Richard Li
Research Scientist at Facebook
Menlo Park, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard 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
6 years of employment as a software developer
Australian National UniversityThe University of UtahMaster's Degree, Master's Degree at Peking University
Github Skills (33)
docker-image10
data-structures10
vmware9
algorithms9
docker9
metadata8
bitnami8
table-of-contents8
redis7
markdown7
container7
grav-plugin7
kotlin6
kafka6
java6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
nutshellfool/Android_Interview
Jul 2014 - May 2020
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push in 5 years 10 months
itis6am/itis6am.github.io
Dec 2014 - Oct 2015
Contributions:85 commits in 9 months
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