Yanxia Zhang

Yanxia Zhang is a Machine Learning Engineer at Meta, specializing in video recommendation since October 2025. Prior to this role, Zhang served as a Senior Machine Learning Research Scientist at Toyota Research Institute from August 2020 to October 2025, leading initiatives in multimodal GenAI systems and scalable preference modeling with a focus on user personalization. An advisory position at iFocus Health involved guiding technology and strategy for eye-tracking tools aimed at children with attention challenges. Zhang's earlier experiences include a Research Scientist role at FX Palo Alto Laboratory and research positions at Delft University of Technology and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, focusing on anomaly detection and interactive robotic systems. Zhang's academic background includes a PhD in Computer Science from Lancaster University, as well as a Master's in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Amsterdam and a Bachelor's in Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology.