Yifan Zhu
City of Rochester, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYifan Zhu is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at the University of Rochester with nine years of engineering experience focused on database systems, storage formats, and performance-oriented implementation. He has interned at NVIDIA on the CUDA compiler frontend exploring language feature design, contributed to PingCAP’s Analytical Storage Group designing an on-disk file format and SIMD-targeted code, and is currently a SWE intern at Google. Yifan combines deep systems thinking with practical compiler and storage engineering skills across C, C++, and Python, and is comfortable in both vim and emacs. He is motivated by collaborative innovation and building high-performance, production-ready components that bridge research and industry. Notably, his work spans low-level SIMD optimizations to language-frontend design, reflecting a rare blend of compiler and storage expertise.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science and Engineering, Outstanding Graduate, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science and Engineering, Outstanding Graduate at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 香港中文大学（深圳）Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Rochester
Github Skills (190)
python10
ubuntu10
pdf-viewer10
wacom10
scala10
keras-tensorflow10
pytorch10
pdf10
keras10
analytics-zoo10
bigdl10
pen10
ftp9
debian9
linux9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
Bargest/LogicExtensions
Jun 2020 - Jun 2020
Besiege LogicExtensions mod
Contributions:8 commits, 4 PRs, 1 comment in 12 days
mod
fanzhuyifan/lux
Aug 2023 - Feb 2025
Contributions:6 pushes, 2 branches, 1 comment in 1 year 6 months
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