Xianda Chen is a Software Engineer II at Microsoft with 12 years of experience applying research-grade expertise in video processing, mobile computing, and networking to production systems. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from Penn State and has a track record of turning academic research—adaptive mobile streaming and energy-aware video processing—into real-world experiments and large-scale simulations. Prior roles span embedded networking and firmware development, DNN quantization and compiler work at Cadence, and LTE system simulation, giving him a unique blend of systems, networking, and machine learning compilation experience. Comfortable in Java, Python, C/C++, and Linux toolchains, he focuses on performance, bandwidth efficiency, and practical optimization for constrained devices. Based in State College, PA, he pairs deep technical rigor with applied engineering at cloud scale within Azure Identity & Access, bringing both academic depth and hands-on implementation experience.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering at Northwestern Polytechnical University
Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering at Penn State University
Excellent Student Exchange Scholarship (Awarded by the China Scholarship Council), Computer Science, Excellent Student Exchange Scholarship (Awarded by the China Scholarship Council), Computer Science at Sungkyunkwan University
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