Yi Zhang

Yi Zhang is currently a Principal Engineering/Science Manager at Microsoft, where they lead an applied science and engineering team focused on integrating mainstream machine learning and related technologies into various advertising products. They have been with Microsoft since 2006, holding roles including Applied Researcher and are now specializing in Bing ads revenue and relevance. Yi Zhang completed their PhD in Management Sciences/Management Information Systems at the University of Iowa, and holds a Master's degree in Operations Research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master's degree in High Performance Computation from the National University of Singapore. Additionally, they are pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Automobile Engineering from Tongji University.