Kaixuan Zhang
Video Algorithm Engineer at Zoom
San Jose, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKaixuan Zhang is a video algorithm engineer with nine years of experience blending academic rigor and industry impact, currently working on video algorithms at Zoom. He earned a master's and is a PhD candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Northwestern University, and has interned on advanced media research at Netflix, Dolby, and Sony. His work spans video codecs, computer vision, and 3D pose reconstruction—translating research prototypes into production-focused algorithmic solutions. Kaixuan has a strong record of internships and research roles that bridge academia and product teams, including designing end-to-end systems for pose estimation and camera calibration. Based in San Jose, he combines top academic performance (4.0 GPA) with practical experience shipping video and codec features at scale. A not-obvious strength is his consistent movement between pure research and applied engineering, making him effective at turning novel ideas into deployable multimedia technology.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, top 3%, Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, top 3% at East China Normal UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, ECE, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, ECE at Northwestern University
Github Skills (11)
dropout7
siggraph5
stylegan4
re-identification4
datasets4
scaling2
pytorch2
checkout1
machine-learning1
caffe1
deep-learning1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
KaixuanZ/PR1956
Jul 2019 - Nov 2020
Contributions:353 commits, 1 PR, 52 pushes in 1 year 4 months
KaixuanZ/STSIM
Oct 2020 - Jul 2024
Contributions:8 pushes, 4 branches, 1 issue in 3 years 9 months
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