Curriculum Vitae

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University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Sep. 2017 - Mar. 2019
M.S of Computer Science, GPA: 3.96/4.0, Grader of Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) Sep. 2013 - Jun. 2017
B.S of Computer Science & Technology, GPA: 3.83/4.3, Teaching Assistant of Data Structure

Google, YouTube Data Infrastructure, Mountain View, California, USA (C++) Jun. 2018 - Sep. 2018
Software Engineer Intern

Implemented auto cleanup for table creation/data registration failure in query engine Procella to improve usability.
Added new features of refreshing computed file sets for specified table with date partition to make YouTube data comply with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU).
Added GRANT/REVOKE access control support on Datascape table for Procella.
Introduced MFS file cache to reduce the overhead of creating MFS file for shuffle ops in simple queries (x1.2 speedup).
Added the new feature of enabling dynamic shuffle for GROUP BY queries followed by shuffle JOIN.

Microsoft, APGC CSS, Shanghai, China (C#, SQL) Jun. 2016 - Sep. 2016
Support Engineer Intern

Provided technical solutions to System Center Configuration Manager by debugging, log tracing, and error reproducing.
Wrote SQL queries to retrieve internal personnel information for technical reports.
Won 1st place (see Project Mr. Chorder) in Microsoft Young Hackathon at Shanghai site.

IMDB Movie/Actor Database System (PHP, HTML, SQL) Apr. 2018 - May 2018 [link]

Built a database system on movies/actors. Created a web interface for users to interact with MySQL database and used Bootstrap to design the web pages.
Built links between data, implemented a movie review system and search functionality.

High-definition Video Wireless Transmission Optimization Design (C++, MATLAB, Python) Apr. 2017 - Jun. 2017 [Link]

Developed an optimal relay location algorithm using Tensor Recovery in MATLAB for high-denition video wireless transmission where obstructions exist.
Implemented a three-end system on three laptops (sender, relay, receiver) using C++ and a Python-controlled Roomba iRobot for real-life application.
Achieved up to 5 times better performance in relay quality, stability than traditional solutions, and demonstrated the ability to environment adjustment.

MR. Chorder, A Music File-to-Score Transformer (C#) Aug. 2016 [Link]

Implemented the music score prediction module using Decision Tree (a machine learning method).
Implemented a PDF render library for music scores using iTextSharp.

Video Based Multi-Object Tracking System (MATLAB) Oct. 2015 - Dec. 2015 [Link]

Developed a software system that could track multiple people in videos, and output the marked videos.
Implemented modules for user registration/login, video analysis, video save/review.

Android Based Car Controlling (JAVA) Oct. 2015 - Dec. 2015 [Link]

Developed an android application that could control the movement of a toy car through Bluetooth.
Implemented multiple controlling methods, such as voice recognition (using iFLYTEK Open Platform speech technology), screen gesture, gravity (using Gyro/Acceleration sensors).

Game 2048, New Version of A Mobile Game (C++) Jul. 2014 - Aug. 2014 [Link]

Implemented a desktop verision of the popular mobile game 2048 from scratch.
Implemented additional functions, such as music/theme changing, alternative modes, etc.

Paper: Yao Xie, Xiao-Yang Liu, Linghe Kong, Fan Wu, Guihai Chen, Athanasios V. Vasilakos, “Drone-Based Wireless Relay using Online Tensor Update”, IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS), 2016. [PDF] [Link]
Patent: Linghe Kong, Yao Xie, Fan Wu, Yifeng Cao, Xiao-Yang Liu, Guihai Chen, “Drone-Based Optimal Relay Locating Mehtod and System”, public, China, 2016.

Excellent Graduate of SJTU Jun. 2017
Scholarship for Academic Excellence, SJTU Nov. 2014, 2015, 2016
CCF Certified Software Professionals (Top 3.61%) Sep. 2015
Meritorious Winner (acceptance 9%), Mathematical Contest in Modeling Apr. 2015 [Cert]
Arawana Scholarship (total 30 at SJTU) Nov. 2014

Programming Languages C/C++, C#, Python, JAVA, MATLAB, LATEX, SQL, PHP, HTML

Platforms Windows, Linux, Visual Studio, Android Studio.