Hi, I’m Ziyi (Zayne) Xi. I’m a software engineer on Google Cloud, Platform’s Infrastructure Engineering team (PIE), where I build infrastructure for hardware validation and machine automatic repairs — supporting new machine architectures, GPUs, and TPUs.
Before Google, I earned a Ph.D. in Computational Science at Michigan State University. My dissertation, Seismic Studies of Western Pacific Subduction Zones With High-Performance Computing and Deep Learning, brought together geophysics, high-performance computing, and applied machine learning. I completed my undergraduate studies in geophysics and computer science at the University of Science and Technology of China.
Lately, I’ve been especially interested in ML systems and computational infrastructure—particularly speeding up workloads with GPU/CUDA and XLA/TPU. I am exploring exciting open-source projects to work on.
Outside of work, I enjoy exploring new cuisines in the Bay Area, and I’ve recently picked up photography as a way to get outdoors more. I also love staying in, writing blog posts, and enjoying a cozy day at home.
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