| About |
| Haipeng Gao is a Staff Machine Learning Engineer at Indeed. Since 2019, he has held machine learning and data science roles at PayPal, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Indeed, working on large-scale problems across ads marketplaces, trust & safety, monetization, and growth. |
| Education |
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillPh.D. in Statistics and Operations Research, 2019 |
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York
UniversityM.S. in Mathematics, 2015 |
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill B.S. in Mathematics, 2012 |
| Industry Experience |
Indeed
California
(remote)Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Jun 2025 – Present |
LinkedIn
Mountain View,
CASenior AI Engineer, Apr 2024 – Jun 2025 |
TikTok San
Jose, CAMachine Learning Engineer, Jun 2022 – Apr 2024 |
PayPal San
Jose, CASenior Data Scientist, May 2019 – Jun 2022 Recipient of Global Data Science Most Innovative Award, four consecutive times |
| Teaching Experience |
San Jose State University
San Jose,
CAAdjunct Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Jan 2022 – Jun 2022 |
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC Instructor, Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Jan 2017 – Dec 2018 Recipient of the Department Excellence in Teaching Award, Dec 2018 |
| Patents |
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Minimum Accepted Bids Prediction as Demand Side
Platform LinkedIn, filed 2025 |
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Federated Learning for Media Content Recommendation TikTok, filed 2022 |
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Multi-Layer Artificial Intelligence Models for
Progressive Predictions During Data Pipeline
Management PayPal, filed 2021 |
| Publications |
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Stochastic Cusp Catastrophe Model and Its Bayesian
Computations Journal of Applied Statistics, 2021 |
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Bayesian Inference for Stochastic Cusp Catastrophe
Model With Partially Observed Data Mathematics, 2021 |
| Books |
Soccer Analytics with Machine Learning: Learning
Predictive Modeling Techniques with Sports DataO’Reilly Media, 2026 |
Machine Learning Engineer: Things to Know Before You
StartAmazon KDP, 2025 |