Justin Xu is a software engineer and researcher specializing in extracting structured knowledge from unstructured data, driven by a conviction that knowledge graphs are key to controllable, explainable AI. With eight years of industry and research experience—including internships at Amazon, Waabi (CVPR 2023 co-author), and a research assistantship at Waterloo—he blends production-quality engineering with machine learning research. He has built tooling that simplifies debugging and data pipelines, designed novel simulation and adversarial scenario generators for autonomous driving, and shipped full-stack features from GraphQL APIs to mobile apps. A Master of Mathematics in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo and affiliate of the Vector Institute, he pairs rigorous academic training with practical system design. Colleagues know him for producing clean, configurable code and for pursuing research that bridges real-world product needs with long-term AI robustness goals.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Ontario Secondary School Diploma, Ontario Secondary School Diploma at Turner Fenton Secondary School
IB Diploma, IB Diploma at International Baccalaureate
Master of Mathematics Computer Science, Master of Mathematics Computer Science at University of Waterloo
Contributions:6 reviews, 12 PRs, 93 pushes in 4 years 8 months
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