Jinwei Zhao
Research Assistant at University of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJinwei Zhao is a research-focused software engineer and PhD candidate at the University of Victoria with 12 years of industry and academic experience bridging backend systems and networking research. He combines hands-on production engineering—containerizing OpenStack, building unattended Kubernetes installers, and shipping DevOps tooling in Go—with research on LEO satellite performance, adaptive video streaming, and multipath QUIC protocol design. His open-source work enhancing a minimal QUIC implementation (adding multipath support and practical socket/path probing fixes) reflects a deep, practical understanding of protocol mechanics beyond theory. Having transitioned from image-forensics algorithms and startup engineering in China to rigorous networking research in Canada, he brings a rare mix of low-level systems skills, deployment expertise, and experimental measurement capabilities. Outside papers and code, he maintains an up-to-date portfolio and resume online, signaling a focus on reproducible, applied research.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, 9.0/9.0, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, 9.0/9.0 at University of VictoriaBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Zhejiang Gongshang University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (6)
c1710
socket-io10
socket10
c1110
network-protocol10
quic10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
private-octopus/picoquic
May 2022 - Sep 2022
Minimal implementation of the QUIC protocol
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 reviews, 15 commits, 7 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Jinwei primarily focused on enhancing the minimal QUIC protocol implementation. Their contributions include adding multipath support, modifying the client and server demo applications, and implementing changes related to socket handling and path probing. The user also fixed compatibility issues and updated demo code, demonstrating a focus on protocol implementation and its practical application. Several commits involved modification of the packet loop and configuration, pointing toward a deeper understanding of the protocol's underlying mechanics.
quic
clarkzjw/starlink_exporter
Dec 2022 - Feb 2023
Starlink Prometheus Exporter Monitoring Stack
Contributions:10 releases, 42 commits, 58 PRs in 1 month
monitoringprometheus-exporter
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