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Xiaolong Kuang is a highly experienced professional in the field of applied science and research, currently holding the position of Senior Applied Scientist at Amazon since June 2017, after progressing through various research roles within the company. Prior experience includes an Operations Research Intern role at Apple and a Research Assistant position at H.S. Mohler laboratory, Lehigh University, where contributions were made in copositive programming and polynomial optimization. Additional internships include Enterprise Optimization Intern at United Airlines and PhD Intern at IBM in Ireland, focusing on linear and second-order cone approximations for non-convex polynomial optimization. Xiaolong Kuang has an extensive educational background, with a PhD and a Master's degree in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh University, and a Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Teaching experience includes multiple assistantships at Lehigh University in various engineering courses.
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Amazon is an American multinational technology and vast Internet-based enterprise that sells books, music, movies, housewares, electronics, toys, and many other goods, either directly or as the middleman between other retailers and Amazon.com's millions of customers. More specifically, they are a company that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. Their mission is to be Earth's most customer-centric company. Its actions, goals, projects, programs, and inventions begin and end with the customer top of mind. Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos. Initially an online marketplace for books, it has expanded into a multitude of product categories: a strategy that has earned it the moniker The Everything Store. It has multiple subsidiaries including Amazon Web Services (cloud computing), Zoox (autonomous vehicles), Kuiper Systems (satellite Internet), and Amazon Lab126 (computer hardware R&D). Its other subsidiaries include Ring, Twitch, IMDb, and Whole Foods Market. Amazon has earned a reputation as a disruptor of well-established industries through technological innovation and mass scale. As of 2021, it is the world's largest online retailer and marketplace. In 2021, it surpassed Walmart as the world's largest retailer outside of China, driven in large part by its paid subscription plan, Amazon Prime, which has over 200 million subscribers worldwide. It is the second-largest private employer in the United States. Amazon also distributes a variety of downloadable and streaming content through its Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Music, Twitch, and Audible units. It publishes books through its publishing arm, Amazon Publishing, film and television content through Amazon Studios, and has been the owner of film and television studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer since March 2022. It also produces consumer electronics—most notably, Kindle e-readers, Echo devices, Fire tablets, and Fire TVs.