Supawit Chockchowwat
Assistant Professor at CMKL University
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSupawit Chockchowwat is a researcher-engineer specializing in database and information systems, machine learning, and distributed systems with nine years of experience spanning academia and industry. Currently a Visiting Faculty Researcher at Google, he focuses on database efficiency and large-scale technical infrastructure, building on multiple internships at Google that targeted query processing, AlloyDB, and cloud data analytics. His PhD work at UIUC under Prof. Yongjoo Park and prior research at UT Austin reflect a strong foundation in systems research paired with practical engineering. Supawit has a consistent track record of impactful internships across top tech companies (Google, Facebook, Uber, Robinhood) where he tackled data shuffle, location-aware distribution, and BI/data platforms. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he blends rigorous academic training with production-focused system optimization—an engineer who moves research ideas into scalable infrastructure. An often-overlooked strength is his breadth: from teaching data structures to shipping core database features, he comfortably spans pedagogy, research, and production engineering.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Turing Scholars Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Turing Scholars Computer Science at The University of Texas at AustinDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Thai, English
Github Skills (15)
multidimensional8
spatial-index8
indexing7
compression6
segmentation6
database5
cpp5
data-structures5
machine-learning4
dataloader4
data-structure4
big-data3
pytorch3
tensorflow1
in-memory1
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
illinoisdata/pod
Jul 2024 - Aug 2025
Pod: A Storage for Versioned and Dependent Variables
Contributions:4 PRs, 129 pushes in 1 year 1 month
illinoisdata/RMI
Sep 2021 - Nov 2022
The recursive model index, a learned index structure
Contributions:8 reviews, 22 pushes, 10 comments in 1 year 2 months
index-structureindexlearnedrecursivedatabase
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