Kevin Wu
PhD Candidate
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Wu is a PhD candidate in Computer Engineering at the University of Washington with nine years of software and web development experience spanning academia, industry, and nonprofit work. He holds dual BS degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from William & Mary and has practical cloud and data engineering experience from roles at AWS and ESPX Global, including building a quantum error mitigation proof-of-concept on AWS and engineering a data lake for electric grid market features. Kevin has a track record of mentoring and leading student teams—acting as a consultant for W&M’s CS department and hiring/training peers for AE2C—while also maintaining production websites and SSL management. Comfortable across Python, Pandas, SQL, and AWS, he blends research-oriented problem solving with hands-on implementation and customer-facing experience. Notably, his background bridges deep technical work (quantum error mitigation pipeline) with grassroots leadership in student-run technical initiatives.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Engineering at University of WashingtonHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at William & Mary
Github Skills (5)
intranet5
django5
python4
css3
ionic2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
kevinypw/Data100
Jan 2021 - May 2021
Contributions:193 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
ypwk/DecoderVIS
Mar 2023 - Sep 2024
Contributions:60 pushes, 3 branches, 1 comment in 1 year 6 months
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