Siyuan Chai

Siyuan Chai

CS PhD

UIUC

Biography

Hi! Here’s Siyuan (柴思远)! I am a third year Computer Science Ph.D. at UIUC advised by Prof. Tianyin Xu. I graduated from the BS/MS program at Northwestern University in Spring 2021. I have a broad interest in system research, and my current work focuses on operating systems and HW/SW codesgin for memory management. I am looking for Research Intern positions for Summer 2023.

At Northwestern, I worked closely with Prof. Peter Dinda in Prescience Lab. We focused on kernel-level development and operating system designs for new schemes of memory management. I tried out compiler research with Prof. Simone Campanoni; we worked to enhance compiler to produce parallel code by utilizing loop commutativity. In my earlier undergraduate years, I was also part of Image and Video Processing Lab led by Prof. Aggelos Katsaggelos. I built AI/ML tools in medical imaging.

Interests

  • Operating System
  • Memory Management
  • SW/HW Codesign

Education

  • M.S. in Computer Science, B.S. in Electrical Engineering, 2021

    Northwestern University

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, 2026

    UIUC

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Software Engineer Intern

Google

May 2022 – Aug 2022 Sunnyvale, CA
 
 
 
 
 

Research Intern

Tencent

Jul 2021 – Aug 2021 Beijing, China

Teaching

Teaching Assitant @ UIUC

     Spring 2021, CS 598 XU: Reliability of Cloud-Scale Systems with Prof. Tianyin Xu

Peer Mentor @ Northwestern

     Spring 2021, CS 336 Design & Analysis of Algorithms with Prof. Jason Hartline
     Winter 2021, CS 343 Operating Systems with Prof. Peter Dinda
     Winter 2020, CS 336 Design & Analysis of Algorithms with Prof. Konstantin Makarychev
     Fall 2019, CS 336 Design & Analysis of Algorithms with Prof. Jason Hartline
     Spring 2019, CS 336 Design & Analysis of Algorithms with Prof. Jason Hartline

Teaching Assistant @ Washington University in St. Louis

     Spring 2018, ESE 205 Introduction to Engineering Design with Prof. James Feher

Miscellaneous

Besides working with computers, I love long-distanced running and cycling. I also enjoy playing soccer, and I am always impressed by skills of Kevin De Bruyne. I recently grow intrigued by Peking Opera; check this out if you want to get a taste of it.