In a previous life, I worked on cross-functional projects in energy as an applied ML scientist w/ PETRONAS Research. Currently I build domain-specific generative AI applications as a technical co-founder at V-Cred.
I code in my spare time, either for amusement (tnwei/vqgan-clip-app, These Nebulae Do Not Exist), out of curiosity (tnwei/waternet, tnwei/intrinsic-dimension), or to scratch personal itches (tnwei/python-rle, tnwei/msia-covid-api, tnwei/mlflow-docker).
I hike semi-regularly on weekends. There’s a lot of good places to go in the KL / Klang valley area.
I believe in my social responsibilty to raise and train the next generation of industry. I show up semi-actively at hackathons to mentor students, and I also train Team Malaysia for international AI olympiads.
Working with me (as a colleague / as a staff / as a mentee etc)
- https://nohello.net/en/
- Believe that your best days are yet to come
- Frequent communication + collaboration beats whatever framework we adopt
- Don’t choose to not reach out for intervention just because you don’t want to disturb me! We go far by being a team. Don’t escalate things to my attention until it’s too late
- Attitude and drive are more important than skills
- My top 5 HIGH5 strengths (you rely on me): self-believer, problem solver, commander, thinker, empathizer
- My bottom 5 HIGH5 strengths (I rely on you): analyst, chameleon, focus expert, brainstormer, optimist
Seldomly Asked Questions
- If I can study anything more in the world for leisure, I’d love to study typography and architecture. I find it fascinating how artful design can evoke certain emotions in people
- Favourite radio drama: Ace Combat / Project Wingman
- Favourite coding language: English (what language do you write your comments in?)
- Once spent two whole years knitting a scarf
- Have a lot of ideas but none of them make money
- Sabbatical ideas: do AI projects for bio-conservation, write, build small fun projects for the pure sake of it