CV
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Contact Information
| Name | ZHOU Zijian (Bobby) |
| Professional Title | PhD Candidate in Computer Science |
| zhou_zijian@u.nus.edu |
Professional Summary
PhD candidate at the National University of Singapore working on data-centric machine learning and large language models
Experience
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2025 - 2026 Beijing, China
Research Intern
MiniMax
Worked on large language models.
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2023 - 2025 Singapore
Research Engineer
Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre (SMART)
Worked with Prof. Daniela Rus (MIT) on efficient LLM inference and long-horizon agents.
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2022 - 2023 Singapore
Machine Learning Engineer Intern
TikTok (Singapore)
Worked on the advertisement moderation team.
Education
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2023 - 2027 Singapore
PhD
National University of Singapore
Computer Science
- Expected graduation in 2027
- Advised by Prof. Bryan Kian Hsiang Low
- Research on data-centric ML, reinforcement fine-tuning, prompt optimization, and speculative decoding for LLMs
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2019 - 2023 Singapore
Bachelor
National University of Singapore
Computer Science and Mathematics
- Double major in Computer Science and Mathematics
- Dean’s List x4 (2020-2022)
Research Interests
Data-centric AI: Data valuation, curation, and attribution for machine learning and LLMs
LLM post-training: Reinforcement fine-tuning and high-quality trajectory generation
Efficient inference: Speculative decoding and draft token selection