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My Curriculum Vitae

Basics

Name Zhaodong Liu
Label Undergraduate Student
Email zl4789@nyu.edu
Phone +86 131-5629-6623
Summary A Computer Science and Mathematics double major student at New York University Shanghai with research experience in generative retrieval and large language models.

Education

  • 2022.09 - 2026.05

    Shanghai, China

    Bachelor of Science
    New York University Shanghai
    Computer Science and Mathematics

Projects

  • 2025.05 - Present
    New York University Shanghai
    Generative Retrieval for Recommendation System
    • Advisor: Prof. Hongyi Wen (Department of Computer Science, Data Science and Engineering)
    • Developed a multimodal framework to predict user behavioral patterns on Amazon datasets.
    • Designed and evaluated model architectures, implemented quantization methods of VQ-VAE, RQ-VAE, OPQ, to capture discrete behavior patterns, achieving 47.2% performance improvement (from 0.0339 to 0.0499).
    • Implemented a BPE-inspired partitioning tokenization, improving sequence coherence and representation quality
  • 2024.09 - 2024.12
    Center for Data Science, New York University
    Finetuning on Pretrained LM to Efficiently Perform Retrosynthesis of Chemical Reactions
    • Developed predictive models for chemical reaction retrosynthesis using SMILES notation.
    • Applied an LLM for dataset reconstruction and augmentation, improving Top-1 Accuracy by 26.2% (from 0.588 to 0.742) while reducing reliance on expensive laboratory data.
    • Employed fine-tuning strategies (encoder freezing, MLP adapters, LoRA) to optimize training efficiency.
  • 2024.05 - 2024.08
    New York University Shanghai
    Driving Route Optimization Considering Traffic Light Timings
    • Advisor: Prof. Zhibin Chen (Department of Computer Science, Data Science and Engineering)
    • Built a traffic-aware driving route optimization model under real-world map and constraints on SUMO platform.
    • Simulated model on real traffic signal datasets, reducing travel time compared to baseline routing algorithms.
    • Applied energy consumption models for EV and gasoline vehicles, balancing energy efficiency and travel time.

Work

  • 2025.12 - Present

    Shanghai, China

    Data Engineer
    Data Strategy Department, McDonald's China
    Worked on building and optimizing data infrastructure to support business intelligence and analytics for McDonald's China.
    • Developed and validated scalable database schemas and enterprise-level data maps.
    • Designed a similarity recommendation algorithm based on menu composition and user historical interactions.
    • Implemented an AI agent that significantly enhanced data panel classification and visualization.

Volunteer

  • 2023.05 - 2024.08
    Treasurer
    Organized events and managed club financial operations.
    • Managed financial operations and annual budgeting for student-led educational initiatives.
    • Facilitated letter exchanges and Q&A sessions with high school students from Hunan Province.
  • 2022.09 - Present
    Trombone Section Leader
    Directed the trombone section, coordinated rehearsals, and oversaw instrument storage logistics.

Awards

Skills

Programming Languages
Python
Java
C
SQL
Stata
Tools and Frameworks
Git
PyTorch
Pandas
NumPy
LaTeX

Languages

Chinese
Native
English
Fluent