About Me.

Systems & Infrastructure Engineer

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Hello! My name is Chun-Mao Lai (賴群貿), and I am also known as Michael or Mecoli. My personal interests include playing piano, composing music, snowboarding, and building websites.
Currently, I am a Systems & Infrastructure Engineering Intern at LinkedIn, focused on Systems and Machine Learning Systems. I have extensive experience building distributed infrastructure, contributing to open-source projects, and solving complex, real-world problems across data, compute, and coordination layers. I'm particularly enthusiastic to tackle challenging, practical questions that significantly impact users and developers.
I've actively contributed to open-source projects like Flyte, enhancing Tuple/NamedTuple support and enabling interactive Jupyter integrations on Kubernetes. These experiences sharpened my skills in designing scalable workflows and collaborating across communities to deliver production-ready solutions.
Fun Fact: 'Mecoli' is a playful fusion of Michael Lai's pronunciation and the name of the bacteria E.coli.

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University of California at San Diego
Master of Science in Computer Science Engineering
Sep. 2024 - Dec. 2025
  • GPA: 3.93 / 4.0
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Exchange Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Aug. 2023 - Dec. 2023
  • GPA: 4.0 / 4.0
National Taiwan University
Bachelor of Science in Engineering at Electrical Engineering
Sep. 2020 - Jun. 2024
  • GPA: 3.97 / 4.0

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2024

The Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of the Republic of China
(中華民國斐陶斐榮譽學會)
Honorary Member

2024

MakeNTU Hackathon Competition
(臺大創新黑客松)
Best Creativity Prize, STMicroelectronics Company Prize 1st Place

2023

NTUEE Undergraduate Innovation Award
(臺大電機系精專獎)
Third Prize Project

2020

Presidential Award
(臺大電機系書卷獎)
Ranking 3 / 182 in 2020 Fall Semester

2016

International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO)
3 Personal Gold Medals: Highest personal score among all international participants.
1 Team Gold Medal: Highest team score among all countries.

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