Feng "Bill" Shi

Feng "Bill" Shi has a diverse work experience spanning multiple companies and roles. Feng "Bill" is currently employed at TigerGraph as a Sr ML Architect/Manager since 2021. Prior to this, from 2019 to 2021, they worked at Amazon as an Applied Scientist, where they led a team in solving recommender systems problems and contributed to the development of sequence-aware and context-aware recommender systems. Feng "Bill" also played a key role in building Amazon's knowledge graph of books and led research in graph embeddings.

Before joining Amazon, Feng worked as a Data Scientist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2016 to 2019. Feng "Bill"'sresponsibilities during this time included conducting data analysis and research projects. From 2013 to 2016, they served as a Postdoctoral Scholar at The University of Chicago, where they studied higher-order interactions in complex systems and investigated various aspects of science.

Feng's early career consisted of roles at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, ranging from 2008 to 2013. Feng "Bill" worked as a Research Assistant, Instructor, and Graduate Research Consultant & Lab Instructor, teaching MATLAB and Mathematica for scientific computing.

In addition to their academic and industry roles, Feng also gained experience through internships and workshops. Feng "Bill" interned at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in 2012 and participated in workshops such as the Industrial Math/Stat Modeling Workshop for Graduate Students in 2011 and The Twenty-Seventh Annual Workshop on Mathematical Problems in Industry in 2011.

Overall, Feng "Bill" Shi's work experience showcases their expertise in machine learning, recommender systems, data analysis, and scientific research.

Feng "Bill" Shi obtained their B.S. in Math and Applied Mathematics from Zhejiang University, where they studied from 2004 to 2008. Feng "Bill" then pursued further education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, earning an M.S. in Statistics from 2010 to 2012. Afterward, they continued their studies at the same institution and obtained a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, which spanned from 2008 to 2013.