Zi Yan
Software Engineer at NVIDIA
Summary
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SeniorZi Yan is a software engineer specializing in computer architecture, compilation, and programming languages, with a focus on Linux kernel memory management and system programming. Since 2019, he has been a Software Engineer at NVIDIA Research, applying architecture and OS internals expertise to high-performance computing in the Greater Boston area. He previously contributed to Rutgers University as a Research Assistant (2013–2019) and earned a PhD in Computer Science there, plus a Master’s in Computer & Information Sciences from the University of Pennsylvania. Notable open-source impact includes implementing memory defragmentation and transparent huge page migration work that was merged into Linux 4.14, significantly improving virtual/physical contiguity and translation coverage. He combines hands-on kernel development with academic rigor and has lectured in system programming, bridging research and production to solve complex memory and performance challenges.
12 years of coding experience
Github Skills (4)
c1710
c1110
system-programming10
linux-kernel10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
x-y-z/dotfiles
Feb 2019 - Jan 2023
Contributions:30 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 11 months
x-y-z/thp-migration-bench
Sep 2016 - Jan 2025
Contributions:14 pushes, 7 branches in 8 years 4 months
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