Biography (CV, LinkedIn, M.S. Thesis, Ph.D. Thesis, Google Scholar)

I am a Software Engineer at Zip, working on the sourcing and purchasing pipeline, with prior experience at Pinterest and Google. My projects include managing real-time and batch data pipelines, improving storage systems, and supporting telemetry and firmware for hardware platforms.

I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rice University in 2020, under the supervision of Prof. Peter Varman. For my Ph.D., I focused on QoS algorithms for distributed storage systems. I received my M.S. in Computer Science from Rice University in 2017, and my B.Sc degree in Computer Science with a minor degree in Applied Mathematics from Hong Kong Baptist University in 2014.

Hobbies (Bilibili, Google Photos, Instagram, YouTube, Zhihu)

I like hiking and travelling, and I have visited 57 national parks in the USA (travel notes in Chinese) and 22 national parks in Canada (travel notes in Chinese).

I am also a Railfan, especially in railroad crossings and urban rail transit systems (related videos).