Joy Chen

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AI × products × human interaction × real-world systems.

Generalist in life.Specialist in craft.

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Who01

About me

Background, experience, the stuff that shaped me.

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Build02

Demo Lab

Interactive prototypes for real-time AI media.

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Think03

Blog

Notes on design, code, and curious things.

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Artwork

Light, texture, and quiet moments.

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Industry

  1. Now

    Tencent

    Senior Media Product Solutions Architect · Palo Alto, CA

    AI-powered media products for North America clients.

    1. 2026 · San Francisco, CA

      Boosting Game Retention with Voice, AI & Acceleration

      Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2026

      How conversational voice + AI infrastructure can be deployed to lift retention and engagement in live games.

    2. 2025 · San Francisco, CA

      Tencent Games Developer Summit · Conversational AI Gaming Solution

      Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2025

      A walk-through of Tencent's conversational AI stack for games — architecture, latency budget, and developer integration.

  2. Phier

    Founder · Remote · Chicago, IL

    Startup — a professional consulting platform where people find mentors and mentees.

  3. Fintech Startup

    Market Research Fellow · Chicago, IL

    AI adoption across finance & healthcare — research and executive briefings.

  4. ByteDance

    AI Research Analyst (Math & Logics) · Beijing, China

    Recommendation-system performance and content quality.

  5. Real-estate Startup

    Marketing Analyst · San Francisco, CA

    Performance marketing & acquisition analytics — Google Ads, ROAS, channel ROI.

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Research & Projects

  1. HRI Lab, University of Chicago

    Chicago, IL

    Rapport, social engagement, and robot-facilitated conversation studies.

  2. Cannon Lab, University of Chicago

    Chicago, IL

    Evidence-based K–12 CS education with Scratch Encore.

  3. Web Phishing Machine Learning Detection, University of Chicago

    Chicago, IL

    End-to-end ML benchmark — MLP / ANN / CNN / LSTM over 10,000+ URLs.

  4. Find the Gate, University of Chicago

    Interactive game · Chicago, IL

    A small atmospheric game exploring place, memory, and the act of finding.

  5. Paid Search Marketing Analytics Simulation, Wake Forest University

    Winston-Salem, NC

    DSP-based paid search simulation — bidding, ROAS, A/B tests across regions.

Education

  1. University of Chicago · Chicago, IL

    M.A. in Digital Studies

  2. Wake Forest University · Winston-Salem, NC

    B.S. in Business Management

    Double major in Film Studies.