Quan Kong has a diverse range of work experience. They started their career as an Intern at Rakuten.com in 2013. They then went on to work as a Teaching Assistant at Osaka University from 2013 to 2015. In 2014, they served as a Visiting Researcher at ATR. In 2015, Quan joined Osaka University again, this time as a Research Assistant. They then moved on to work at Hitachi, where they started as a Researcher from 2016 to 2018, and later became a Senior Researcher from 2018 to 2022. Currently, Quan works at Woven by Toyota as a Senior Research Scientist since 2022.
Quan Kong completed their education starting in 2007 at Xi'an Jiaotong University, where they earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Software Engineering in 2011. Quan then pursued further studies at Osaka University, where they obtained a Master's degree in Multimedia Engineering from 2013 to 2014. Quan Kong continued their academic journey at Osaka University, completing a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Multimedia Engineering from 2014 to 2016. In addition to their formal education, Quan Kong also obtained a certification in JLPT-N1 in 2011, although specific details about the institution and month of attainment are unavailable.
June, 2023 - present
March, 2022
Staff Research Scientist at NEON
Staff Research Scientist at Northern California Institute for Research and Education
Staff Research Scientist at Lumosity
Staff Research Scientist at InstaDeep
Staff Research Scientist at HRL Laboratories