Steve Ko
Software Engineer at Simon Fraser University
British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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SeniorSteve Ko is a Canada-based technology leader specializing in distributed systems, networking, and operating systems, with nine years of academia and research-focused industry engagement. He is the Associate Director of Research and Industry Relations at Simon Fraser University, where he cultivates partnerships that translate cutting-edge research into real-world impact while continuing his faculty role. His career spans Simon Fraser University and the University at Buffalo, combining teaching, research, and strategic collaborations with industry. He earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2009, with an MS from Seoul National University and a BS in Mathematics from Yonsei University. Based in British Columbia, he leads cross-institution initiatives and contributes to scalable, data-intensive systems research. A proactive mentor and researcher, he bridges academia and industry to advance impactful projects and student outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
Github Skills (50)
rust-lang10
standard-library10
crate10
compiler10
rust10
rust-language10
porting9
linux9
opengl9
vte9
allocator9
garbage-collection9
macos8
bsd8
gpu8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
SFU-CMPT-201/lecture-notes
Oct 2023 - Dec 2024
Contributions:1 PR, 107 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
SFU-CMPT-201/.github
Sep 2023 - Jan 2025
Contributions:66 pushes, 1 tag in 1 year 4 months
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