Richard Li
Summary
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SeniorRichard Li is a research scientist and Ph.D. candidate with 12 years of experience focused on cloud computing, cloud security, and OS security, currently conducting applied research at Facebook after a long tenure at the University of Utah. He brings deep kernel- and user-space expertise across Linux and Windows, and practical production experience with OpenStack and Kubernetes as a CloudNative architect (CKA/CKS). His work bridges academic rigor and industry impact—shaped by internships at Microsoft Research and Nokia Bell Labs—and often targets hard problems in cloud orchestration and secure system design. Based in Menlo Park, he combines research publications with hands-on engineering, routinely translating prototypes into deployable cloud tooling. Notably, he collaborates with leading academics and engineers, reflecting a rare mix of theoretical depth and operational fluency in large-scale environments.
12 years of coding experience
Github Skills (23)
algorithms10
docker-image10
data-structures10
container-image9
docker9
vmware8
bitnami8
redis7
markdown7
kafka7
java6
hexo5
python5
kotlin5
javascript4
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
nutshellfool/algorithmPlayground
Mar 2017 - Apr 2022
Algorithm & Data Structure solution sets (Java edition)
Contributions:1 PR, 157 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 1 month
data-structurejava
nutshellfool/Android_Interview
Jul 2014 - May 2020
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push in 5 years 10 months
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