Li Chen
Associate Researcher
Beijing, China
Summary
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Top SchoolLi Chen is an associate researcher based in Beijing with 11 years of experience advancing modern computing systems, from distributed storage and queuing to confidential computing. A Microsoft Research Asia PhD Fellow with a PhD in Computer Science from HKUST, he has authored 20+ peer-reviewed papers and holds 10 patents deployed at major companies such as Huawei and Tencent. His career spans industry research roles and startup leadership—founding a company that shipped an RDMA-accelerated TensorFlow distribution and leading systems research at Huawei. At Tencent he architected network verification and AI-Ops at cloud scale, and his work reliably moves from prototype to production in large service environments. Notably, his academic excellence (MPhil with a 4.0 GPA) pairs with practical impact across both cloud vendors and national labs, reflecting a rare blend of deep research and production-grade systems engineering.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Exchange Student, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Exchange Student, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of MichiganHong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
English, Chinese, Chinese
Github Skills (31)
napalm10
python10
machine-learning10
pythonic10
ml10
deep-learning10
tensorflow10
deep-neural-networks10
neural-network10
simulator9
simulation9
ospf9
yang9
infiniband8
bcc7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
li-ch/resume
Oct 2020 - Jun 2026
Contributions:97 pushes in 5 years 8 months
TL-System/FlowSim
Jun 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:68 commits, 2 PRs, 11 pushes in 4 months
simulation
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