Xiang Zhang
Video Codec Engineer at Apple
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolXiang Zhang is a Video Codec Engineer with over a decade of experience designing and implementing video coding and processing algorithms for industry leaders including Apple and Zoom. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Peking University, complemented by research experience at the University of Washington, and has driven R&D across codecs, image/video quality assessment, computer vision, 3D reconstruction, and deep learning. Xiang is a prolific inventor and researcher—authoring 20+ papers, holding 50+ granted patents, and contributing 10+ technologies adopted into standards—demonstrating rare impact from prototype to standardization. Based in Sunnyvale, he blends deep theoretical knowledge with practical product deployment, having moved innovations into production at major consumer and enterprise platforms. Notably, his career spans both research labs and product teams, enabling him to translate advanced video science into scalable, standards-aligned implementations.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Visiting Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Visiting Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of WashingtonDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Peking UniversityBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Harbin Institute of Technology
Github Skills (72)
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
hawkxiang/hawkxiang.github.io
Nov 2015 - Mar 2018
Contributions:236 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
hawkxiang/Distributed-System
Feb 2017 - Jun 2018
Contributions:31 commits, 32 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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