I’m Ryan Ye, an undergraduate studying Computer Science at Cornell University (College of Engineering, Class of 2027). I conduct research in the Sun Lab at Cornell (PI: Jennifer Sun), building computer vision systems for dairy calf behavior analysis to support veterinary researchers studying early indicators of disease and welfare. I’m interested in machine learning, computer vision, and AI for scientific discovery—and I enjoy working at the intersection of AI and real-world systems.
Outside academics, I play violin in a quartet and serve as a worship team leader in Cru at Cornell. When the weather is nice, I like to throw around a Frisbee; however, the weather is never nice in Ithaca.
Cornell University · B.S. in Computer Science (College of Engineering) · GPA 4.05
Research
see more →AI for Animal Behavior Monitoring
I work on scalable computer vision systems for analyzing dairy calf behavior in agricultural environments, supporting veterinary researchers studying early indicators of disease and welfare. Work spans pose classification with self-supervised DINO features, YOLO-based object detection on a self-annotated dataset, and evaluation of vision-language models for farm settings.
Conducted as part of the Bowers Undergraduate Research Experience (BURE) with support from a CIDA grant.
Selected Publications
Effects of Firm Performance on CEO Compensation Before and During COVID-19
Research in Economics, 2023
This research analyzed how firm performance influenced CEO compensation structures before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on changes in pay ratios and incentive alignment.
Blog
all posts →Notes, thoughts, and life-updates.
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| first real blog post — Hi! I finally found the time and the LLM credits to be able to claude code a ... | |
| Abstract accepted to ADSA! — My abstract on AI-assisted dairy calf behavior monitoring was accepted to the... | |
| I Was Part of an Art Exhibit — Last month, I was part of an art exhibit. I wrote a short bio for my piece, b... |