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Helen Gu

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Founder at InsightFinder

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

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About

Helen Gu is the founder and CEO of InsightFinder Inc. and a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at North Carolina State University, where she leads a research group funded by more than $4.2 million in grants from sources including NSF, NSA, ARO, Google, IBM, and Credit Suisse. She has published over 80 research papers and holds 10 granted patents, and previously worked as a visiting scientist at Google in 2015 and as a Research Staff Member at IBM's T. J. Watson Research Center from 2004 to 2007. Gu earned a PhD in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2004 and a BS in computer science from Peking University in 1999.

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InsightFinder's investors · 5

Eastlink Capital PartnersMenlo Park · $100K – $5M checksEight Roads VenturesMumbai · $5M – $30M checks · since 2019IDEA Fund PartnersChapel Hill · $250K – $500K checks · since 2019National Science FoundationAlexandria · since 2017Yu GalaxySilicon Valley

Co-founders at InsightFinder

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Xiaohui GuExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Experience

  1. North Carolina State UniversityFull Professorcurrent2019 — present
  2. North Carolina State UniversityAssociate Professor2013 — 2019
  3. North Carolina State UniversityAssistant Professor2008 — 2013
  4. InsightFinder Inc.Founder and CEOcurrent2016 — presentNew York, New York & Raleigh, North Carolina
  5. GoogleVisiting Scientist2015New York, New York
  6. IBM T.J. Watson ResearchResearch Staff Member2004 — 2007

Skills & more

Operating Systems11C24C++20Linux10Distributed Systems22Algorithms13Machine Learning11Software Engineering9

Languages Chinese (Simplified) · English

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Who is Helen Gu?
Helen Gu is the founder and CEO of InsightFinder Inc. and a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at North Carolina State University, where she leads a research group funded by more than $4.2 million in grants from sources including NSF, NSA, ARO, Google, IBM, and Credit Suisse. She has published over 80 research papers and holds 10 granted patents, and previously worked as a visiting scientist at Google in 2015 and as a Research Staff Member at IBM's T. J. Watson Research Center from 2004 to 2007. Gu earned a PhD in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2004 and a BS in computer science from Peking University in 1999.
Where does Helen Gu work?
Helen Gu is Founder of InsightFinder.
What companies did Helen Gu found?
Helen Gu founded InsightFinder.
Where did Helen Gu go to school?
Helen Gu studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science); Peking University.

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