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Basics
Name | Bowen Fang |
Label | PhD Student |
bf2504@columbia.edu | |
Phone | 917-293-3109 |
Url | https://bwfbowen.github.io/ |
Summary | PhD student at Columbia University with a focus on Reinforcement Learning and Autonomous Driving. |
Work
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2025.05 - 2025.08 -
2022.08 - 2022.12 -
2021.09 - 2022.06 Machine Learning Research Engineer Intern
AI TOPIA
Optimized intraday order placement using ML and RL algorithms.
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2021.07 - 2021.09 Quant Analyst Intern
Nomura Orient International Securities
Built FOF platform features, dashboards, and databases.
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2020.08 - 2020.10
Education
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2024 - present Ph.D.
Columbia University, New York, NY
Engineering and Applied Science
- Model Predictive Control
- Diffusion Models AI & RL
- Quantum Computing and Communication
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2022 - 2023 M.S.
Columbia University, New York, NY
Operations Research
- Advanced Big Data and AI
- ML and High-dimensional Analysis
- Robot Learning
- Optimization
- Stochastic Models
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2018.09 - 2022.07 Bachelor
Peking University, Beijing, China
Big Data Management and Applications
- Algorithms and Data Structure
- Database
Awards
- 2024
Calatrava Family Fellowship
Columbia University
Skills
Programming | |
Python | |
SQL | |
C++ | |
C# | |
Java | |
MATLAB |
Development | |
HTML/CSS | |
JavaScript | |
Unity | |
XCode |
Machine Learning | |
JAX | |
PyTorch | |
TensorFlow | |
MuZero | |
Acme | |
OpenCV | |
LLM |
Data Science | |
Apache Spark | |
Docker | |
Airflow | |
MongoDB | |
Pandas | |
NumPy | |
SciPy |
Cloud Computing | |
AWS | |
GCP |
Others | |
Git | |
LaTeX | |
Linux | |
iOS |
Languages
English | |
Fluent |
Mandarin Chinese | |
Native speaker |
Projects
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SINA: Seamless, Intelligent Navigation Anywhere
Winner of CS3 VALIDATE Accelerator program, received initial funding and continued funding.
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Python Open-source Library Muax
Implemented variants of MuZero with JAX/TensorFlow, supported distributed RL and distributed training. Integrated with DeepMind's Acme framework, compared MCTS search policies on Open Spiel multi-agent games (e.g., Go).