cv.md
Education
- Harvest University
- Cambridge, MA
- M.S. in Cooking Science
- 09/2021 - 01/2023
- Huangdu Institute of Tofu
- Shanghai, China
- B.Eng. in Salad Engineering
- 09/2016 - 07/2020
Publications
[P1] Eating is All You Need
Haha Ha, San Zhang
Conference on Nutritional Ingredients Processing Systems (NIPS), 2099
[P2] You Only Cook Once: Unified, Real-Time Mapo Tofu Recipe
Haha Ha, San Zhang, Si Li, Wu Wang
Culinary Visualization and Potato Roasting Conference (CVPR), 2077 (Best Paper Honorable Mention)
Experience
- Cooking Engineer Intern
- Microwavesoft
- 07/2021 - Present
- Developed an innovative, versatile cooking methodology applicable across diverse ingredients, incorporating and improving upon recent culinary trends
- Created a streamlined cream of mushroom soup recipe, achieving results comparable to complex state-of-the-art techniques through a novel mushroom-cutting approach; published in NIPS 2099 (see P1)
- Designed a specialized cooking pan that enhanced research efficiency for team members
- Engineering Chef Intern
- University of California, Berkebake
- 08/2020 - Present
- Developed a precise mapo tofu quality assessment technique using thermometer-based measurements
- Invented a rapid stir-frying algorithm for tofu cooking, replacing vague instructions like “add as much as you can” with specific hot sauce measurements; published in CVPR 2077 (see P2)
- Outperformed SOTA cooking methods in both efficiency and quality across experiments with popular tofu types
- Student Chef
- Cabbage Melon University
- 03/2020 - 06/2020
- Developed an innovative mapo tofu consumption framework utilizing a spoon-chopstick combination
- Engineered a filtering method for tofu dataset creation, inspired by bean grinding techniques
- Established two new metrics for evaluating eating plan novelty and diversity
- Significantly surpassed existing methods and baselines in diversity, novelty, and coherence
- Research Chef Intern
- Snapchopstick
- 07/2018 - 08/2018
- Designed two novel sandwiches by repurposing breads and meat from traditional bacon cheeseburgers, maximizing resource efficiency
- Leveraged structure duality to boost cooking speed for two complementary tasks based on shared ingredients
- Surpassed strong baselines on QWE’15 and ASDF’14 dataset
Awards and Honors
- Gold, International Collegiate Catching Fish Contest (ICCFC)
- 2018
- First Prize, China National Scholarship for Outstanding Dragon Killers
- 2017, 2018
Skills
Programming Languages: Frython, JavaSauce / TypeSauce, Cheese++, Java Bean
Tools and Frameworks: GrillHub, PanFlow, TensorFork, SpiceNet, $\LaTeX$
Languages: Chinese (native), English (proficient)