Alan Zhu
Software Engineer at Microsoft
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlan Zhu is a software engineer specializing in OS power management and processor power optimization for heterogeneous architectures, currently writing C in Microsoft's kernel space. With nine years of experience and an MEng/BS from MIT, he blends deep systems knowledge with hands-on teaching and research across computation structures, low-level programming, and interdisciplinary projects from cave-art analysis to narrative generation. He has interned at Microsoft and Amazon, contributed to energy-aware robotics and web rearchitectures, and brings a rare mix of rigorous systems engineering and creative practice—he also writes plays and poetry alongside technical blogs. Based in Cambridge, MA, Alan is drawn to computer architecture and enjoys turning theoretical insights into pragmatic, low-level solutions that improve real-world power efficiency.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 5.0, Master of Engineering - MEng, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 5.0 at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyStevens High School
English, Chinese
Github Skills (124)
web-application10
python10
rest-framework10
websocket10
chat10
collaboration10
javascript10
django-rest10
zulip10
socket-io10
electron10
typescript10
apache10
slack10
nodejs10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
AYZhu/curveship-js
Feb 2021 - Oct 2021
Online narrative variation, allowing author/programmers to have the same underlying story told interactively in different ways.
Contributions:22 pushes, 3 branches in 7 months
gamevariation
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