Resume

Basics

Name Dechen Gao
Label CS PhD Candidate
Email dechengao@gmail.com
Github https://github.com/gaodechen
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/gao-dechen

Work

  • 2025.06 - 2025.09 Seattle, WA
    Amazon - Applied Scientist Intern
    LLMs and reinforcement learning fine-tuning.
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  • 2024.06 - 2024.09 San Jose, CA
    TikTok - Machine Learning Engineering Intern
    Multi-modal understanding and LLMs.
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  • 2022.06 - 2022.09 Menlo Park, CA
    Meta - Software Engineering Intern
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Education

  • 2023.03 - Present Davis, California, US
    University of California, Davis - Ph.D. in Computer Science
    • Foundation models
    • World models
    • Reinforcement learning
    • Robotics
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  • 2021.09 - 2023.06 Davis, California, US
    University of California, Davis - Master of Computer Science
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  • 2017.09 - 2021.06 Shandong, China
    Shandong University - Bachelor of Computer Science
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