Lei Zhang

How Search Engines Rank Images Using User Ratings

A system that improves image search results by combining how well an image matches a search term with how highly users have rated that image elsewhere.

How Devices Securely Share Machine Learning Model Updates

This patent describes a method for multiple devices to train a machine learning model using their own data and then securely share parts of the trained model with each other before sending it to a central server, improving data privacy.

How Engineered TALE Proteins Can Edit Genes

This patent describes engineered DNA-binding proteins called TALEs, which are shortened and modified to precisely target and edit specific DNA sequences in cells, potentially for gene therapy.