Yang Hong
Senior Cloud Network Engineer at Microsoft
United Kingdom
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Top SchoolYang Hong is a Senior Cloud Network Engineer with a PhD in Information Engineering from CUHK and nine years of experience bridging cutting-edge optical communications research and production cloud networking. After a research career that produced 80+ top-tier publications and editorial service for leading journals, he transitioned from senior research roles at the University of Southampton and Nokia Bell Labs to Microsoft, applying deep expertise in optical wireless, fiber transmission, and advanced signal processing to scalable network systems. He combines academic rigor—evident in multiple high-impact conference highlights—with practical engineering skills as an optics-trained coder who self-teaches software tools. Based in the UK, he is as comfortable designing high-speed physical-layer solutions as he is implementing cloud network architectures, bringing a rare blend of experimental optics insight and production engineering discipline.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Indoor Visible Light Communications, Master's degree, Indoor Visible Light Communications at Nanjing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsBachelor's degree, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering at Nanjing University of TechnologyThe University of MelbourneThe Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)Github contributions (5)
MYang2017/Screeps_nooby
May 2017 - Feb 2021
Contributions:8 commits, 13 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years 10 months
MYang2017/FDTD
Feb 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 year
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