Hengzhi(Henry) Yao obtains Master from Cornell University, BEng from USTC, both in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
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Education
- CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca, NY
- Master of Engineering Degree in Computer Engineering: Dec.2015, GPA 3.75
- UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA (USTC), Hefei, P.R.China
- Bachelor Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering: Jun.2014
- GPA 3.71, Major GPA 3.93, Math GPA 3.86, 4 years Outstanding Student Scholarship, USTC
Experience
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Software Developer, Cornell University, Dept of Computer Science, Feb.2015-May.2015
Built an Online Learning Platform (IDE etc.) from scratch to teach students JavaScript (Open-Source) .- Worked with an architect to choose backend architecture (Django, SQLite etc.). Wrote Unit Tests.
- Built user signup/login/data management pages on both frontend and backend. (HTML/CSS, Python)
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Algorithm Developer, Cornell, Computer Systems Laboratory(CSL), Sep.2014-May.2015
Developed Artificial Intelligence algorithms on digital automation in Python.- Implemented Genetic Algorithm, Greedy Pattern variants, Simulated Annealing etc. to do the task.
- Designed the algorithms to improve the running time from 18 hours to 3.5 min with the same accuracy.
Projects
I love programming in my spare time. Look for more projects I've done.Courses
I've taken courses from both Systems and Analytics in my past study experience. Look for more courses I've taken.Programming Skills (rank by familiarity)
Java, Python, Objective-C > Web Development(HTML, Python/Django), SQL, C, Linux, Git, MATLAB > Hadoop, R, Swift, Android