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Prof. Maya Chen
University of Toronto · Machine Learning Systems Lab
ML systemsDistributed trainingEfficient inference
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03 · Pain
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Recent activity · this week
Prof. Maya Chen
University of Toronto · Machine Learning Systems Lab
ML systemsDistributed trainingEfficient inference
Match
93%
h-index
41
Citations
12.8k
Understand fit before you write
Match score, research areas, recent work, and academic signals in one glance.
B · Outreach
To · m.chen@utoronto.caResume · Transcript
Subject
Prospective student interested in ML systems research
Dear Prof. Chen — I read your recent paper on latency-aware inference scheduling and have been working on a related undergraduate project at McGill…
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C · Inbox
Prof. Chen
Re: ML systems
Prof. Ortega
Lab rotation in fall
Prof. Wei
Re: thesis fit
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