I am an Optical Network Engineer in Amazon Web Services (AWS), working on optimization of AWS hyper-scale cloud infrastructure. Previously, I obtained Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from University of Southern California (USC) in 2022, advised by Prof. Alan E. Willner. Before joining USC, I completed my B.Eng in Information Engineering from Zhejiang University in 2016.

I have solid technical background in digital signal processing, signal and system, communications, and machine learning. Moreover, I have broad interest in AI/ML infrastructure, cloud computing and networking.

Experience

• Apr. 2022 - Present, Optical Network Engineer, AWS Data Infrastructure and Networking
• Aug. 2016 – May. 2022, Research Assistant, Institute of Communications, Information, Learning, and Quantum, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California
• Oct. 2015 – Jun. 2016, Research Intern, Center for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Zhejiang University
• Jul. 2015 – Sep. 2015, Research Intern, Integrated Nanodevices and Nanosystems Research, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis

Awards

• 2021 PSC Tingyi Li Memorial Scholarship: 2 recipients annually in the field of optics and photonics
• 2020 Qualcom Innovation Fellowship: 13 teams selected in North America region
• 2020 SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship: 78 students recipients worldwide in the filed of optics and photonics
• 2019 USC Graduate School Travel/Research Award
• 2016 USC Annenberg Ph.D Fellowship: top-off fellowship for Ph.D students
• 2015 ZJU Scholarship for Achievement in Research and Innovation: top 5% of ~5,000 undergraduate students in ZJU
• 2015 Meritorious Winner of the U.S. National Mathematical Contest in Modeling: top 10% of ~2,500 teams
• 2014 First Prize in China National Mathematical Contest in Modeling: top 1% of >20,000 teams