Aiwen Xu
Software Engineer at Snowflake
Santa Barbara, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAiwen Xu is a software engineer and PhD candidate at UC Santa Barbara, specializing in deep learning and computational modeling of the biological visual system, with strong capabilities across ML, AR/VR, iOS, front-end development, and human-computer interaction. As a member of the Bionic Vision Lab, Aiwen is focused on technologies that restore sight to people with incurable blindness, reflecting a commitment to social impact. Currently a Software Engineer at Snowflake, Aiwen has previously supported Google internships on Bard model tuning and on optimizing mobile-friendly vision transformers, delivering measurable improvements in chat quality and efficiency. Aiwen holds a PhD in Computer Science from UCSB with a perfect GPA and a summa cum laude Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from NYU Shanghai. Based in Santa Barbara, California, Aiwen brings nearly a decade of experience across research and industry, bridging academia and production systems. Notably, Aiwen combines hands-on coding with interdisciplinary research, turning advanced ML insights into practical, user-centric software.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, 3.96/4, summa cum laude, Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, 3.96/4, summa cum laude at New York University ShanghaiDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, 4.0/4.0, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, 4.0/4.0 at UC Santa Barbara
Chinese, English
Github Skills (23)
bionic10
simulation9
neuroscience9
brian8
python8
simulation-framework8
convolutional-neural-networks5
simulator4
backend4
spiking-neural-networks4
deep-learning3
frontend3
python33
simulate2
computational-neuroscience2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ucsb-int5/int5-f19-notebooks
Oct 2019 - Nov 2019
Contributions:1 PR, 16 pushes in 1 month
aiwenxu/pulse2percept
Aug 2020 - Dec 2020
A Python-based simulation framework for bionic vision
Contributions:1 push, 7 branches in 4 months
pythonsimulation-frameworkvisionsimulationbionic-vision
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