Summary
Yicong Wang is a software engineer with 11 years of experience, currently contributing to Google's Network Infrastructure team in Mountain View. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UT Austin and has a strong research background in wireless networks, having worked on Intel/Verizon 5G projects, device-to-device and millimeter-wave wearable networks, and full-duplex Wi‑Fi MAC design during an Intel Labs internship. At Google he applies this deep systems and networking expertise to build scalable, reliable infrastructure; his academic training and teaching experience in probability and random processes underpin a methodical, measurement-driven approach to problem solving. Colleagues know him for bridging rigorous research insights with production engineering, bringing both theoretical depth and practical delivery to complex network challenges.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical and Computer Engineering, 3.88/4.0, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical and Computer Engineering, 3.88/4.0 at The University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor of Science (BS), Information Science and Technology, 89.7/100, Bachelor of Science (BS), Information Science and Technology, 89.7/100 at Tsinghua University
English, Chinese