Summary
Chenning Li is a Ph.D. computer scientist specializing in networks and mobile systems, currently a Member of Technical Staff at xAI after research positions at MIT CSAIL and internships at Microsoft, Uber, and ByteDance. With eight years of experience across academia and industry, he focuses on networked systems, traffic engineering, and data-system-network optimization—work that has spanned TE-controller measurement and optimization on TikTok’s backbone. He blends rigorous research from MIT and Michigan State with hands-on production experience in large-scale networked services, able to translate experimental insights into deployable solutions. Based in Cambridge, MA, he brings deep systems intuition rooted in an aerospace engineering undergraduate background, an uncommon cross-disciplinary foundation that informs his approach to complex distributed problems.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bachelor's degree Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Bachelor's degree Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Tsinghua University
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Michigan State University