Zihang Yao is a C/C++ developer with nine years of engineering experience, currently interning as a C++ Developer at Optiver in Shanghai. He has a strong research background from Alibaba DAMO Academy and practical finance-tech exposure from Morgan Stanley, blending systems-level coding with applied research. An active backend contributor to the OneFlow deep learning framework, he implemented tensor operations like Tensor.view_as and Tensor.new_empty, showing deep familiarity with memory allocation and framework internals. His work emphasizes code quality, testing, and documentation, reflecting an engineer who ships reliable, maintainable features. Trained in software engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, he brings both academic rigor and hands-on production experience to high-performance and ML-related systems. Notably, his contributions reveal an uncommon comfort navigating complex tensor internals—a useful bridge between research prototypes and production-grade C++ systems.
OneFlow is a deep learning framework designed to be user-friendly, scalable and efficient.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:128 reviews, 48 commits, 29 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Zihang contributed to the implementation of new methods, specifically `Tensor.view_as` and `Tensor.new_empty`, within the deep learning framework. They modified existing code, including test files and core module files related to tensor operations and memory allocation, to support these new features. Furthermore, the user addressed documentation and formatting issues, demonstrating a focus on code quality and usability. Several commits also show a deep understanding of the framework's internal workings and the testing process.
Contributions:1 release, 4 PRs, 43 pushes in 4 months
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