Hey there, I'm Allen and this is where I share thoughts and learnings (when I remember). I'm impressed you found this tucked away spot on the internet!

I was born in Japan, raised mostly in China, and moved to New York for high school. I earned my Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Computer Science from UCLA, and now I'm living and working in the Bay Area. I speak English, Chinese, and some Japanese, which has allowed me to develop an international perspective on things and opened up different opportunities.

For work, I do mostly ML/AI stuff. Right now, I work on recsys at Meta. Before that, I worked on ads targeting/recsys at TikTok, fraud/risk/integrity ml at Mercari, various ML and product initiatives at startup, etc.

If you have questions or just want to chat or connect, you can reach out via LinkedIn or send an email to allenmiyazawa AT gmail DOT com.