Ruofei Yao
Data Analyst/Product Manager
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
AI Game Product Manager Intern
NetEase Leihuo – Fuxi Lab
03.2025 - 07.2025
- Conducted research and implemented AI-driven features in Justice Online Mobile, including AI face generation, intelligent NPCs, and the “Virtual Filmmaking” system.
- Led the iteration of the “Virtual Filmmaking” feature by analyzing user feedback and defining product optimization plans. Post-optimization, user engagement increased by 170%.
- Proposed and helped launch AI-driven gameplay based on trending user-generated content from Tiktok and RedNote, including features like AI dyeing, photo recommendations, and customized companions.
- Continuously tracked feature usage metrics (engagement, retention, in-game purchases) and proposed improvements based on data analysis.
Communications Intern
Office of International Students, Vassar College
09.2023 - 01.2025
- Independently curated and published weekly newsletters reaching 80%+ of the international student community.
- Leveraged generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Midjourney to streamline content creation, offering diverse visual design options.
- Optimized editing workflows, reducing production time by 30%.
- Collected user feedback and monitored usage metrics to refine content strategies.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Cognitive Science & Computer Science & Studio Art
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY05-2026
Skills
- Programming: Python, Java, R
- NLP & AI: Model fine-tuning, BERT, CNN, Seq2Seq
- Data Analysis: R, JASP, LMM modeling
- Design: Framer, Canvas, Photoshop
- Game Design: Experience building Java-based game demos
- UX Research & EEG experiments
Research & Project
Undergraduate Thesis – AI-Driven NPC Generation and Interaction | Author
Dec 2024 – Present
- Designed a generative AI system to create dynamic NPC dialogues and behaviors for immersive gameplay.
- Led experiment design to assess dialogue accuracy, behavior logic, and user satisfaction.
- Applied statistical methods to analyze data and iteratively improve the AI system’s effectiveness.
- Composed a full thesis presenting system architecture, implementation details, and evaluation results.
FRAME Lab, Vassar College | Research Assistant
Dec 2024 – Mar 2025
- Designed experimental protocols to assess how generative AI responds under metaphorical language stimuli.
- Collected and analyzed data on AI outputs, including reaction time and semantic accuracy.
- Wrote interim reports to summarize experimental insights.
Course Project – Reproducing and Optimizing BERT | Researcher
Sep 2024 – Dec 2024
- Reproduced BERT using PyTorch and ran NLP experiments to evaluate model performance under different configurations.
- Compared results across tasks and summarized findings in a technical report.
Experimental Psychology Study – Ambiguity Judgments | Lead Researcher
Jan 2024 – Jun 2025
- Designed and ran experiments evaluating how perception and memory affect ambiguity judgment of words and nonwords.
- Employed linear mixed-effects models (LMM) to validate results.
- Pre-registration completed on OSF: https://osf.io/wpxz9/
- Manuscript in preparation for academic submission.
Timeline
AI Game Product Manager Intern
NetEase Leihuo – Fuxi Lab
03.2025 - 07.2025
Communications Intern
Office of International Students, Vassar College
09.2023 - 01.2025
Bachelor of Arts - Cognitive Science & Computer Science & Studio Art
Vassar College
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