Profile
About
Engineering leadership and systems research across global networking, mobile platforms, and wireless systems.
I lead Uber’s Mobile & Edge Networking organization.
The Edge Networking team manages all Layer 7 traffic into Uber, supporting both mobile and web platforms, and manages Uber’s global DNS infrastructure, anti-DDoS infrastructure, and network security.
The Mobile Networking team owns the mobile networking stack, libraries, and observability infrastructure across all Uber apps on iOS and Android.
Previously, I was a researcher and senior manager at Alibaba Group in Sunnyvale, where I helped build mobile and wide-area networking technologies for Alibaba’s global infrastructure across commerce, video conferencing, and cloud services.
Before industry, I was a postdoctoral associate in the Signal Kinetics group at MIT Media Lab, supervised by Professor Fadel Adib. I earned my Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University, advised by Professor Edwin C. Kan, and my B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China.
Journey
Uber
Mobile & Edge Networking
Alibaba
Global network infrastructure
MIT Media Lab
Signal Kinetics
Cornell
Electrical & Computer Engineering
USTC
Electrical Engineering
Recognition
Awards
Uber Reimagine Award FinalistContributions & leadership in building multi-layer anti-DDoS infrastructure for Uber
DAMO Academy Individual Award finalistTop 0.4%
ACM SIGCOMM Research HighlightIVN
China Young Scientist Computing Association Rising Star
Qualcomm QualStar Award
Best Student Paper AwardIEEE International Microwave Symposium
Irwin and Joan Jacobs Scholar
Best Undergraduate ThesisUSTC
National ScholarshipMinistry of Education, China
Invention
Patents
- Methods and apparatus for wideband localization — US Patent Application 15/936,078.
- Methods and apparatus for analog relays — US Patent Application 15/894,901.
- Solenoid inductor — US Patent Application 15/345,312.
- Two-dimensional structure to form an embedded three-dimensional structure — US Patent Application 15/192,802.
- RF multiplexer with integrated directional coupler — US Patent 10,171,112.
- Encapsulation of acoustic resonator devices — US Patent 10,069,474.
- Tunable matching network — US Patent 10,187,031.
- RFID device, methods and applications — US Patent 9,645,234.
Academic service
Committee service
Supporting the systems and networking research community through technical program committees.
- USENIX NSDITechnical Program Committee
- ACM MobiComTechnical Program Committee
- ACM SIGCOMMTechnical Program Committee
- ACM HotMobileTechnical Program Committee
- IEEE GlobeComTechnical Program Committee
- IEEE INFOCOMTechnical Program Committee
- IEEE INFOCOMTechnical Program Committee
- ACM CoNEXTTechnical Program Committee
- ACM MobiComWorkshop Technical Program Committee
- ACM MobisysWorkshop Technical Program Committee
In the media
Selected coverage
Selected coverage of work spanning battery-free networks, in-body communication, and precise robotic sensing.