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I am Siyuan Liu, a PhD candidate in Applied Linguistics at the University of Bologna. I have strong experience in project coordination, stakeholder communication, product development, and team leadership across academia, media, and tech companies.
I specialize in bridging research and real-world applications, with hands-on experience in education products, media reporting, and AI language projects.
Language
Chinese
Fluent
English
Advanced
Italian
Advanced
Work Experience
AI Large Language Model Evaluation Linguistics Expert (Part time) at ByteDance & MiroMind
September 1, 2025 - January 1, 2026Served as a linguistics expert for large language model (LLM) evaluation, focusing on language quality, pragmatics, and cross-linguistic performance. Designed and reviewed evaluation criteria for grammar, coherence, register, and task fulfillment. Provided expert feedback to improve model responses in multilingual and educational scenarios.
Bilingual Parallel Corpus Project Lead (Part time) at Shanghai Cultural Trade Language Service Base
November 1, 2021 - June 1, 2022Led a 5-member team in building and processing English–Chinese parallel corpora for language service applications. Coordinated data collection, cleaning, alignment, and quality control workflows. Worked closely with domain experts to ensure terminological consistency and usability for translation and NLP tasks.
AI Lab, Intelligent Voice Department (Intern) at Bytedance Inc
February 1, 2021 - June 1, 2021Coordinated and managed a 20-member cross-functional annotation and evaluation team. Facilitated collaboration between linguists, engineers, and project managers. Ensured quality control of language data used for speech and NLP model training.
Language Data Engineer (Intern) at Ctrip Inc.
January 1, 2019 - April 1, 2019Assisted in data preprocessing and corpus organization for AI applications. Supported data pipeline development and quality checking.
Education
PhD in Applied Linguistics at University of Bologna
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2026Visiting PhD in Applied Linguistics at University of Ljubljana, Center for Language Resources and Technologies
March 1, 2025 - June 1, 2025MA in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at Central China Normal University, Department of Chinese Language and Literature
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2022BA in Chinese Literature and Language at Central South University, Department of Humanities
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2019Qualifications
Marco Polo Scholarship (University of Bologna)
January 1, 2025 - March 16, 2026MAECI Scholarship (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation)
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2025Industry Experience
Education, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Software & Internet
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