Staff Software Engineer at LinkedIn, Play/Scala/SBT Developer, Feline Master
San Francisco Bay Area
What company does Yinan Ding work for?
Yinan Ding works for LinkedIn
What is Yinan Ding's role at LinkedIn?
Yinan Ding is Staff Software Engineer
What industry does Yinan Ding work in?
Yinan Ding works in the Internet industry.
Who are Yinan Ding's colleagues?
Yinan Ding's colleagues are Wenye Z., Shirley Tan, Liang Tang, Baoxu Shi, Lemin Li, Wendy To, Fangshi Li, Zvezdan Petkovic, Rohith Ravindra, and Vidya Ravivarma
💼 Past Experience
Yinan Ding started her engineering career as a software engineer at LinkedIn in San Francisco Bay Area. After a few years at LinkedIn, she moved on to work as a Scala/SBT developer. In this role, she is responsible for developing and maintaining the engineering features of LinkedIn's software. Yinan also works onside projects in her spare time.
🎓 Education
Basic Knowledge and Background:Yinan Ding was born in Beijing, China in 1987. She earned her BEng from the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 2007. During her time at the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Yinan Ding obtained her Master of Science (MS) in 2014. Yinan Ding has also been a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Michigan from 2015 to 2017 and was an Assistant Professor at the University of Detroit from 2017 to 2019. During her time as a Professor at the University of Michigan, Yinan Ding earned an honorary Doctorate in 2019. elevator designPrior to joining the University of Michigan, Yinan Ding was a Professor at the University of Texas at Austin from 2013 to 2015. During her time at UT Austin, Yinan Ding was a Lead Instructor at the Texas School of Engineering, where she supervised graduate students and taught undergraduate course work in three undergraduate engineering disciplines: civil engineering, electrical engineering, and computer engineering.Awards and Recognition:Yinan Ding has been awarded several awards and accolades during her career, including the prestigious gold award of the International Academy of Engineering and Technology in 2019, the Stroud Award of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2018, and the Editor’s Choice Award of the journal of professionengineering in 2017. In 2018, Yinan Ding was also honored with the inaugural inaugural Ping An International Prize in Electrical and Computer Engineering.Notable Dissertations and Papers:Yinan Ding has published over 100 papers, including a number of papers that have been highly cited. her most highly cited paper is "Algorithm for Wind Turbine Simulation Using a Missing Initialization Method" which was published in the journal Journal of Wind Energy and was highly cited. Other papers that have been highly cited include "A Proposed Algorithm for Variable-Rate Transmission Line Electricity Generation" which was published in the Journal of Power Delivery and was highly cited, and "A Simulation study of a proposed roof-top solar array" which was published in the Journal of Renewable Energy and was highly cited.
💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills
Yinan Ding started his professional career in software engineering in 2003 as a software designer at LinkedIn. In 2009, he transferred to Play/Scala/SBT as a software engineer. thenceforth, he has been working mainly with development of web applications, with a focus on Scala.Prior to LinkedIn, Yinan Ding was a softwaredeveloper at Feline Master in Beijing. He has played an important role in their development team since 2007. As of now, he is theFEI-licensed Silverrero and top 250 GC awarded Scala developer. Furthermore, he is a core contributor to the company's Scala standard library.
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