Tong Zhao

Tong Zhao is an Applied Scientist at The AI Institute, specializing in learning and model-based methods for contact-rich manipulation. Previous experience includes roles as a Software Engineer Intern at IMC Trading, where Tong added features to facilitate trading engine manipulation, and as a Software Development Engineer Intern at Amazon Web Services, focusing on enhancing reliability in Amazon Connect. Additional internships include developing an automated labeling system at Dexai Robotics, creating self-supervision algorithms at IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, and optimizing deep learning model performance at MIT CSAIL. Tong Zhao holds a Master of Engineering and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.