  • June 2019 - Sep 2019
    Research Intern
    Microsoft Research New England
  • June 2018 - Sep 2018
    Research Intern
    Microsoft Research Redmond
  • June 2017 - Sep 2017
    Research Intern
    Microsoft Research Cambridge

Honors and Awards

  • 2022
    • Toby Jackman Prize, St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge
  • 2021
    • Junior Research Fellowship at St John’s College, University of Cambridge
  • 2020
    • Apple Scholar in AI and ML
  • 2017
    • EPSRC International Doctoral Studentship joint University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory Qualcomm Premium Scholarship