Howdy. My name is Yiran Luo (罗 怡然), or simply Lawrence, which is my handle. I am currently a first-year PhD student at ASU CIDSE. My major research interest is Natural Language Processing, specifically Machine Translation. But I’m eager to explore anything interesting.
Professional Info
Education:
- Arizona State University. Ph.D. (Jan. 2018 - now)
- The Ohio State University. B.S and M.S. (Sept. 2008 - Dec. 2012, Aug. 2014 - May. 2016)
Career experience:
- Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology/NIGPAS. Machine Learning Expert. (Jan. 2017 - Sept. 2017)
- IBM Research China. Research Intern. (Jun. 2016 - Sept. 2016)
- Point Up Ltd. Techincal Expert. (Jan. 2013 - Jun. 2014)
Skills
- Python, C++
- Statistical Machine Learning, Natural Langauge Processing, Data Mining, Data Visualization, Linear Algebra
- Keras, Tensorflow, Theano, Sklearn, PyTorch, OpenNMT
- Git
- LaTeX, Markdown, Jekyll
- zsh, bash
Non-professional Info
- I’m tri-lingual: Chinese for family, English for survival, and Japanese for fun.
- I can speak a bit of Swedish too. Jag älskar köttbullar!
- I watch a lot of anime, of course. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya brought me in.
- I’m a gamer. I own a PS4 and a Nintendo Switch, and sometimes play PC games. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has been my recent favorite.
- I’ve been collaborating with scientific YouTubers and translating their videos into Chinese. The subbed videos are available here and here.