Bob Long
Sr. Staff &TLM Of Cloud Heterogeneous Computing Department at Alibaba Cloud
Dublin, Dublin 1, United States
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Top SchoolBob Long is a seasoned cloud infrastructure architect and engineering leader with 13+ years building market-leading heterogeneous computing services, currently heading Alibaba Cloud’s Cloud Heterogeneous Computing Department from Dublin. He architected and productized flagship public-cloud offerings—Elastic GPU Service, the world-leading FPGA-as-a-Service, container-based GPU slicing (cGPU), and the transparent Apsara AIACC accelerator layer—driving a 10x expansion in cloud accelerator business. Hands-on in software-hardware co-design, Bob has shipped multiple generations of GPU, FPGA and NPU products and led teams to Stanford DAWNBench records using his AIACC stack. His background spans low-level graphics drivers at Intel and VMware to large-scale cloud IaaS, and he contributes to open-source projects across Ruby, PHP and Haskell ecosystems. He combines deep systems expertise with cross-BU leadership and a track record of translating research-grade acceleration techniques into production-grade cloud services.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master Pattern Recognition and Intelligent System, Master Pattern Recognition and Intelligent System at Huazhong University of Science and Technology
English, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (22)
apidoc10
testing10
rspec10
csrf10
security10
ruby10
intercom10
php10
api10
web-framework10
cookie10
haskell10
software-design9
version-control8
git8
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
intercom/intercom-php
Apr 2015 - Jul 2016
PHP bindings for the Intercom API
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 releases, 61 commits, 61 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Bob primarily contributed to the Intercom PHP library, focusing on core functionality and updates to the API integration. They modified the client authentication logic, added support for new API features, and updated the library's versioning. Further, they made adjustments to tests, including enhancements for testing event metadata and implementing support for conversation assignments.
apiintercom-apiphp-bindingsphpintercom
intercom/intercom-ruby
Jun 2014 - Jun 2016
Ruby bindings for the Intercom API
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 46 commits, 33 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Bob primarily contributed to the Intercom Ruby bindings, as evidenced by the focus on `Intercom::User` class specifications. The commits involve fixing bugs, bumping the version, adding features such as deletion and conversion of contacts, and refactoring code for improved functionality. The changes reflect a focus on API integration and ensuring correct behavior of the Ruby library in interacting with the Intercom service.
apiintercom-apiruby-bindingsrubyintercom
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