CV
General Information
Full Name | Cailong Hua |
hua00023@umn.edu |
Education
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2019 - current PhD Student in Electrical and Computer engineering
University of Minnesota - twin cities campus, Minnesota, US -
2016 - 2017 MSc. in Control Systems with Distinction
Imperial College London, London, UK -
2015 - 2016 BSc. in Automation Engineering
Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy -
2012 - 2016 BEng. in Electronic Information and Engineering (Sino-Italian Double Bachelor Degree Program)
Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Experience
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06/2020 - Present Graduate Research Assistant at University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota - twin cities campus, Minnesota, US - Developed algorithm for quantifying errors in non-equilibrium experiments with limited data
- Validated the algorithm using simulations and experiments by Optical Tweezers via a Python-based toolbox
- Automated analysis of experimental data with Matlab, reducing processing time from days to two hours
- Conducted statistical analysis of experimental data to model muscle proteins
- Developed a physics-based Monte Carlo engine to simulate force spectroscopy data
- Designed a novel physics-augmented deep learning model to identify single-molecule data, reducing processing to under an hour
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05/2024 - 08/2024 Data Scientist Intern
University of Phoenix - Fine-tuned large language models (LLMs) to task-specific data
- Evaluated various parameter-efficient fine-tuning (PEFT) methods on different pre-trained LLMs
- Built a chatbot in Amazon Web Service (AWS) to interact with fine-tuned LLMs
Other Information
- Technical Skills: Matlab, Simulink, Python, AWS, Latex, C++, etc.