👋 Hi, I'm Zhen!
I'm Zhen Tong — a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University, passionate about Deep Learning Systems, LLM infrastructure, and Reinforcement Learning. I enjoy building scalable AI systems, optimizing model performance, and diving deep into generative models.
🔬 Research & Interests
Large Language Model systems (MLX, vLLM-style engines, speculative decoding, GPU/Metal kernels), Distributed systems, consensus algorithms, and performance engineering
💼 Experience
Amazon — Software Engineer Intern (2025) Built centralized data deletion orchestration service using AWS Lambda, Step Functions, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, IAM, CDK.
LOGO Lab, CUHKSZ — Research Assistant (2024.2 – Present) Research on generative models and optimization algorithms.
🎓 Education
Carnegie Mellon University - Master of Science in Information Networking (2024.8 – 2026.1, expected)
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen - BSc in Computer Science and Engineering (2020.9 – 2024.5)

