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Basics

Name Olivia Cheng
Summary Machine Learning Research and Engineering

Education

  • 2025 - Present

    Pittsburgh, PA

    Master of Science
    Carnegie Mellon University
    Machine Learning, School of Computer Science
  • 2018 - 2022

    Philadelphia, PA

    Bachelor of Arts
    University of Pennsylvania
    Interdisciplinary Philosophy & Science; Minors in Mathematics & Computer Science
    • Graduated with 4.0/4 GPA, summa cum laude
    • Teaching Assistant for CIS 160: Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, 2020-2021
    • Tutor for ECON 001: Microeconomics

Work

  • 2024 - 2025

    Pittsburgh, PA

    Software Engineer
    Daedalus, Inc.
    • Pioneered novel integrated stereo depth perception & object detection algorithm by implementing and adapting academic research paper with no available source code, including custom optimizations for real-time performance on NVIDIA Jetson platform
    • Managed technical oversight of medical device firmware development for surgical systems, conducting code reviews and executing rigorous unit testing protocols for FDA-regulated software
    • Led software standup meeting and organize biweekly Learn & Share sessions for software team
  • 2022 - 2023

    New York, NY

    Software Engineer
    Meta Platforms, Inc.
    • Deployed and optimized low-latency ML models for EMG/IMU signal processing in wearable non-invasive brain-computer interfaces as part of Augmented Reality division
    • Architected cross-platform signal processing library for multiple MCU/DSP targets using Python & C++
  • 2021 - 2021

    Remote (Redwood City)

    Software Engineer Intern
    Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
    • Built proof of concept for differential data privacy system in Python to protect sensitive user data
  • 2021 - 2021

    Remote (Menlo Park)

    Software Engineer Intern
    Facebook, Inc.
    • Built cross-platform mobile UI components for Facebook Marketplace, designed for accessibility

Publications

Interests

Technical Interests
machine learning
representation learning
deep learning
computer vision
multimodal AI
operations research
Applied Domains
finance
science
operations
automation
robotics
autonomous vehicles
Theory & Philosophy
learning theory and epistemology
technology ethics

Certificates

Skills

Machine Learning & Computer Vision
PyTorch
OpenCV
MMDetection
YOLO
FiftyOne
stereo vision
depth estimation
object detection
real-time inference optimization
unsupervised learning
automated data curation
Programming & Software Engineering
Python
C++
C
Java
embedded systems
NVIDIA Jetson
mobile app development (React Native)
performance optimization
Git
CI/CD
unit testing
code review
Linux
Docker
Data Science & MLOps
Pandas
NumPy
scikit-learn
Jupyter
model validation pipelines
experiment tracking
ML model evaluation
Weights & Biases
Mathematical Foundations
linear algebra
probability theory
3D geometry
graph theory
Open Source
PyTorch contributor
OpenCV contributor
FiftyOne contributor
Hugging Face Spaces

Volunteer

  • 2025 - Present
    PyTorch Vision - Open Source Contributor
    Contributing to computer vision transformations and model architectures
    • pytorch/vision#9114 - Improved image transformation utilities
  • 2025 - Present
    FiftyOne - Open Source Contributor
    Contributing to visual AI data management and model evaluation platform
    • voxel51/fiftyone#5910 - Enhanced dataset management capabilities
  • 2025 - Present
    OpenCV - Open Source Contributor
    Contributing to the world's biggest computer vision library
    • opencv/opencv#27305 - Math optimization improvements
    • Addressed performance issues in core mathematical operations

Music

  • 2023.08 - Present

    Pittsburgh, PA

    Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
    Alto I/Soprano II in mixed professional-volunteer symphonic choir, partner of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. All performances in Heinz Hall unless otherwise noted.
    • Joe Hisaishi Conducts the PSO | September 13-14, 2025 | Cond. by Joe Hisaishi | US Premiere of 'The End of the World' by Hisaishi
    • Highmark Holiday Pops | December 13-21, 2024
    • Brahms' Schicksalied and Faure's Requiem | December 6-8, 2024 | Cond. by Manfred Honeck
    • Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 | April 26-28, 2024 | Cond. by Manfred Honeck
    • Liszt's Dante Symphony | April 19-21, 2024 | Cond. by Manfred Honeck
    • Highmark Holiday Pops | December 15-23, 2023
    • Brahms’ Requiem | December 1-3, 2023 | Cond. by Manfred Honeck
  • 2023 - 2023.06

    New York, NY

    Florilegium Chamber Choir
    Alto I in 25-person SATB chamber choir. All performances in Trinity Lutheran Church of Manhattan and conducted by James Knox Sutterfield.
    • Jauchzet dem Herrn | March 5, 2023
    • Ye Shall Have a Song | May 21, 2023
  • 2022 - 2023.06

    New York, NY

    New York Choral Society
    Alto I in 100+ person symphonic choir. Conducted by David Hayes unless otherwise noted.
    • A Knee on the Neck | June 13, 2023 | David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center | New York Premiere
    • Bernstein's Chichester Psalms | May 28, 2023 | Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall | Cond. by Michael Repper
    • A Very Merry Brooklyn Holiday Concert | December 16, 2022 | St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church, Brooklyn | Cond. by Philip Nuzzo
    • Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts | November 18-19, 2022 | Tishman Auditorium, The New School