Hi, I’m Tao Cao

Machine learning researcher and practitioner. I build scalable Artificial Intelligence systems and think about AI ethical usage, climate change, and financial independence.

Early On

I conducted research on energy solutions to climate change at the University of Maryland and Daikin, using optimization, data modeling, and machine learning. Over the years, I became more interested in AI and its ethical usage.

Current

I’m building machine learning systems at Walmart to connect gig drivers with online customers on one of the nation’s largest delivery platforms. I also care about AI ethics, climate change, and financial independence via open-source contributions and blogging.

Past Work

An electricity load forecast tool with increased accuracy and robustness over existing strategies via deep learning and similarity learning (Demo)

A platform to design energy systems in one step, leveraging machine learning and optimization (Publication)

Harness the power of social media data to empower communities to cope with natural disasters through real-time information retrieval (Publication)

Demos on implementation and scalable deployment of state-of-art deep learning models (GitHub)

Open source data-driven libraries for complex energy systems (Publication)

Advanced energy conversion systems for less fossil fuel dependence and more comfort (Publication, Media Coverage)

Blog

Some of my latest blogs. More on Medium.

A Clear Comparison: Prepayment vs. Recasting Your Mortgage
Many homeowners aspire to achieve financial freedom and emotional satisfaction by paying …
Time-tested strategy for successful investing
Five lessons learned from the classic book ‘A random walk down wall street’IntroductionA …

Connect

Feel free to connect or send a message for any thoughts on my work, posts, and potential collaborations.