Alumni
April 23, 2026
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We are grateful to our alumni for their lasting contributions to the FACT Lab and are proud to celebrate their continued impact in academia and industry.
Post-doc Alumni
| Year | Name | Education | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Bangyan Wang | Start-up | |
| 2026 | Hao Yu | Ph.D. Peking University | Co-founder of start-up |
| 2026 | Zhenhua Zhu | Ph.D. Tsinghua University | Assistant Professor at Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School |
| 2026 | Chen Bai | Ph.D. The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Assistant Professor at Fudan Institute of Systems for Advanced Computing (FiSAC) |
| 2022 | Fengbin Tu | Ph.D. Tsinghua University | Assistant Professor at HKUST |
| 2020 | Lei Deng | Ph.D. in Instrument Science and Technology from Tsinghua University (THU) in 2017 B. E. in Mechanical Engineering and Automation from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2012 | Tsinghua University |
| 2022 | Jiayi Huang | Ph.D. TAMU B.E. Zhejiang University | Assistant Professor at HKUST(GZ) |
| 2020 | Weitao Li | PhD from Tsinghua University | Tsinghua University |
| 2019 | Xin Ma | Ph.D.(2014) The College of William and Mary / B.S.(2009) USTC | Software Engineer at Google |
| 2019 | Xing Hu | PhD from Chinese Academy of Science, B.S.from HuaZhong University of Science and Technology | Chinese Academy of Science |
| 2010 | Yongsoo Joo | Post-doc Penn State University; Ph.D. Seoul National University | Associate Professor at Kookmin University |
| 2010 | Lian Duan | Post-doc Penn State Uniersity; Ph.D. Peking University |
Ph.D. Alumni
| Year | Name | Education | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Guyue Huang | B.E. from Tsinghua University (2020) | |
| 2024 | Anbang Wu | Master of Engineering degree and Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science from Zhejiang University | |
| 2024 | Yuke Wang | B.E. in Software Engineering from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China | |
| 2024 | Zhaodong Chen | ||
| 2023 | Nan Wu | B.S. degree from Department of Electronic Engineering at Tsinghua University (2016); M.S. degree from UC Santa Barbara (2018) | |
| 2023 | Bangyan Wang | ||
| 2023 | Zheng Qu | B.S. degree from Department of Electronic Engineering at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (2018) | |
| 2022 | Wenqin Huangfu | B.S. degree from Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University (2016) | |
| 2022 | Gushu Li | B.E. in Electronic Engineering from Tsinghua University (2015); Ph.D. student in Computer Science at the University of Chicago (2015-2017) | |
| 2022 | Jilan Lin | B.E. degree in Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China | |
| 2020 | Minyu Yan | PhD from Chinese Academy of Science (co-advised with Dongrui Fan) | Chinese Academy of Science, Assistant Professor |
| 2022 | Liu Liu | B.S. University of Electronic Science and Technology, China M.S. University of California, Santa Barbara | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| 2022 | Xinfeng Xie | B.S. Peking University | Meta |
| 2022 | Tianqi Tang | M.S in Tsinghua University, China, 2017 B.S. in Tsinghua University, China, 2014 | Meta |
| 2022 | Boyuan Feng | Meta | |
| 2022 | Liang Ling | B.S. - Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (2015) M.S. - University of Southern California (2017) | |
| 2021 | Abanti Basak | B.S. Princeton University | Ampere |
| 2021 | Peng Gu | B.S. Tsinghua University | |
| 2020 | Dylan Stow | PhD/M.S. in ECE from UCSB, B.S. in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College | AMD |
| 2020 | Itir Akgun | PhD in ECE from UCSB, B.S. from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Qualcomm |
| 2020 | Maohua Zhu | PhD in ECE from UCSB, B.S./M.S. from Tsinghua University | Start-up |
| 2018 | Kaisheng Ma | PhD in CSE from Penn State(co-advised with Narayanan/Sampson), BS from Peking University | Assistant Professor at Tsinghua University |
| 2017 | Shuangchen Li | Ph.D. UCSB / M.S./B.S. in Tsinghua University | Alibaba DAMO Lab |
| 2016 | Hsiang-Yun Cheng | Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University; B.S./M.S. National Taiwan University | Assistant Professor at Academia Sinica, Taiwan |
| 2016 | Ping Chi | Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara; B.S./M.S. Tsinghua University | Architect at Intel Corporation |
| 2016 | Jia Zhan | Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara; B.S. Harbin Institute of Technology, China | Software Engineer at Uber |
| 2015 | Qiaosha Zou | Ph.D. Penn State University; B.S. Huazhong University of Science and Technology | Now Assistant Professor at Fudan University |
