Houjian Yu
Applied Scientist at Amazon
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHoujian Yu is an applied scientist at Amazon with a 12-year engineering background spanning full-stack development and machine learning. He holds a PhD in Computer Engineering from the University of Minnesota and a Master’s in Machine Learning and Data Science from UC San Diego, blending deep research rigor with practical production experience. Fluent in Chinese, English, and Japanese, he navigates international teams and multilingual codebases with ease. His recent internship at Amazon Lab126 reflects hands-on work transitioning ML research into consumer-facing systems. Based in Minneapolis, he maintains a personal webpage showcasing projects and portfolios that bridge software engineering and applied research. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who pairs academic depth with product-minded execution.
13 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Engineering at University of MinnesotaUniversity of California, San DiegoBachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering at North China Electric Power University
Github Skills (62)
cli10
userscripts10
ipad10
binaries10
full-stack10
zip10
file-explorer10
mobile-web10
spider10
video-player10
crawler10
react10
microsoft-edge9
safari9
visualization9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
hjyssg/ScriptBox
Feb 2015 - May 2024
Contributions:19 pushes in 9 years 4 months
hjyssg/twitter_image_download
Nov 2020 - Nov 2024
One clicking to download all images in Twitter page
Contributions:2 reviews, 13 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 1 month
twitterdownloadimagetempermonkey-script
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