Shixiong Qi
Assistant Professor at University of Kentucky College of Engineering
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShixiong Qi is an assistant professor and researcher with eight years of experience focused on cloud and serverless computing and their applications to cellular networks, NFV, and middleboxes. He earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UC Riverside and has held research internships at Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Intel, translating academic ideas into industry-relevant prototypes. Based in Lexington, Kentucky, he blends rigorous academic training with hands-on systems research, often exploring how cloud-native abstractions can simplify network function deployment. His cross-cultural academic journey—from undergraduate studies in China to a visiting stint in New Zealand—underscores a collaborative, global approach to systems problems.
8 years of coding experience
Visiting student, Computer Science, Visiting student, Computer Science at University of OtagoBachelor, Electrical information engineering, Bachelor, Electrical information engineering at Nanjing University of Post and TelecommunicationsMaster, Telecommunication and Information Systems, Master, Telecommunication and Information Systems at Xidian UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of California, Riverside
Github Skills (58)
networking10
uds10
freebsd9
docker-image9
container9
monitoring9
libev9
linux9
io-uring9
tcp9
bcc9
nfv9
scale9
api9
fabric9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ShixiongQi/k8s-start-script
Jan 2020 - Oct 2020
Contributions:221 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
ucr-serverless/spright
May 2022 - Dec 2022
Contributions:12 reviews, 57 commits, 39 PRs in 7 months
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