Zifan Jiang

Live in Zurich; used to live in Shanghai, Beijing, and Nanjing; born in Kunshan, China.

Four cultures shape the adult me, I will write about them at some point.

University of Zurich · Ph.D. in Computational Linguistics · 2022-2026
- Innosuisse subproject Sign Language Translation
University of Neuchâtel · Scientific Programmer · 2021-now
- SNSF proejct Evolution of Phonetics and Phonology
University of Zurich · Master in Data Science · 2019-2021
- Special student at ETH Zurich
- Master thesis on Machine Translation between Spoken Languages and Signed Languages in Written Form
Wiredcraft (Shanghai) · Front-end Engineer · 2018-2019
- Lead maintainer of Starbucks China website and World Bank Open Data platform.
- Analyst on-site at Nike Shanghai on Nike Wechat Mini Program.
Gap (Nanjing) · 2017-2018
- A librarian, reading useless books in university libraries.
- Freelancing for startups, playing with Rich-text editors.
Zhihu (Beijing) · Front-end Engineer / Front-end Intern · 2014-2017
- Built the first version of the Zhihu advertising platform.
- Explored the early React ecosystem, redesign and refactor the official website.
- In charge of an internal UI kit, especially a rich-text component based on Draft.js.
MyDocumate (Nanjing) · Front-end Intern · 2014
Alibaba (Hangzhou) · Front-end Intern · 2013
Nanjing University Lily Studio · Art Group Leader / Art Group Member · 2011-2013
Nanjing University· Bachelor in Software Engineering · 2011-2015

Languages: Mandarin Chinese (native), English (C1), German (B1), American Sign Language (A1)
Programming Languages: JavaScript, Python, Java, C/C++, LaTeX
Tools: Macbook Pro, Chrome, iTerm, VS Code, Git/GitHub
Specialties: Natural Language Processing, Computer Vison, Data Science

2024: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Albania, Greece (Corfu), Italy (Matera, East Coast)
2023: Montenegro, Greece (Crete, Meteora, Thessaloniki)
2022: Spain & Portugal (Iberian Peninsula), South Italy (Sicily), Spain (the Pyrenees, the Basque Country)
2021: Northern and Central Italy (West Coast), Southern France
2020: Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece (Athens, Peloponnese)
2019: Switzerland (the Alps), Netherlands, Belgium

2015: Chongqing to Tibet (via G317, G318, G219 until Mount Kailash, Zanda County)
2014: Gansu (Qilian Mountains), Qinghai (Qinghai Lake), Hulunbuir, Guangxi
2013: Jiangxi, Sichuan (G318), Northeast China (Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Jilin)
2012: Tibet (Mount Everest), Dunhuang & Jiayuguan City (the Silk Road)

Philosophers: Friedrich Nietzsche, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Zhuangzi
Writers: Milan Kundera, W. Somerset Maugham, Orhan Pamuk, John Wiliams, Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, Haruki Murakami, Mu Xin
Games: Dota2, Braid, Civilization, Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Sports: hiking, cycling, swimming, skiing, football, basketball
Club: Chelsea F.C.

"What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence." ― Ludwig Wittgenstein
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." ― The Great Gatsby
"Know thyself." - Temple of Apollo at Delphi
(to be added ...)