Tammy Qiu
PHD Candidate
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolTammy Qiu is a PhD candidate in Bioengineering at Columbia and a multidisciplinary software engineer with 10 years of experience bridging computer science, graphic design, and computational art. She has shipped production .NET and WebAssembly improvements at Microsoft and contributed DevOps and backend scripting to prominent open-source projects like mono/mono and dotnet/runtime, demonstrating deep build automation and Wasm expertise. At MIT Media Lab she built computer vision tools for creative editors, and her research spans synthetic biology, ML, and AI education—reflecting a rare mix of lab-grade research and production engineering. Tammy’s design work focuses on crowdsourced data and transforming visualizations into interactive installations, combining aesthetic sensibility with rigorous systems thinking. Based in New York, she thrives at the intersection of generative design, vision algorithms, and runtime tooling, often translating experimental ideas into reliable developer-facing infrastructure.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University in the City of New YorkCastilleja SchoolBachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) and Bachelor of Arts (BA), Graphic Design and Computer Science, Cum Laude, Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) and Bachelor of Arts (BA), Graphic Design and Computer Science, Cum Laude at Boston University
English, Chinese, French
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Github Skills (16)
net10
asp-net10
powershell10
dotnet-new10
bash10
dotnet10
blazor-webassembly10
webassembly10
csharp10
build-automation10
dotnet-core10
cicd8
runtimes8
xamarin7
ios6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
dotnet/runtime
Jun 2020 - May 2021
.NET is a cross-platform runtime for cloud, mobile, desktop, and IoT apps.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:50 reviews, 17 commits, 35 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Tammy primarily focused on enhancing the .NET runtime, particularly concerning WebAssembly (Wasm) and timezone data. Their contributions included adding zoneinfo data, integrating build tasks for timezone data generation, and incorporating backward compatibility features. They also addressed file system issues within the Wasm environment. These changes indicate a focus on expanding Wasm capabilities within the .NET ecosystem.
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mono/mono
Apr 2020 - Jun 2020
Mono open source ECMA CLI, C# and .NET implementation.
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Back-end Developer
DevOps Engineer & Back-end DeveloperContributions:15 commits, 12 PRs, 4 pushes in 2 months
Contributions summary:Tammy primarily worked on updating and maintaining scripts for package updates related to WebAssembly (WASM) in the Mono project. They added and modified PowerShell and Bash scripts, indicating proficiency in both scripting languages. Their contributions included integrating a debug proxy and fixing issues related to local build processes. This suggests a focus on build automation, scripting, and potentially backend logic for WASM-related tooling.
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