# Michael Vu

> Founding Engineer @ Simforge | UC Berkeley ’25

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/michaelvu

I studied at UC Berkeley and specialized in machine learning research, publishing at top ML conferences like EMNLP. I currently work on implementing state-of-the-art ML methods to influencer marketing!

## Work Experience
### Founding Engineer @ SimForge
Jan 2026 – Present

### Chief Technology Officer @ Dime Inc.
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
https://www.dimeinc-us.com/

Leads the development of the Dime AI platform, an B2B platform dedicated towards scaling influencer marketing through AI.

Dedicated to helping companies build trust with the next generation.

Our current clients include:
- Casetify
- Meitu (Asia's largest photo AI app)
-Bytedance
- Partiful
-Viral Nation
- Norma Kamali
- Lulus
-Aelfric Eden

### Full Stack Engineer @ Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology
Jan 2024 – Present | Berkeley, California, United States
Developed the agentic chatbot and database for the Open Data Platform for Multimodal Accessible Transportation (OPTIMAT). Awarded $1,096,500 through the FY23 SMART Grants Program.

Established an open data-driven platform integrated system that offers customizable and timely transit information services for individuals with special mobility needs.

### Machine Learning Researcher @ Berkeley NLP Group
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025
Co-first authoring papers under David Bamman and Naitian Zhou.

### Machine Learning Researcher @ USC Information Sciences Institute
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025
Co-first authored multiple machine learning-related papers under Alexander Spangher.


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society

### Extracurricular Classes
Irvine Valley College

### Portola High School

### Illustration
Concept Design Academy


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mkvu

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Last updated: 2026-04-05