Siu Kwan Lam
About Siu Kwan Lam
Siu Kwan Lam is a Staff Software Engineer at Anaconda, Inc. in Austin, Texas, with a strong background in computer engineering and a focus on enhancing programming language performance.
Work at Anaconda
Siu Kwan Lam currently serves as a Staff Software Engineer at Anaconda, Inc., a position he has held since 2022. He is based in Austin, Texas. Prior to this role, he worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Anaconda from 2019 to 2022 and as a Software Engineer from 2012 to 2019. His tenure at Anaconda spans a total of ten years, during which he has contributed to various projects and initiatives aimed at enhancing software performance.
Education and Expertise
Siu Kwan Lam earned both a Bachelor of Science (BS) and a Master of Science (MS) in Computer Engineering from San Jose State University, completing his studies from 2005 to 2012. His academic background provides a strong foundation in computer engineering principles. He has a keen interest in bridging high-performance programming languages like C and Fortran with high-productivity languages such as Python, focusing on enhancing their interoperability and performance.
Background
Before his professional career at Anaconda, Siu Kwan Lam gained experience as a Student Assistant at San Jose State University. He worked on teaching a CUDA course from 2011 to 2012 and contributed to research for the NSF STC TRUST project from 2010 to 2011. These roles allowed him to develop his skills in both teaching and research within the field of computer engineering.
Contributions to Open Source Software
Siu Kwan Lam has contributed to open-source software projects, focusing on improving the performance of high-productivity programming languages like Python. His work emphasizes the importance of enhancing software efficiency and performance, particularly through the use of LLVM, a collection of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies.