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Name Lele Cao
Email lelecao@microsoft.com
Url https://www.google.com/search?q=lele+cao
Address Malmskillnadsgatan 19, 111 57 Stockholm

Work

  • 2024.06 - Present
    Senior Principal AI Researcher
    Microsoft (Activision Bilizzard King)
    Lead the AI4Game Research over the topics of representation learning, reinforcement learning, graph learning and causal ML, supervise Master/Ph.D. students, drive research collboration with organizations such as MIT, DTU and Microsoft Research.
  • 2020.05 - 2024.06
    Principal AI Research Scientist
    Motherbrain, EQT Group
    Lead applied research on large-scale knowledge graphs, oversee academic publications and knowledge sharing initiatives, supervise Master’s theses focused on AI for investment, and collaborate with external laboratories and universities to advance AI research efforts.
  • 2017.04 - 2020.05
    Senior Machine Learning Engineer
    King Digital Entertainment
    Develop ML platforms and use cases such as user profiling, real-time recommendations, and reinforcement learning game agents, conduct state-of-the-art research surveys on AI in gaming—including AI that plays, creates, and understands games.
  • 2016.08 - 2017.05
    Senior Algorithm Engineer
    Amap, Alibaba Group
    Conduct fundamental research and applied computer vision algorithms for the backend data center, and implemented an online platform to automatically extract and update roads from aerial maps, operating 24/7 to double production efficiency.
  • 2007.06 - 2013.04
    Engineering Manager
    Elisa (Polystar)
    • 2010.03 - 2013.04 General managing the Beijing branch, overseeing cross-functional teams.
    • Responsible for building a commercial telecom big data visualisation and analytics platform.
  • 2004.07 - 2006.08
    Software Engineer
    Ericsson
    Troubleshoot, integrate, upgrade CDMA Core Network Systems.

Education

  • 2015.03 - 2016.03

    Melbourne, Australia

    Visiting PhD Researcher
    University of Melbourne
    Machine Learning
  • 2012.08 - 2016.07

    Beijing, China

    PhD
    Tsinghua University
    Artificial Intelligence
  • 2006.08 - 2010.03

    Stockholm, Sweden

    Master of Science
    KTH Royal Institute of Technology
    Interactive Systems Engineering
  • 2001.09 - 2005.06

    Nanjing, China

    Bachelor of Engineering
    Southeast University
    Software Engineering

Awards

Languages

Chinese
Native speaker
English
Fluent