Si-Yuan Kong

Si-Yuan Kong is a Senior Machine Learning Researcher at Protege since October 2025, with a prior extensive tenure at Activision from June 2021 to October 2025, where Si-Yuan held roles as Senior Lead Data Scientist, Lead Data Scientist, and Senior Data Scientist, focusing on experimentation, causal inference, and AI methods to enhance gaming experiences. Before Activision, Si-Yuan was a Data Scientist at MobLab from July 2018 to May 2021, serving as Product Manager and Behavioral Economist, and contributing to user data analysis and product development. Si-Yuan's academic background includes a PhD in Economics from UC Irvine, with research contributions in traffic incident management and dark market analysis, alongside experience as a Graduate Teaching Assistant. Additionally, Si-Yuan holds Bachelor's degrees in Physics and Economics from UC Irvine.