Yibo Yan
Teaching Assistant at University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolYibo Yan is a PhD student and teaching assistant at USC specializing in distributed systems and cloud computing, with eight years of software and research experience spanning academia and open-source. He holds a BS in Computer Science from UC Davis and an MS from Yale, and currently contributes to research and instruction in USC’s distributed systems lab. Yibo is an attentive back-end developer who has improved cross-platform robustness in notable open-source tooling like pydriller, demonstrating practical skills in repository analysis and file-system edge cases. He has led hands-on teaching (including an upper-division SwiftUI course) and research projects on OSS sustainability and analytics, blending strong academic performance with applied engineering. Based in Los Angeles, he brings a mix of rigorous research training and pragmatic code-quality focus that helps bridge tooling, education, and systems research.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science + Stats Minor, 3.94/4.0, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science + Stats Minor, 3.94/4.0 at University of California, DavisDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Southern CaliforniaMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, 4.0/4.0, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 4.0/4.0 at Yale UniversityHigh School Summer College, 4.0, High School Summer College, 4.0 at Stanford University
English, Chinese
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Github Skills (8)
git10
python10
computer-engineering9
filesystem9
debug9
file-handling9
debugging9
error-handling8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
ishepard/pydriller
Apr 2022 - Apr 2022
Python Framework to analyse Git repositories
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 6 commits, 1 PR in 1 day
Contributions summary:Yibo primarily focused on bug fixes and improvements related to the `pydriller` project, which is a Python framework for analyzing Git repositories. Their contributions centered on addressing Windows-specific file cleanup errors and correcting potential issues within the repository module. The user also refactored code and removed unused imports and symbols, demonstrating a focus on code quality and maintainability. Additionally, the commits suggest contributions towards improving the project's cross-platform compatibility and handling of file system operations.
repositoriespythonmining-software-repositoriesmsrpython3
totoroyyb/Project-Neon
Apr 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:11 commits, 9 pushes in 10 months
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