Zhi Ming Xu

Bachelor's

Computer Engineering

Billinge Group at Columbia University

Research Intern

- Contributed to the research group’s diffpy project by optimizing and enhancing existing algorithms for nanomaterial structure analysis, resulting in a 40% reduction in data processing time. - Maintained and expanded a Python package called scikit-package that provides tools and best practices for building reusable scientific software, helping over 10 researchers save time and share code more effectively. - Streamlined the team’s workflow by developing a robust development pipeline with GitHub CI/CD and pre-commit hooks to enforce code quality and automate unit testing with pytest.