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Fan Du
Director of Research, Foundation AI
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Location: Sunnyvale, California, United StatesApprox. Years of Experience: 11
Fan Du's Current Workplace
Dolby Laboratories
Company Size
1001-2500
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We're the rain on the roof in a movie. The music flowing through your earbuds when you're at the gym. The footsteps lurking behind you in a video game. The voice of a colleague on a call who seems to be right next to you. The sight of a breathtakingly bright and vivid sunset on your TV. Making experiences come alive through technology is what we do. It's been our mission since day one. It began with our founder, Ray Dolby, a visionary scientist and inventor. As a young engineer and music lover, he was driven to improve the listening experience. And with that simple motivation, plus countless hours of experimentation, he created a solution—a solution that was elegant and practical, highly sophisticated, and wholly devoted to the artist's vision. Even as we've become a global company, Dolby Laboratories continues to reflect Ray Dolby's values. Here, science meets art. And high tech goes far beyond computer code. Founded in 1965 and headquartered in San Francisco, Dolby has grown into a leading global innovator and developer of audio, imaging and voice technologies for cinema, home theaters, PCs, mobile phones, and games. Our products include Dolby Digital Plus, TrueHD, Dolby Voice, Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision. Today, over 2,000 individuals around the globe share their talents and energy to enable the most immersive experiences that technology can deliver.
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Experience
Director of Research, Foundation AI
Dolby Laboratories · Full-time
Sep 2024 - Present
3 mos
Transform content production and consumption experiences with GenAI
Sr. Software Engineer
Databricks · Full-time
Aug 2022 - Sep 2024
2 yrs 2 mos
Text2Viz (AI Chart Builder): * Designed, built and shipped this strategic "AI for BI" feature within 4 weeks * Adopted by 1/3 of all dashboard authors and generated over 160K charts at 97% success rate * Demoed at NeurIPS and Data+AI Summit Vega-Lite Charts Migration: * Led migration of legacy Plotly charts to Vega-Lite across notebooks, dashboards, and SQL editors * Delivered 12x faster rendering performance, grew adoption from 0.6% to 97%, benefiting 200K+ users across 10K+ customers * Led a team of 5 engineers and responsible for 30+ person-weeks multi-quarter investment * Recognized by a Spot Award at engineering all-hands
Adobe
May 2017 - Jul 2022
Senior Research Scientist
Jul 2021 - Jul 2022
1 yr 1 mo
Team lead of multiple data intelligence features: * Customer journey visualizations – released in Adobe Journey Optimizer and Adobe Analytics * Intelligent captions for data storytelling – released in Adobe Experience Platform and Adobe Analytics * Visualization recommendation for dashboard authoring – released in Adobe Experience Platform Keynote demos at Adobe SUMMIT 2022: * Built & presented Sneak #KPIPop – key driver analysis and scenario planning for KPI metrics * Built Sneak #WinningScores – predicting online visitor experiences and discovering frictions Filed 45 US patents during my time at Adobe
Research Scientist II
Jul 2019 - Jul 2021
2 yrs 1 mo
* Built & presented keynote demo #SegmentTuner at Adobe SUMMIT 2021 – an AI-assisted visualization tool for creating high-quality customer segments
Research Scientist
Apr 2018 - Jul 2019
1 yr 4 mos
* Built & presented keynote demo #JourneyGenius at Adobe SUMMIT 2019 – predicting next steps in customer journeys for making proactive decisions * Covered by Forbes – "Adobe: How It's Unleashing AI"
Research Intern
May 2017 - Aug 2017
4 mos
Clickstream analysis for digital marketing @Adobe Research
Research Intern
IBM
Jun 2014 - Aug 2015
1 yr 3 mos
Interned twice during summer 2014 and 2015 @IBM Research * Event prediction for time-series data * Big graph interactive exploration
CTO & Co-founder
WaiMai Online
Sep 2010 - Jul 2013
2 yrs 11 mos
Founded one of the earliest startups that created online meal ordering services in China back in 2010 * Managed a team of 15 engineers and sales staff * Grew customer base to over 40 restaurants
Education
  • 2013 - 2018
    University of MarylandDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science
  • 2013 - 2016
    University of MarylandMaster's Degree, Computer Science
  • 2009 - 2013
    Zhejiang UniversityBachelor's Degree, Computer Science