Siyuan Chai

Siyuan Chai

CS PhD

UIUC

Biography

Hi! Here’s Siyuan (柴思远)! I am a forth 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, HW/SW codesgin for memory management, and AI systems. I am looking for research/swe intern positions for summer 2024.

At Northwestern, I worked closely with Prof. Peter Dinda on OS designs for new address translation designs. Even earlier, I was also part of Image and Video Processing Lab led by Prof. Aggelos Katsaggelos. I built AI/ML tools to understand 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

Meta

May 2024 – Aug 2024 Menlo Park, CA
 
 
 
 
 

Software Engineer Intern

Google

May 2022 – Aug 2022 Sunnyvale, CA
 
 
 
 
 

Research Intern

Tencent

Jul 2021 – Aug 2021 Beijing, China

Teaching

Teaching Assitant @ UIUC

     Fall 2024, Operating System Design with Prof. Tianyin Xu
     Fall 2023, Operating System Design with Prof. Tianyin Xu
     Fall 2022, Operating System Design with Prof. Tianyin Xu
     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 enjoy a wide variety of sports, including gym workouts, frisbee, soccer, badminton, cycling, and running. I am a Man city fan, and Kevin De Bruyne’s skills always impress me. I recently grow intrigued by Peking Opera; check this out if you want to get a taste of it.