Dishu Lyu
Research Assistant - Software Developer at Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolDishu Lyu is a software developer and research assistant based in Toronto with 10 years of experience building web-focused applications and research software. Grounded in a Computer Science degree from the University of Toronto, Dishu blends academic research environments with practical engineering—most recently supporting the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering. A JavaScript enthusiast and full-stack contributor, Dishu has improved real-world open-source tooling like xlsx-populate by adding rich-text support, end-to-end print and layout tests, and extensive refactors to strengthen reliability. Past roles include government and industry internships where he delivered production-facing features and collaborations across teams. He’s comfortable translating research requirements into maintainable code and automated tests, and often surfaces subtle UX and formatting edge cases that standard libraries overlook.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of Toronto
English, Chinese, Chinese
Github Skills (5)
xlsx10
javascript10
nodejs10
excel10
testing9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
dtjohnson/xlsx-populate
Feb 2019 - Jul 2019
Excel XLSX parser/generator written in JavaScript with Node.js and browser support, jQuery/d3-style method chaining, encryption, and a focus on keeping existing workbook features and styles in tact.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:27 commits, 12 PRs, 42 comments in 5 months
Contributions summary:Dishu primarily focused on enhancing the rich text capabilities within the Excel XLSX parser/generator. Their contributions involved implementing and refining features like bold, italic, underline, and other text styles. They also added e2e tests for print-options, page-margins, and rich text to ensure the correct functionality. The user's work included refactoring code and adding more unit tests to validate the rich text functionalities.
xlsxmethod-chainingxlsx-parserparserbrowser
LesterLyu/AcornAPI
Dec 2016 - Mar 2018
Contributions:20 commits, 1 PR, 13 pushes in 1 year 3 months
apiacornuoft
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