Yang Xia

Yang Xia has a robust background in machine learning and engineering, beginning with a Bachelor's degree in Electronic Information Science and Technology from Tsinghua University, awarded in 2011. Yang furthered education with a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Rice University (2014) and a Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Science and Technology from the University of California, Berkeley (2018). Professional experience includes serving as a Graduate Research Assistant at UC Berkeley (2014-2019) and progressing to various roles at Meta, initially as a Research Scientist focusing on feed ranking and notification filtering through machine learning (2019-2024), then transitioning to a Machine Learning Intern at Facebook (early 2019) concentrating on deep learning in ads ranking, and currently holding the position of Engineering Manager, where responsibilities involve feed ranking and machine learning modeling.