Robert Deline
Sr Principal Researcher at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolRobert Deline is a Sr Principal Researcher at Microsoft with nearly three decades of industry and academic experience and nine years focused on research-driven engineering practice. He invents developer-facing tools and interactive environments—projects like "Glinda," "Tempe," and "Logan"—to boost productivity, reduce errors, and make machine learning and streaming telemetry more approachable and reliable. A Carnegie Mellon PhD and former University of Washington affiliate professor, he blends formal software-engineering rigor with practical systems work, from model training for IoT to real-time query engines. His open-source contributions include meaningful backend and ML engineering work on Microsoft's Embedded Learning Library (ELL), where he improved bindings, packaging, and long-lived scripting robustness. Colleagues know him for turning careful empirical studies of the emerging data-science profession into usable tooling that addresses day-to-day developer pain points.
9 years of coding experience
PhD, computer science, PhD, computer science at Carnegie Mellon UniversityBS/MS, computer science, BS/MS, computer science at University of Virginia
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Github Skills (6)
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
python10
swig10
llvm9
javascript7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/ELL
Jun 2017 - Apr 2018
Embedded Learning Library
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & ML Engineer
Back-end Developer & ML EngineerContributions:27 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
Contributions summary:Robert significantly contributed to the Embedded Learning Library (ELL) by implementing parameter validation for the SWIG interface, enhancing the robustness of the Python and JavaScript bindings. They developed a Python conda package for ELL, integrating build outputs and necessary utility files. Furthermore, the user fixed an IR emitter bug, ensuring correct identifier generation in long-lived scripting sessions. They also revived and enhanced the `ell_module` to support the ELLView, adding new SWIG methods for loading maps and model refinement.
library-learningiotmachine-learningembedded
microsoft/python-program-analysis
Jul 2019 - Oct 2019
A Typescript library for parsing Python 3 and doing basic program analysis, like forming control-flow graphs and def-use chains.
Contributions:55 commits, 2 PRs, 27 pushes in 3 months
pythoncontrol-flowchainsparsingpython-3
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