ZHONG YU
    (408)375-8481
    https://zhong-yu.org
    zhong.j.yu@gmail.com
    - Extensive knowledge in Java ecosystem, database, concurrency, distributed system, internet technologies.
- Strong analytic and problem solving skills, detail-oriented, practical-minded. Curious and creative.
- Honor-bound, take pride and ownership in my work. Aim to impress, always deliver. Enjoy teamwork.
Experience
    2021 - 2022
    New York, NY
    Percent
    Senior Software Engineer
Loan Risk Analysis
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        Added multitenancy support to legacy application with compartmentalization of data and access.
    
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        Improved financial data extraction and transformation from excel files.
    
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        Modernized acquired IP, imporoved its architecture, and brought it to production quality.
    
    2017 - 2018
    Hangzhou, China
    Alibaba Group
    Staff Software Engineer
StreamCompute Platform for AliCloud
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        Worked on Apache Flink's SQL Query Processing module
        to add features and fix issues:
    
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        Analyzed and enforced SQL standard-compliance.
        Implemented full support for Decimal type.
    
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        Introduced new strategies in query optimizer that greatly improved TPC benchmarks.
    
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        Established a theoretical framework to transform any join-group-aggregate queries for optimization.
    
    2001 - 2008
    Santa Clara, CA
    Atypon Systems
    Senior Software Engineer
Online Publishing Platform
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        Created a backend workflow system,
        with a modeling language, compiler, engine, and admin interface.
    
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        Created an authoring system for clients to edit, version, audit, stage, and publish web pages.
    
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        Created infrastructure frameworks, including ORM, caching, distributed consensus.
    
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        Maintained and improved website performance, scalability, and availability for growing demands.
    
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        Integrated with client systems through numerous proprietary and standard protocols.
    
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        Implemented various business features, in particular identity management, access control, e-commerce.
    
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        Worked directly with clients to resolve issues, gather requirements, and write specifications.
    
    1998 - 2000
    Batavia, IL
    Fermi National Accelerator Lab
    Researcher
DØ Collider Detector
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        Implemented frameworks and algorithms in C++ for real-time detector event streaming and analysis.
    
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        Created Labview applications for mapping magnetic field in DØ detector solenoid.
    
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        Wrote Delphi applications to motorize lab machines, to acquire and analyze experimental data.
    
Open Source
    - 
        rekex.org
        - PEG parser generator for Java 17 - grammar as algebraic datatypes.
    
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        bayou.io
        - Async HTTP server/client - high performance in functional style,
        full-featured.
    
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        subpage
        - ReactJS router - simple API, flexible navigation models.
    
Education
    - 
        M.S.
        in
        Computer Science
        2001
        Loyola University Chicago
        Chicago, IL
    
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        M.S.
        in
        Physics
        2000
        Northwestern University
        Evanston, IL
    
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        B.S.
        in
        Physics
        1997
        Peking University
        Beijing, China