Zhihua Lai - Senior Software Engineer (PhD) | Dr 赖智华 (博士) 高级软件工程师

Hi there

My Chinese Name is 赖智华 (Lai, Zhihua) - Pronunciation

I am currently a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft Research Cambridge. Prior to that I worked as a SDE (Software Development Engineer aka Someone Does Everything) for Amazon Web Services (S3 Object Lambda) and as a Staff Software Engineer for General Electric Smallworld where I added while loop, regex, http library and so much more to the Magik Programming Language.

I am passionate for Algorithms, Blockchain and Cloud. I am currently a Top 5 Witness (Block Producer) of the Steem Blockchain (see Witness Ranking Table).

In High School (2003), I participated in National Olympiad in Informatics in Province NOIP (e.g. a programming contest) and won the Third Prize.

Connect me on (Linkedin). My profile at Microsoft Research and my profile at Github. And here is my resume (PDF 57KB, 10/July/2023). And here are the Holopin Badges

You can also find my other traces on Cyberspace - for example: SteakOverCooked, CodingForSpeed and 中文博客 (A Chinese Blog)

Also, welcome to join CodingNBB.com group for discussions of coding+algorithms (中文)

During my spare time, I teach my sons and wife programming.

Here are some of my side-projects - I write blogs and provide Free APIs and Tooling.

TronFAQ Telegram Bot and TronFAQ Discord Bot
- A Bot to Answer some FAQ for Tron Network using AI & Machine Learning Algorithms
- Distribute Stable Coins (USDT, USDD, USDC) and TRX coins on Tron Blockchain Shasta Test Net
- Distribute Stable Coins (USDT, USDD, USDC) and TRX coins on Tron Blockchain Nile Test Net
Video Downloader
Steem Blockchain Tools
Free Cryptos API
Coin Lookup Telegram Bot - Coin Lookup Discord Bot
Sudoku API and other String APIs
VPS Database
A few useless tools
And some other online software/tools
Merge Files/Videos
LOGO Turtle Programming Chrome Extension
Teaching Kids Programming - Youtube Channel and All Contents
String Similarity Server
A Simple Health Check Tool

Enjoy what I am doing? Buy me a coffee please ☕ or Become a Github Sponsor 💰 or Become a Patreon 💰

Publication (Conferences, Journals, Patents)

I published a few conference and journal papers on Radiowave Propagation Modelling.

View my publication at Google Scholar. My ORCID is 0009-0005-6429-7194

Here are the publications since I joined Microsoft.

Taking 5G RAN Analytics and Control to a New Level, Xenofon Foukas, Bozidar Radunovic, Matthew Balkwill, Zhihua Lai, In The 29th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (ACM MobiCom'23), October 2-6, 2023, Madrid, Spain. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 16 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3570361.3592493
Taking 5G RAN Analytics and Control to a New Level, Xenofon Foukas, Bozidar Radunovic, Matthew Balkwill, Zhihua Lai, Technical Report | December 2022

Microsoft Job Referrals

Please could you send your Resume/CV and a preferred job post URL to emhpaHVhbGFpQG1pY3Jvc29mdC5jb20K if you want to apply to Microsoft via Referral. Usually, your application will be referred within 24 to 48 hours if your profile looks suitable for the job posts.

You can view a list of job openings in AFO Group (where I am currently at).

Social Networks

My opinions on social networks are simply my personal views only. They do not reflect or represent my current employer Microsoft, obviously.

Private Tutoring (Cambridgeshire Area)

I might be able to do private tutoring on a various subjects, please contact for details.

Online Judges

I love problem solving! And you can find my trails on the following places:

Other Contact Emails

Email anVzdHl5QHpvaG8uY29tCg== for Help on Steem Blockchain or simply contact me via @justyy
Email ZHIuemhpaHVhLmxhaSBbQVRdIGdtYWlsLmNvbQo= for All other collaborations and queries.
Catch-All Email * [AT] zhihua-lai.com

Last modified: October 13 2023 20:54:06.

Zhihua Lai (Senior Software Engineer @ MSRC, PhD)