Wenjie (Allen) Xu

3650 Chestnut St, MB548

Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 410-8831
xuwenjie@seas.upenn.edu
OBJECTIVE: Software Developer
EDUCATION:
Graduate University of Pennsylvania, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Computer Science (CS) Master Cumulative GPA: 3.5/4.0
UnderGrad Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Engineering
Computer Science (CS) Bachelor Cumulative GPA: 3.3/4.0
COURSES: Sys&Network Security Distributed System Database System
Networks System Algorithm Design Computer Architecture

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE:
IBM China Development Lab, Software Developer Internship (Dec 2009 – Jan 2010)
 Developed, configured and Integrated IBM WebShpere Front Office (WFO) Client and Server for Xinhua
News Agency adapt to New York Stock Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange, using C++ and Java API
 Additional integrated with IBM Low Latency Message (LLM) inside Xinhua internal net, using with
Multicast and UDP transmission technology, handled by c++
Kikin Inc. NYC, Software Developer Summer Internship (May 2009 – Aug 2009)
 Developed Distributed Registry-Client-Server System for service registration, using Java, Maven and Spring
 Test and analyzed for browser plug-in's log files, improving process speed by applying Map-Reduce(Hadoop)
 Reconstructed Weekly Auto Log Report Generate System base on all client instant information every day
using JDBC and Maven, the report exposed amount and change of users and is the basic data for marketing

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:
Penn Social Network Site (Oct 2009) – Database
 Implemented Facebook Clone for Penn students (Social Network) by Java, JSP, MySQL, Tomcat and XML
 Promoted reliable transmission, advanced friend recommendation and key word index search functions
New Earth Mail System (April 2009) – Distributed System
 Implemented distributed email services and interfaces with Java by using POP3 and SMTP protocol.
 Farther developed features included GUI interface, failure tolerance and persistent storage.
SDES Implementation and Cracking (March 2009) – Network Security
 Implemented simple DES encryption and decryption algorithm and crack the key by brute force.
 Optimized cracking method by dictionary search and bigram pattern matching.
Buffer Overflow Project (Jan 2009) – Network Security
 Implemented buffer overflow attack to server coding by c, assembly(x86) and machine code.
 Fixed vulnerable flaws and write tutorial for avoid general system buffer overflow
PennChord System (Sep 2008 – Dec 2008) – Network System
 Developed PennChord System which is a Distributed hash table (DHT) file system
 Improved advanced functions include finger tables, cryptographic hash functions and reliable transmission.
Stock Price Forecasting System (Sep 2007 – May 2008) – Machine Learning
 Developed GUI forecasting application by Auto-Regression and Statistical Learning method TFA (Temporal
Factor Analysis) applying onto the stock market at Hong Kong and China, with Java, MATLAB and MySQL.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Languages: Java, C, C++, Ruby, Python, Perl, MIPS
Applications: Eclipse, Intellij, Matlab, Microsoft Office, 3DMAX, OpenGL, Subversion, Maven, Visual Studio
Database: MySQL, Oracle SQL, JDBC

HONORS:
Second Class Upper Division for Bachelor Degree (2008)
CUHK United College Alumni Association (Ontario) Prize (2007)
CUHK United College Head’s List (2006/2007)