Scholar
Ji Li
Google Scholar ID: BaZia9gAAAAJ
Principal Group Science Manager at Microsoft
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,657
H-index
18
i10-index
25
Publications
20
Co-authors
15
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Research Experience
- Principal Applied Science Manager at Microsoft (2022–present): Leading an ML team delivering generative AI solutions for Microsoft Designer, M365 Copilot, PowerPoint Designer, etc.
- Sr. Data and Applied Scientist at Microsoft (2018–2022): Worked on CV/NLP/Speech/Video/RL/Ranking ML projects; filed 30+ patents.
- Graduate Research Assistant at ISI/USC (2016–2018): Resilient computing.
- Graduate Teaching Assistant at USC (2014–2016): Taught EE450, EE577A/B (Computer Networks and VLSI System Design).
- Research Intern at Syracuse University (Summer 2016): Neuromorphic computing, embedded systems, deep learning.
- Verification R&D Intern at Broadcom Limited (Summer 2015): Supported testbench infrastructure and regression automation for RTL and gate-level simulations.
Education
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California (2018), advisors: Prof. Jeffrey Draper and Prof. Shahin Nazarian, GPA: 3.9/4.0.
- M.S. in Computer Science, University of Southern California (2017), GPA: 3.9/4.0.
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California (2014), GPA: 4.0/4.0.
- B.S. in Microelectronics, Xi'an Jiaotong University (2012), GPA: 88.6/100, Rank: 2/91.
- Exchange student in Electronics, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan (2010), GPA: 91.5/100.
