Chushu Gao
Senior Researcher at Software Improvement Group
The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolChushu Gao is a Senior Researcher based in The Hague with nine years of experience specializing in data-driven software analytics, green software, and software energy consumption analysis. At Software Improvement Group she leads research on the Green Software Model, dependency risk analysis across ecosystems like Maven, npm and PyPI, and builds streaming analytics pipelines using tools such as Kafka, Flink, Neo4j, R and Python. Her background blends deep academic research—PhD-level work on software engineering and dependability—with practical consultancy on microservices and API design, giving her a rare ability to translate empirical findings into actionable engineering practices. She has investigated crash recovery and concurrency bugs in large-scale distributed systems and JavaScript applications, informing better diagnostic and prevention strategies. Colleagues rely on her for rigorous, evidence-based approaches to sustainable software and dependency management that reduce both technical debt and energy footprint.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Requirement engineering, Requirement engineering at The Open UniversityDependability, Dependability at Newcastle UniversityMaster of Engineering Computer Science, Master of Engineering Computer Science at Central South UniversityHong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Software Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Software Engineering at Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese, English, Dutch
Github Skills (38)
analyser9
dependency-graph8
dependency-analysis8
package-management7
stored-procedures7
static-analysis7
java7
graph7
single-file7
neo4j7
procedures7
complexity7
imports7
program-analysis6
header-files6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
cg122/cg122.github.io
Aug 2016 - May 2022
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 10 months
cg122/python-random-quote
Jun 2020 - Aug 2020
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch, 2 comments in 1 month
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