Desmond(Zhongqiu) Lin

Desmond (Zhongqiu) Lin has a strong background in software engineering and research, with experience in various companies. Desmond(Zhongqiu) currently works as a Senior Software Engineer at Waabi, where they are responsible for leading the architecture design, development, and optimization of the production autonomy system. Desmond(Zhongqiu)'sexpertise in machine learning models optimization has resulted in significantly reducing runtime and achieving real-time requirements. Prior to this, Desmond held positions at Uber, where they researched and developed motion planning modules for self-driving cars, and at ByteDance, where they worked on projects related to neural network compression and acceleration. Desmond(Zhongqiu) also has research experience as a MASc Researcher at the Vision and Image Processing Group and as a Research Scientist at DarwinAI, focusing on neural network compression and acceleration. Desmond's earlier experience includes roles as a Research and Development Engineer at ByteDance, a Search Engine Software Engineer Intern at A9.com, an Open Source Developer Intern at IBM, a Software Developer Intern at RSVP Technologies Inc., and an Application Developer Intern at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Desmond (Zhongqiu) Lin pursued their education at the University of Waterloo, where they completed their Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence from 2018 to 2020. Prior to that, from 2013 to 2018, they studied at the same university, majoring in Computer Engineering, although the exact degree obtained was not mentioned.