01

Know
About me

Xinlong got his master's degree in Computer Science from Georgia Tech. He is interested in system programming related to Operating Systems, Computer Networks, Distributed Systems, and so on. He is very fluent in Python, C++, Javascript, and Go. He is familiar with various frameworks and tools including React, Flask, MySQL, Kubernetes, and ZooKeeper. He did an internship at Amazon last summer, where he built a Python package that can do automatic data analysis, and deployed it onto a CI/CD pipeline on AWS. He also had 2 full stack development project experiences. He built a Financial service website, sponsored by Principal Financial Group, and a Course management system, sponsored by ByteDance.

My Skills

• Programming Languages: C++, C, Python, Golang, HTML, CSS, Java, Javascript, Typescript, SQLite, MySQL, Oracle SQL*Plus, MongoDB, MATLAB, Verilog, ARMv8, LC2K, LaTeX, R, C#
• Frameworks/Tools: React, Flask, MySQL, SQLite, Wireshark, AWS, Azure, GCP, Git, Linux, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Docker, WebGL, OpenGL, Three.js, libvirt, OpenMP, Open MPI, gRPC, STM32CubeIDE, Android Studio, Ethereum, Ryu Controller
• Applications: Android Studio, IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, Clion, Visual Studio, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, Mathematica, Microsoft Office
• Languages: Mandarin (native), English (fluent), German (newcomer)

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My
Experience

• February, 2023 - September, 2023

  AirMettle, Inc.

  Software Engineer

  Added a Bloom-filter with AVX2 to the open-source Simdjson library in C++ and made Json parsing faster by up to 46%.
  Built an automatic benchmarking system in Python on AWS CodeBuild that can generate performance summary plots.

  
  
  

• May, 2022 - August, 2022

  Amazon AWS

  SDE Intern at the Security Organization

  Implemented a Python package that can identify exemptions with underlying risks, classify them into different severity, and flag redundant exemptions, with 100% unit and integration test coverage, and deployed it using CI/CD pipeline.

  
  
  

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My
Education

• August, 2021 - December, 2022

  Georgia Institute of Technology

  Master of Science in Computer Science

  Cumulative GPA: 3.90 / 4.00
  Selected Coursework:System Design in Cloud Computing (A), Database System Implemnt (A), Advanced Operating Systems (A), Graduate Algorithms (A), Information Security (A), Computer Graphics (A)

  
  
  

• August, 2019 - May, 2021

  University of Michigan, EECS (Transferred form SJTU)

  Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Computer Engineering

  Cumulative GPA: 3.924 / 4.00
  Selected Coursework: Distributed Systems, Computer Networks (A+), Database Management Systems (A+), Operating Systems (A-), Compiler Construction (A+), System Design of a Search Engine, Embeded Systems, Machine Learning (A), Data Structures and Algorithms (A+), Computer Organization (A+), Linear Algebra (A), Java Programming (A), Critical Reasoning (A), Multidisciplinary Design Program (A), Midwest I-Corps Node Entrepreneurship Course

  
  
  

• September, 2017 - August, 2019 & May, 2021 - August, 2021

  Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)

  Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering

  Selected Coursework: Probabilistic Methods in Engineering (A+), Introduction to Programming (A), Programming and Data Structures (A), Introduction to Logic Design (A)

  

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My
Projects

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My
Publications

• R. Pal, Z. Huang, X. Yin, M. Liu, S. Lototsky, J. Crowcroft: Sustainable Catastrophic Cyber-risk Management in IoT Societies, To Appear in IEEE/INFORMS Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 2020

• R. Pal, Z. Huang, S. Lototsky, X. Yin, M. Liu, J. Crowcroft, S. De, N. Sastry, B. Nag: Will Catastrophic Cyber-Risk Aggregation Thrive in the IoT Age?: An Economic Take on Managing Aggregate Heavy-Tailed Risks, Received a Minor Revision Decision from the ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems [Presented at the INFORMS Annual Meeting, 2020]

• R. Pal, Z. Huang, X. Yin, M. Liu, J. Crowcroft, S. Lototsky, S. Tarkoma, S. De, N. Sastry: Aggregate Cyber-Risk Management in the IoT Age, Accepted To Appear in the IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2021

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My
Activities

• July, 2018 –July, 2019

  Vice Minister of Career Department of the Student Union

  Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  I was in charge of connecting SJTU alumni to act as one-on-one consultants (e.g. revising essays, planning career paths) to SJTU students on their career development. I contacted 50 alumni, collected their expertise information, and opened a common account platform on WeChat, where these experts and students could interact on career development. My efforts improved the participation rate of students by 10 fold, compared to previous one-many WeChat accounts that were used at SJTU.
  
  
  
  

• May, 2019 - August, 2019

  Teaching Assistant of Advanced Brand and Branding Management

  Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  I revised the slides for the lectures on brand communication, brand equity and brand crisis management. I also helped students get a better understanding of the lectures during my office hours.
  
  

• December, 2018 - Janruary, 2019

  Leader of the Volunteer Teaching team

  Lvchun Middle School, Yunnan, China

  I arranged the whole Volunteer Teaching activity by communicating with the principal of the Lvchun Middle School. I was also in charge of teaching mathematics to Grade 8 students in the school.
  
  

• Janruary, 2019 - February, 2019

  Education Assistance in Bali, Indonesia

  I taught English and Chinese to students in a middle school. I also designed games to help children in an orphanage study while playing.
  
  

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My Honors
and Awards

• Received 2021 EECS Undergraduate Outstanding Research Award at the University of Michigan
• Was on Dean's List and University Honors at the University of Michigan in both 2020 and 2019
• Awarded 2017-2018 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Scholarship
• Awarded Soh Bing Scholarship in both 2018 and 2019