| 2015 | Jing Xie | Ph.D. Penn State University; M.S. North Carolina State University; B.S. Peking University | GPU Staff Engineer at Qualcomm |
| 2015 | Matt Poremba | Ph.D. / B.S. Penn State University | Researcher at AMD |
| 2014 | Cong Xu | Ph.D. Penn State University; B.S. Peking University | Senior Researcher at HP Lab |
| 2014 | Jue Wang | Ph.D. Penn State University; B.S./M.S. Tsinghua University | Software Engineer at Google |
| 2014 | Jishen Zhao | Ph.D. Penn State University, B.S./M.S. Zhejiang University | Associate Professor at UCSD |
| 2014 | Tao Zhang | Ph.D. Penn State University, B.S./M.S. Peking University | Architect at Alibaba T-head |
| 2013 | Dimin Niu | Ph.D. Penn State University; B.S./M.S. Tsinghua University | Researcher at Alibaba DAMO Academy |
| 2012 | Jin Ouyang | Ph.D. Penn State University; B.S. Peking University | GPU Architect at AMD |
| 2011 | Yibo Chen | Ph.D. Penn State University; BS/MS Tsinghua University | Engineering Manager at Google |
| 2011 | Guangyu Sun | Ph.D. Penn State University; B.S./M.S. Tsinghua University | Associate Professor at Peking University |
| 2011 | Xiangyu Dong | Ph.D. Penn State University; B.S. Shanghai Jiaotong University | Staff SWE at Google |
| 2010 | Mike Debole | Ph.D. Penn State Univiersity (co-advised with N. Vijaykrishnan); B.S. Penn State University | Researcher at IBM |
| 2010 | Soumya Eachempati | Ph.D. Penn State (co-advised with Vijaykrishnan); B.S. Indian Institute of Technology | Performance Architect for Server Platform at Intel |
| 2010 | Prasanth Mangalagiri | Ph.D. Penn State (co-advised with N.Vijaykrishnan); B.S./M.S. Indian Institute of Technology | Senior Staff Engineer at Intel |
| 2010 | Xiaoxia Wu | Ph.D. Penn State University; B.S./M.S. Tsinghua University | Staff Engineer at Synopsys |
| 2009 | Balaji Vaidyanathan | Ph.D. Penn State University; B.S. University of Madras | Senior Data Scientist at Walmart Lab |
| 2008 | Feng Wang | Ph.D. Penn State University, B.S./M.S. Fudan University | GPU Performance Architect at Intel |
| 2007 | Yu Wang | Ph.D. Tsinghua University (co-advised with Huazhong Yang) | Department Chair of EE at Tsinghua University |
| 2006 | Wei-Lun Hung | Ph.D. Penn State University; B.S./M.S. National Tsinghua University | Software Engineer at Goldmen Saches |
M.S. Alumni
| Year | Name | Education | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Pengfei Xu | B.E. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University | |
| 2019 | Yang Zhao | B.S/M.S. Fudan University | Rice University |
| 2017 | Russell Barnes | B.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering 2015, Oregon State University | Now at Qualcomm |
| 2017 | Linuo Xue | B.S. Harbin Institute of Technology, China | Now at Synopsys |
| 2016 | Ziyang Qi | M.S. University of California, Santa Barbara; B.S. Tsinghua University | Now at Yahoo |
| 2015 | Ivan Stalev | M.S./B.S Penn State University | Now at VSCO |
| 2015 | Yang Zheng | M.S. Penn State University; B.S. Peking University | Now at Google |
| 2011 | Angeline Brown | M.S. Penn State University; B.S. Jackson State University | |
| 2008 | Paul Falkenstern | M.S. Penn State University | Now at Lockheed Martin |
| 2007 | Charles Addo-Quaye | M.S. Penn State University (co-advised with N. Vijaykrishnan) | Now at Purdue |
| 2007 | Han-wei Chen | M.S. Penn State University (co-advised with N. Vijaykrishnan) | Now at Intellectual Property Attorney |
| 2007 | Melvin Eze | M.S. Penn State Univerisity (co-advised with N. Vijaykrishnan) | Now at Penn State |
| 2006 | Yinkun Xue | M.S. Penn State University | Now at Siemens Inc. |
| 2005 | Tom Richardson | M.S. Penn State University | Now at Availink Inc. |
Exchange Students
| Year | Name | Education | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ziyu Gu | M.S. Tsinghua University |
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
| Year | Name | Education | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Rachel Reyes | B.S. University of California, Santa Barbara | |
| 2016 | Nicole Moghaddas | B.S. University Of California, Santa Barbara | |
| 2016 | Chunqing Liu | B.S. University of California, Santa Barbara | |
| 2016 | Zhansaya Abdikarimova | B.S. University of California, Santa Barbara | Now at Amazon |
| 2016 | Jiayi Jiang | B.S. University of California, Santa Barbara | Now at UCLA |
| 2015 | Matthew Ruth | B.S. University of California, Santa Barbara | |
| 2015 | Hsuan Cheng | REU student, B.S. UCSB | Now at CMU |
| 2015 | Zhiwang Zhang | REU student; B.S. Penn State Univeristy | Columbia University |
| 2009 | Deanna Chnarrs | REU student, B.S. Penn State University | Now at Lockheed Martin |
| 2008 | Benjamin Hvostal | REU student, B.S. Penn State University | Now at Intel |