Hi, I'm Kailin Xing
Software Engineer
I learn, I experiment, I build. Passionate about creating meaningful products and solutions to complex problems.
About Me
temp I'm a passionate software engineer with expertise in building modern applications, algorithms, models, and more. With a strong foundation in both frontend, backend, database, parallel computing technologies, I create scalable and maintainable solutions that solve real-world problems.
Me?
💻 As a Sophomore at Northeastern University, studying Computer Science, I’m eager to embark on a rigorous academic journey to deepen my knowledge in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics, and related disciplines.
🚀 I enjoy exploring new things occasionally, while always striving to connect all my passions and interests. Being born and raised in a family of engineers, it's a given that computer would interest me more than anything else. On top of that, my parents' transition into the business world also gave me another perspective of perceiving the world. It gave birth to the light of incorporating technological capabilities into a meaningful, worthwhile, impactful, long lasting, and fulfilling business of my own one day in the near future.
🌎 The most important lesson I’ve learned? Never stagnate! Always eager to try, fail, and learn new things! Whether technical, intellectual or physical, who doesn’t enjoy a bit of travel? :)
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My Projects
Here are some of the projects I've worked on. Each project represents different skills and technologies I've mastered throughout my journey.
Experience & Education
My professional journey and educational background that have shaped my skills and expertise.
Work Experience
Optimized image processing performance by implementing C- and CUDA-based acceleration with pthreads and OpenMP tiling, reducing execution time by 2x on large-scale images on a Linux(Unix) system. Integrated and enhanced 5+ edge detection operators (Sobel, Prewitt, Roberts, etc.) using OpenCV and CUDA, achieving real-time GPU-accelerated processing.
Collected and cleaned media coverage data on lower court decisions, spearheading data assembly with Selenium, Pandas, and NLTK to maintain research quality. Developed a high-volume scraping pipeline to retrieve over 350K articles from ProQuest, automating logins with Selenium and storing results with Pandas for data analysis.
Education
GPA: 3.6/4.0
Relevant Coursework: Algorithms and Data Structures, Object-Oriented Design (Java), Computer Systems (C, Assembly), Database Design (SQL), Logic and Computation (ACL2), Fundamentals of Computer Science (Kotlin)
Competitions: Harvard Undergraduate Trading Competition 5th Place Podium & News-Based Trading 3rd Place
Activities: Electric Racing, IEEE Student Branch, AI Club, Undergraduate Research Club
Get In Touch
Have a project in mind or want to discuss potential opportunities? Feel free to reach out!