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Shengyao Zhuang

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Applied Scientist at Amazon
📍 United States

Shengyao Zhuang is an Applied Scientist at Amazons AGI division, focusing on web search technologies, large language models, and information retrieval. A Ph. D. graduate from The University of Queensland, his research on neural rankers has been recognized with multiple best paper awards, driving advancements in LLM-powered search engines.

He has won several accolades for his work, including the Best Paper Award for research on the robustness of neural rankers to typos.

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Experience
6 Years
Current Role
Applied Scientist
Location
United States
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LLMs in Search
His entire career, from his Ph. D. to his current role at Amazon and post-doc at CSIRO, has been dedicated to applying Large Language Models to improve information retrieval.
Neural Rankers
He has received multiple awards for his papers on neural rankers and dense retrievers, indicating deep expertise and a passion for this specific AI subfield.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Applied Scientist
Amazon
12-2023
Adjunct Lecturer
The University of Queensland
7-2019 - 11-2023
PHD Student
The University of Queensland
7-2019 - 7-2022
Tutor
The University of Queensland
3-2023 - 8-2025
Postdoctoral Researcher
CSIRO
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Education
7-2019 - 12-2023
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
The University of Queensland
2017 - 2018
Master of Information Technology
The University of Queensland
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