Wen Xie

Atlanta, GA

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About Wen - Postdoctoral Fellow in Institute for Experiential AI

Wen is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University. He holds a Ph.D. in EE from the University of Houston and a B.ENG in Electrical Information Engineering and a B.ECON in Finance from UESTC. He leverages computer vision and big data analytics to conduct marketing research and address substantive problems for actionable business implications.

In his first research stream, he employs computer vision and natural language processing to understand unstructured data in visual marketing, online advertising, and social media. In the second research stream, he conducts eye-tracking and behavioral experiments to understand consumer behavior.

As a marketing researcher, Wen is seeking opportunities as a postdoctoral fellow or Assistant Professor in Marketing. He is also keen on pursuing full-time roles as an applied scientist, research scientist, or machine learning engineer. Any resources or referrals in these domains would be highly appreciated!

Industry Experience:

  • Machine Learning Researcher at Web Answers and Ranking Team of Apple Inc.
    • Led a project on open-domain multi-hop question-answering using text summarization and generative models, such as T5, BART, and CtrlSum.
  • Research Scientist at Computational Social Science Team of Snap Inc.
    • Led a project on improving ad engagement and user experience.

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