Ping earned a Ph.D. under the guidance of Dr. Mustafa Bilgic in the Department of Computer Science at Illinois Tech. His research focuses on natural language processing in social networks, machine learning/deep learning applications, recommender systems, and active learning. His Ph.D. thesis explores the topic of filter bubbles in news recommender systems, in collaboration with Drs. Mustafa Bilgic, Aron Culotta, and Matthew A. Shapiro.
In addition to academic experience, Ping worked at Conversant as a Data Scientist Intern during the summer of 2018 and then spent two subsequent summers at LinkedIn as a Machine Learning Engineer Intern. Ping is currently employed at LinkedIn as a full-time Machine Learning Engineer, focusing on solving job recommendation problems.
Education
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Ph.D. in Computer Science, 2022
Illinois Institute of Technology -
M.S. in Computer Science, 2014
Illinois Institute of Technology -
B.S. in Computer Science, 2008
Nankai University