About me

My aspiration is to construct a virtual realm where individuals experience a life devoid of pain or stress, perpetually immersed in happiness. While this may appear idealistic, it has been my dream since my formative years, which is why I pursued a career in software engineering.

I am currently a second-year graduate student at Duke University, specializing in Computer Software Engineering. Proficient in web full-stack development, as well as Android and iOS mobile development, I previously undertook internships at DJI (Shenzhen, CN) in Android development for DJI autonomous vehicles, and at Amazon.com (New York, USA) in backend development for the Amazon Ads API.

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What I'm doing

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    Machine Learning in Unity

    The initial step toward my dream: create a virtual 3D world to observe the natural progression and the emergence of new rules.

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    Web development

    I am planning a website that will resemble a Pokémon Dex, but with the added feature of 3D models and immersive animation effects.

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    Mobile apps

    Mobile Development course project: An iOS/iPadOS App to manage Duke University 4 million+ digital assets.

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    Photography

    I frequently travel, using my Fujifilm X-T5 camera to capture scenic moments and professionally edit the photos afterward.

Testimonials

  • Jiechen Li

    Jiechen Li

    Hi Yadong, thanks for connecting. We are in the same course 706-Data Engineering this semester. Your repo and GitHub homepage are really impressive! I am from non-tech background so that I feel I learned a lot from your work. I really appreciate your conscientious attitude and appreciate providing such professional examples for our classmates.

  • Pushkar Bodas

    Pushkar Bodas

    During Hugo's 12-week internship at Amazon, he showcased strong professional skills and excellent teamwork. His work involved building a serverless web system for handling API requests spoofing, where he developed a user-friendly UI and maintained a clear and efficient backend logic. Notably, for this internal tool, Hugo achieved an impressive 92% unit test coverage, surpassing the typical 70% requirement for AWS Lambda. Hugo is undoubtedly a valuable asset to any team.

  • Yusen Liu

    Yusen Liu

    Hugo and I collaborated on a C++ group assignment during our undergraduate studies, where we jointly developed a circuit simulation. His dedication to work and remarkable time management skills were evident throughout the project. Hugo demonstrated an extensive range of interests and a deep passion for expanding his knolwedge base. His outstanding ability to quickly grasp and apply advanced features was particularly impressive, showcasing his aptitude for self-learning. He consistently leveraged a wide array of high-level functionalities, such as multithreading, data structures, and memory management, to enhance our project's technical aspects.

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Education

  1. Duke University

    2022 — Present

    Hugo majored Computer Engineering (Software Development) here at Duke.
    Core curriculum includes: Software Engineering, Algorithms, Mobile Development, Towards More Reliable Software, Data Anaysis Scale in Cloud.

  2. University of Leeds

    2018 — 2022

    Hugo majord Electonic and Electrical Engineering and minored Software Engineering at UoL.
    Core curriculum includes: Data Structures, Computer Architecture, Operating Systems, Computer Networks, Embedded System, Circuit Anaysis.

  3. Chengdu Shude High School

    2015 — 2018

    Hugo attended Chengdu Shude High School, where he and his club developed and published the first Campus Forum Android App, which garnered 15,000 downloads within its first year.

Experience

  1. Amazon.com - Backend Intern

    May, 2023 — August, 2023

    • Designed and deployed a serverless web system to automatically process spoofing API requests with AWS Lambda
    • Integrated with internal Python Flask Web App for frontend and utilized Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), Simple Queue Service (SQS), DynamoDB, and two internal APIs for middleware and backend business logic
    • Built a CI/CD Pipeline, leveraging AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) to manage resources via TypeScript
    • Optimized existing API Gateway by introducing ElastiCache for Redis, resulting in a reduction of API access TM99 (Trimmed Mean at 99%) latency from 34.0ms to 9.7ms at an average throughput of ∼1300 TPS in Gamma stage

  2. DJI - Android Intern

    May, 2021 — August, 2021

    • Designed an Android App for in-vehicle central control and environment visualization in DJI Autonomous Car
    • Developed map components and animated status-alert modules for autonomous driving using Kotlin, and created virtual real-time road condition displays leveraging the Java Rajawali 3D engine
    • Implemented communication protocols with DJI Cloud and map providers using RxJava in MVVM Design Pattern

Programming Languages

  • Java
  • Kotlin
  • JavaScript
  • C/C++/C#
  • Rust
  • Golang
  • Python
  • Swift


My skills

  • Web Full-stack Dev
  • iOS Dev
  • Android Dev
  • Amazon Web Service
  • Django
  • Flask
  • React
  • Node.js
  • Redis
  • Kubernetes
  • Postgres
  • SQL
  • CI/CD
  • OpenGL
  • Unity

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