Liang Wang
Adjunct Professor at University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
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Top SchoolLiang Wang is an Adjunct Professor and seasoned technology leader based in Helsinki with 14 years of experience spanning academic research, R&D and productisation in distributed systems, networking and AI. He currently shapes AI strategy and data science architecture at Nokia while holding a Docent title at the University of Helsinki, blending hands-on engineering with academic rigor. Liang has founded and commercialised startups out of Cambridge research, led multi-million EU and UK projects, and driven applied ML and analytics work from prototype to investor pitches. His background ranges from 5G Layer-1 tooling and automated log analysis to high-frequency trading modelling and large-scale protocol optimisation, reflecting deep expertise across operating systems, complex systems and big-data frameworks. Unusually for someone in senior industry roles, he maintains an active research profile and a track record of founding spin-offs that bridge university innovation and market needs.
14 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BEng, Computer Engineering & Mathematics, Bachelor of Engineering - BEng, Computer Engineering & Mathematics at Tongji UniversityEntrepreneurship Education, Accelerate Cambridge, Entrepreneurship Education, Accelerate Cambridge at Cambridge Judge Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Strategy, Finance, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Strategy, Finance at Aalto UniversityPostdoc, Parallel and Distributed Systems, Scientific Computing, Postdoc, Parallel and Distributed Systems, Scientific Computing at University of CambridgeMaster of Science - MSc, Major: Computer Science; Minor: Mathematics, Master of Science - MSc, Major: Computer Science; Minor: Mathematics at University of Helsinki
English, Chinese, Finnish
Github Skills (133)
gradient-descent10
approximate10
nearest-neighbors10
mcmc10
numerics10
regression10
kd-tree10
pde-solver10
owl10
scientific-computing10
optimization10
opam10
matrix10
sparse-matrix10
statistics10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
owlbarn/owl_suitesparse
Oct 2019 - Dec 2019
Contributions:83 commits, 30 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
ryanrhymes/openblas
Jun 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:55 commits, 26 pushes in 4 days
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