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Vivien Cheng

I'm an incoming Ph.D. student in Electrical Engineering at Stanford.

Education. B.S. in Electrical Engineering and M.S. in Computer Science, Stanford (2026).
Before Stanford, I ranked first nationally in Germany's 2022 Abitur examinations.

Research. Efficient ML systems across the algorithm, systems, and hardware stack at Hazy Research (Chris Ré); electrified thermochemical reactor optimization at the Electromagnetics & Sustainability Group (Jonathan Fan);
and empirical research in financial intermediation at Stanford GSB (Greg Buchak).

Feel free to reach out, I'm always happy to chat about research, collaborations, or new ideas.


Beyond research. I serve as co-president of Stanford's Tau Beta Pi chapter and CFO of SGSA. My industry experience includes Tesla, Jump Trading, and German automakers. Prior to Stanford, I founded nonprofits and deployed with Germany's federal civil protection agency. I teach Pilates and tutor STEM.

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