# Fang Da

> Co-founder and Chief Scientist, QCraft

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/fangda

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ QCraft
Jan 2019 – Present

### Senior Software Engineer @ Waymo
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Mountain View, California

### Software Engineer @ Waymo
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Mountain View, California
Software engineer on motion planning

### Software Engineer @ X (Google X)
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Mountain View
Software engineer on the self-driving car project, motion planning

### PHD Candidate @ Columbia University in the City of New York
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 | New York
Focus: computer graphics and animation, physical simulation.

### M.S. Student @ Columbia University in the City of New York
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | New York
Master's degree, granted Feb 2012. Focus: Computer graphics and animation.

### Research Intern @ Adobe
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | San Jose
I worked on detecting a color palette of an input image and using it to perform editing. Our results compared favorably to previous state of the art technology (Replace color tool in Photoshop). This technology is patented in 2012.

### Research Intern @ Adobe
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | San Jose
I created an oil painting simulator that allows artists to paint on a computer by manipulate oil paint in a realistic manner. This project won the 2nd place of the Adobe “Best Internship Project” award in 2012. Patenting for the technology is in progress.


## Education
### Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Computer Science
Columbia Engineering

### M.S. in Computer Science
Columbia Engineering

### Biochemistry
Rutgers University

### B.S. in Biology
Peking University

### 四平一中


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/fang-da-2683741a

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Last updated: 2026-04-10