Yatong Bai
About Yatong Bai
Yatong Bai is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Berkeley, with a focus on optimization and controls. They have held various research internships at notable companies including Scale AI, Microsoft, and Adobe, and have a strong academic background in Mechanical and Computer Engineering.
Work at Adobe
Yatong Bai is currently employed as a Research Intern at Adobe, a position they have held since 2024. This role is based in San Francisco, California, and involves contributing to research initiatives within the company. The internship aligns with their academic background and research interests.
Previous Experience at Scale AI
Prior to their current role, Yatong Bai worked as a Machine Learning Research Intern at Scale AI for seven months in 2022. This position was located in San Francisco, California, where they engaged in projects related to machine learning applications.
Education and Expertise
Yatong Bai is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Berkeley, where they have been studying since 2020. They also completed a Master of Science in Engineering at the same institution from 2020 to 2022. Their undergraduate studies were at Georgia Institute of Technology, where they earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Computer Engineering, graduating in 2020.
Research Interests
Yatong Bai focuses on optimization and controls as part of their research interests. They are particularly interested in adversarial robustness and text-to-audio generation within the field of deep learning. This focus informs their work as a Graduate Student Instructor at UC Berkeley since 2022.
Internship History
Yatong Bai has a diverse internship history that includes positions at Microsoft, Honda Aircraft Company, and Tesla. They worked as a Research Intern at Microsoft for three months in 2023, and prior to that, they interned at Honda Aircraft Company and Tesla in 2019 and 2018, respectively. These experiences have contributed to their practical knowledge in research and engineering.