Chih-jen Lin
Distinguished Professor at National Taiwan University
New Taipei, Taiwan
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Top SchoolChih-jen Lin is a distinguished professor of computer science at National Taiwan University with over 13 years of senior academic experience and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He is a leading researcher in large-scale data classification and co-developer of the widely used LIBSVM and LIBLINEAR libraries, tools that have shaped practical machine learning workflows worldwide. His work bridges theory and production: beyond foundational algorithms he has actively maintained and refactored these open-source codebases, improving reliability and usability. Lin has held visiting roles at major industry labs (Microsoft, Google, Yahoo!, eBay) and serves as an affiliated professor at MBZUAI, reflecting a sustained impact across academia and industry. Notably, his contributions include meticulous backend improvements and long-term stewardship of software that remains a staple in both research and applied ML.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Industrial and Operations Engineering, Ph.D., Industrial and Operations Engineering at University of MichiganB.S., Mathematics, B.S., Mathematics at National Taiwan University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (17)
c-language10
lib10
java10
javas10
cprogramming-language10
software-update9
versioninfo9
linear-algebra9
numerical-optimization9
versioning9
code-formatting8
algorithms8
debugging8
algorithm8
build-automation5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
cjlin1/libsvm
Mar 2013 - Aug 2022
LIBSVM -- A Library for Support Vector Machines
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 73 commits, 21 PRs in 9 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Chih-jen primarily focused on modifying and updating the version numbers within the LIBSVM library source code across multiple files, including Java and C++ code. They also addressed code style issues by removing unnecessary spaces and tabs to improve code readability and consistency. Furthermore, the user updated the COPYRIGHT information to reflect the current year.
libsvmsupport-vector-machine
cjlin1/liblinear
May 2013 - Jul 2022
LIBLINEAR -- A Library for Large Linear Classification
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:59 commits, 14 PRs, 17 pushes in 9 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Chih-jen primarily contributed to the codebase by fixing bugs, merging updates from the master branch, and refactoring code to improve its structure and efficiency. They addressed issues related to data types, bias values, and indentation errors. Moreover, the user incorporated changes from a separate repository branch, ensuring the code's consistency with external updates.
classificationliblinear
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