I am a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at UC San Diego, advised by Prof. Steven Swanson. My research spans multiple aspects of memory and storage systems for cloud infrastructure, including virtualization (vhost-NVMe, SC2'18), reliability (Spool, USENIX ATC'20), endurance (CSAL, EuroSys'24), sustainability (Sandman, SOSP'25), DPU design (Ristretto, FAST'26), and software-defined memory (RamRyder, OSDI'26).

Before my Ph.D., I was a software engineer at Alibaba Cloud (2019 - 2023) where I was a founding member of the local storage team. At Alibaba Cloud, I contributed many innovations in cloud storage from concept to completion. Most of them have been deployed and currently benefit various storage products. A well-known project I led was Cloud Storage Acceleration Layer (CSAL), which enabled high-density QLC NAND flash deployment in cloud data centers. Another significant project I led was an ASIC/SoC co-designed DPU for cloud local storage, which received the Best Paper Award at USENIX FAST'26.

News

• (06/2026) Gave a talk on RamRyder at the UCLA Systems Group.
• (05/2026) Gave a talk on RamRyder at the ACE Center for Evolvable Computing.
• (03/2026) Gave a talk on Ristretto at Meta’s AI and Systems Co-Design team.
• (03/2026) RamRyder was accepted to OSDI'26.
• (03/2026) Gave a talk on Ristretto at FAST'26.
• (03/2026) Ristretto received the Best Paper Award at FAST'26.
• (12/2025) Ristretto was accepted to FAST'26.
• (12/2025) Gave a talk on Sandman at the ACE Center for Evolvable Computing.
• (09/2025) Gave a talk on Sandman at Meta’s AI and Systems Co-Design team.
• (07/2025) Sandman was accepted to SOSP'25.