Xiaodong Zhang

About Xiaodong Zhang

Over 20 years of experience in developing and implementing business software applications, optimization models and algorithms (such as mixed-integer programming, heuristic, metaheuristic, and network algorithms) for large-scale transportation and supply chain optimizations (including various vehicle routing, scheduling, and resource planning problems).

Experience

1. Senior Staff Software Engineer

   DiDi

   Sep 2019 — Present · Mountain View, CA, US

   Team and tech lead for autonomous vehicle dynamic route, lane sequence and path planning with real time traffic agent inputs.Core developer for path generation through efficient graph searches.

Education

• The University of Texas at Dallas

  MS, Computer Science

• Nanjing University

  BS, Computational Mathematics (Optimization)

• University of Tsukuba

  Phd, Operations Research (Optimization)

  1990 — 1994

Skills

• Graph Theory
• C++
• Mfc
• Dynamic Programming
• Unix
• Autonomous Vehicle Navigation
• Transportation Planning
• Combinatorial Optimization
• Fortran
• Web Applications
• Eclipse
• Shortest Path Algorithm
• Mathematical Programming
• Cplex
• Java
• Xpress
• Trucking Software
• Relational Databases
• Software Development
• Airline Crew Planning
• Gwt
• Visual C++
• C#
• Street Routing
• Software Design
• Highway Routing
• Visual Studio
• Job Scheduling
• C
• Optimization
• Chinese
• Vehicle Routing
• Algorithms
• Network Optimization
• Japanese
• Nonlinear Optimization
• Vehicle Lane Routing
• Game Theory
• A*&D* Path Algorithms
• Sql