Li Yi

AI research scientist @ TikTok | Ph.D. @ Western University

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Experience

  • AI Research Scientist at TikTok
    Nov 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

    Build video understanding and moderation system with Vision Language Large Models (VLLM).

  • ML Research Scientist at Future Fertility
    Oct 2022 - Oct 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Researcher at Western University
    Sep 2018 - Sep 2022 · 4 yrs 1 mo

    • Introduced methods for training deep learning models on unlabeled data based on biased models. • Conducted systematic analysis on understanding the advantages of using self-supervised models on noisy datasets. • Developed a method to reduce the effects of corrupted data on model training. • Invented an algorithm to find clean samples from noisy datasets with a few clean samples as reference.