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Guocong Song

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Data Scientist at Playground Global

Palo Alto, California, United States

About

Guocong Song is a Data Scientist and Software Engineer at Playground.Global with expertise in deep learning, software engineering, and machine learning competitions. His technical background spans deep learning optimization, real-time ad bidding, CTR prediction, and distributed systems algorithms, along with five Kaggle competition victories. Prior to machine learning, he conducted research in communication and wireless network theory, including work recognized with the IEEE Stephen O. Rice Prize Paper Award and a book published by Cambridge University Press that has generated over 1,500 citations.

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Experience

  1. Playground.GlobalData Scientist / Software Engineercurrent2015 — presentPalo Alto, CA
  2. ShareThisPrincipal Research/Software Engineer2013 — 2015Palo Alto, CA
  3. AppLovinData Scientist2013Palo Alto, CA
  4. ASSIA, Inc.Staff Engineer2011 — 2013Redwood City, CA
  5. IEEE Transactions of Wireless CommunicationsEditor2010 — 2012
  6. Silicon ImageConsultant2011
  7. SiBEAM Inc.Staff Algorithm Engineer2006 — 2011
  8. MotorolaSr. Engineer2005 — 2006

Education

  1. Tsinghua UniversityMS, BS1992 — 2000
  2. Georgia Institute of TechnologyPhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering2001 — 2005

Skills & more

Machine Learning45Data Mining39Signal Processing18Mobile Devices15WiFi14Web Applications5Spark2Mobile Advertising3RTB2Redis2Data Visualization2NLP3
+11 moreCollaborative FilteringDeep neural networksTensorflowPythonHadoopJavaMySQLnetworkxpandas (python data analysis lib)MongoDBMapReduce

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Same school

Also attended Tsinghua University123

Zhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalVinnie LauriaFounding Partner at Golden Gate VenturesTed BreyerPartner at Breyer CapitalAlejandraChief of Staff, Investment Team at Hummingbird VenturesAlexander KremerPartner at Keen Venture PartnersDr. Kewei YangInvestor at G Vision Capital

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Also attended Georgia Institute of Technology169

Brando De CourtenData Engineer at P101 VenturesTom DyalCo-Founder at Redpoint VenturesWill McGinnisEntrepreneur and data science executive working at the intersection of AI/ML, technology, and business strategyRaymond WangInvestor at GGV CapitalJaya GuptaInvestor at Foundation CapitalJames WangGeneral Partner at Creative Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at ShareThis4

Mark Richey1809 Managing Partner at 1809 CapitalTim SchigelManaging Partner at Refinery VentureJ.B. KroppManaging Director at Cintrifuse CapitalPaul SchautVenture Advisor at Mercury Fund

Also worked at Silicon Image1

Mark HartneyPrincipal at Breakthrough Energy Ventures

Also worked at Motorola71

Joseph RuscioI build scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.Genping LiuGeneral Partner at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Kip McClanahanGeneral Partner at Silverton PartnersAnupam RastogiManaging Partner at EMERGENT VENTURESAnshu AgarwalGeneral Partner at ConvergeJean SiniGeneral Partner at Partech Ventures

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Colleagues at Playground Global

Andy Rubin
Managing Partner at Playground Global
Angela Lin
Executive Assistant at Playground Global
Austin Yu
Investor at Playground Global
Benjamin Kim
Partner at Playground Global
Brian Burton
Investor at Playground Global
Bruce Leak
General Partner at Playground Global
Caroline Little
Director Government Affairs at Playground Global
Chika Nakasu
Executive Manager at Playground Global