Xing Di
Research Scientist at ProtagoLabs
Vienna, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolXing Di is a research scientist with a decade of experience translating academic rigor into applied AI and computer vision solutions across industry and academia. Currently at ProtagoLabs and formerly a PhD researcher at Johns Hopkins, he combines deep learning research with practical product-focused development. His background includes short-term research scientist roles in industry (PAII, Hikvision USA) and sustained graduate research at Rutgers, reflecting comfort moving between prototyping and production environments. Trained in engineering and advanced degrees from Stevens Institute and Johns Hopkins, he brings strong theoretical foundations to real-world problems. Based in Vienna, Virginia, he is known for bridging research and engineering pragmatically—often accelerating projects by turning novel algorithms into deployable code. His public portfolio (xingdi1990.github.io) highlights reproducible research and tools that prioritize clarity and usability beyond typical academic artifacts.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) at University of Electronic Science and TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Johns Hopkins Whiting School of EngineeringMaster’s Degree, Master’s Degree at Stevens Institute of Technology
Chinese, English
Github Skills (56)
face-detection10
face10
caffe10
expert10
facenet10
face-recognition10
computer-vision10
pytorch9
machine-learning9
deep-learning9
speech9
lip-sync9
depth8
generative8
tensorflow8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
xingdi1990/LMMTML
Jul 2017 - Aug 2022
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch, 1 comment in 5 years 1 month
protagolabs/Netmind-examples
Aug 2022 - Feb 2023
we develop the hivemind/tensorflow/pytorch examples on netmind platform here
Contributions:1 review, 47 commits, 54 PRs in 6 months
pytorchhiveminddeep-learningtensorflowpytorch-examples
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