Jerry He
HCI Independent Research at The University of Texas at Austin
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJerry He is a full-stack and mobile software developer and HCI researcher based in New York with 11 years of hands-on experience building interactive, high-performance applications. Currently pursuing HCI research at UT Austin, he studies how mouse sensor placement impacts 3D aiming behaviors, blending rigorous user studies with practical engineering. He has contributed to major open-source infrastructure—improving Apache HBase core components and addressing stability issues in RegionServer and WAL handling—demonstrating backend systems expertise at scale. As a course assistant he crafts project requirements, tutorials, and assessment rubrics, translating complex CS concepts into teachable exercises. His toolkit spans front-end interaction design to back-end storage systems like HBase and JanusGraph, making him comfortable across the full stack. He brings a rare mix of research-driven product empathy and production-grade engineering, with experience shipping reliable systems and mentoring learners.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Junior, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Junior at The University of Texas at AustinHigh School Diploma, Computer Software Engineering, Graduated, High School Diploma, Computer Software Engineering, Graduated at The Bronx High School of Science
Github Skills (8)
javas10
hbase10
databases10
java10
database10
zookeeper9
mapreduce8
hadoop-mapreduce8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
apache/hbase
Apr 2015 - Nov 2017
Apache HBase
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:173 commits, 1 comment in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Jerry primarily focused on improving the Apache HBase codebase. Their contributions include improving HFilePrettyPrinter, addressing flakiness in testing of RegionServerReportForDuty, and fixing a ZK issue in procedure failures. They also corrected the HBase, MapReduce, and CLASSPATH sections in the HBase Ref Guide. Additionally, the user worked on WAL deletion and handling for stale region servers, as well as a related revert.
apache-hbaseapachedatabasejavahbase
jerryjch/janusgraph
Jan 2017 - May 2021
JanusGraph: an open-source, distributed graph database
Contributions:138 pushes, 68 branches in 4 years 4 months
bigtabledatabasegraphgraph-databasejanusgraph
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