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Wann-Jiun Ma

Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs
Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs

Overview


Wann-Jiun received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from University of Notre Dame in 2015, and then worked as a postdoctoral associate at Duke University. He has been working for both big and startup companies as a data scientist. Currently, he is the Director of Data Science/AI at Neiman Marcus Group. In addition to being a data science practitioner in the industry, he also collaborates with multiple data science MS programs and guides students as they work on their deep reinforcement learning capstone projects. His current research interests are deep learning/deep reinforcement learning/large language models and their real-life applications, especially product recommendations and personalization.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs · 2023 - Present Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs, Pratt School of Engineering

Education, Training & Certifications


University of Notre Dame · 2015 D.Eng.