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Basics

Name Bowen Fang
Label PhD Student
Email bf2504@columbia.edu
Phone 917-293-3109
Url https://bwfbowen.github.io/
Summary I develop scalable systems and RL-based agentic reasoning frameworks for stochastic, continuous environments with complex topological constraints.

Work

Education

  • 2024 - present
    Ph.D.
    Columbia University, New York, NY
  • 2022 - 2023
    M.S.
    Columbia University, New York, NY
    Operations Research
  • 2018.09 - 2022.07
    Bachelor
    Peking University, Beijing, China
    Big Data Management and Applications, Minor in Economics

Skills

Languages
Python
C++
SQL
MATLAB
ML & RL
JAX
PyTorch
TensorFlow
Hugging Face
vLLM
VeRL
Ray/RLlib
Acme
mctx
OpenSpiel
Data & Infra
NumPy
Pandas
SciPy
scikit-learn
XGBoost
Apache Spark
Docker
Kubernetes
Slurm
Airflow
Cloud & Tools
AWS
GCP
Linux
Git

Projects

  • 2025 - Present
    VeRL-Tune
    Scalable HPO and evaluation pipeline integrating VeRL with Ray Tune for agentic RL/LLM reasoning.
  • 2024 - Present
    SINA
    Offline indoor AR evacuation system requiring no network, Bluetooth, or stored maps on the Phone.
  • 2023 - Present
    Muax
    JAX/TF MuZero implementation bridging DeepMind's MCTX with Acme.