Kai Xiong
PhD Candidate
Hong Kong, China
Summary
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Top SchoolKai Xiong is a PhD candidate and software engineer with eight years of hands-on experience spanning VR development, mobile applications, and game QA. He combines strong C/C++/C#/Python skills with practical experience on Unity, iOS, Linux, VTK, and MySQL, and has reduced system response time by 20% on Meta Quest VR prototypes. A background that bridges visual analytics research at Zhejiang University and applied product work — from supporting 100k+ beta players to shipping interactive drone UI components — gives him a rare mix of research rigor and production focus. Kai leverages AI tools like ChatGPT to accelerate debugging and documents community plugins to boost team efficiency. Based in Hong Kong, he pursues multimedia and visualization problems with an emphasis on data wrangling and immersive interaction.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Intermedia/Multimedia, Master of Science, Intermedia/Multimedia at The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityBachelor of Science, Computer and Information Sciences, General, Bachelor of Science, Computer and Information Sciences, General at University of Oregon, USABachelor of Science - BS, Computer and Information Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer and Information Science at University of Oregon
English, Chinese
Github Skills (13)
canvas9
charts9
visualization9
svg9
browser8
data-visualization8
echarts8
charting8
apache8
javascript7
data-viz6
tidy5
transformation4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
xkKevin/xkKevin.github.io
Nov 2018 - Oct 2022
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 11 months
xkKevin/test
Nov 2017 - Oct 2019
Contributions:4 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 11 months
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