Last Modified: 17:25:47 UTC, 2021/10/01 Yitao Li * Phone: 201-256-1337 * E-mail: yitaoli@10xeng.ca * GitHub Profile: https://github.com/yitao-li * Personal Web Page: http://10xeng.ca EDUCATION: University of Washington M.S. Computer Science, December, 2013 Cumulative GPA (as of 14:06:11 UTC, 2013/12/18) : 3.914 (out of 4.000) Relevant Coursework: Big Data Architecture, Advanced Algorithms, Big Data Management, Web Data Analytics, Database System Design, Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Acquisition, Analytics of Data in Geographic Information Systems, Master's Seminar Honors: Upsilon Pi Epsilon Honor Society New York University B.A. Computer Science & B.A. Mathematics, May, 2012 Cumulative GPA (as of 18:23:30 UTC, 2012/05/18) : 3.856 (out of 4.000) Relevant Coursework: Compiler Construction, Distributed Systems, Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition, Object-Oriented Programming, Theory of Computation, Basic Algorithms, Operating Systems, Computer Architecture, Computer System Organization, Data Structures and Algorithms Honors: Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society TECHNICAL SKILLS: C, C++, Java, Python, R, UNIX Shell Programming, Apache Spark, PostgreSQL, MySQL, LaTex, Tex, HTML EXPERIENCE: Software Engineer: 2020/02/10 - present RStudio, PBC * Became the maintainer of {sparklyr} (https://sparklyr.ai), an R interface for Apache Spark, and released {sparklyr} v1.2 through v1.7 with highly anticipated new features, enhancements, and bug fixes (https://blogs.rstudio.com/ai/#category:Distributed_Computing) * Created {sparklyr} extensions such as {sparklyr.flint} for large-scale time series analysis using Spark+Flint and {sparklyr.sedona} for processing spatial data using Spark. * Created {cuda.ml} (https://github.com/mlverse/cuda.ml) to make GPU- accelerated machine learning functionalities offered by RAPIDS cuML (https://github.com/rapidsai/cuml) easily accessible to R users. Software Engineer: 2016/07/04 - 2020/02/07 Facebook UK Ltd, London, UK * Worked on scalability and reliability aspects of data warehouse infra, real-time data processing (e.g., Scribe & Stylus), and audio / video streaming platforms Software Engineer: 2014/09/30 - 2016/07/03 Facebook Inc, Seattle, WA, USA * Developed and maintained efficient and reliable BLOB storage systems (Haystack & F4); built pipelines for incremental backup and Reed-Solomon re-encoding Software Development Engineer: 2014/03/10 - 2014/09/24 eBay Inc, Bellevue, WA, USA * Developing and maintaining shipping- and PayPal- related web services and application programming interfaces of eBay Research Intern, 2013/06/17 - 2013/09/07 Microsoft Research Connections, Redmond, WA, USA * Participated in KDD (Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining) Cup 2013 * Worked on machine learning & information retrieval projects and data quality enhancements related to Microsoft Academic Search Research Assistant, 2013/01/31 - 2013/06/16 University of Washington, Tacoma, WA, USA * Collaborated with Microsoft Research, Moscow State University, and UW Information School on ChronoZoom, a zoom-able time-line for visualizing history of the universe Web Application Developer, 2012/11/01 - 2012/12/31 nPario Inc, Redmond, WA, USA * Built highly customizable and data-driven web applications with PHP, JQuery, and MySQL Research Assistant, 2012/08/15 - 2012/10/19 University of Washington, Tacoma, WA, USA * Collaborated with a team of web developers at University of Washington on the OSPI project (powered by PHP, Drupal, and PostgreSQL) * Partially responsible for constructing automated report, data visualization, and customizable analytics modules for the OSPI website Summer Intern (Technical), 2012/05/31 - 2012/08/10 Standard & Poor's, New York, NY, USA * Developed automated data-archiving utilities in Java and multi-thread task-scheduling utilities in C++ * Built and deployed Java web applications with message-driven beans HONORS AND AWARDS: * Databricks Beacons program nomination -- June 2021 * NYU Founders' Day Award -- Spring, 2012 * NYU Prize for Outstanding Performance in Computer Science -- Spring, 2012 & Spring, 2011 * Dean's List Academic Year -- Fall, 2009 to Spring, 2012 * NYU Presidential Honors Scholars -- Spring, 2009 * Individual Rank 2 in 2009 Newton Mathematics Competition -- April 2009 * Silver Medal in 2008-09 USA Mathematics Talent Search -- September 2008 to March 2009 * Individual Rank 2 in 2009 Newton Mathematics Competition -- April 2008