Siying Yu (余思颖)

Siying Yu (余思颖)

Ph.D. Student @CUHK CSE

I am a first-year Ph.D. student at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, supervised by Prof. Bei Yu since Fall 2025, while also mentored by Prof. Zhengrong Wang. Prior to that, I obtained my B.S. from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and my B.E. from Zhejiang University in 2025.

My research interests include Computer Architecture and Electronic Design Automation.

🔥 News

  • Jun/2025:   Graduated from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (photo) and Zhejiang University (photo).
  • May/2025:   Honored to have my undergraduate journey highlighted in a feature article. (ZJUI-News)

📝 Publications

  • [C1] Yuan Pu*, Yuhao Ji*, Siying Yu, Zuodong Zhang, Zizheng Guo, Zhuolun He, Yibo Lin, David Z. Pan, Bei Yu, “GPU Acceleration for Versatile Buffer Insertion”, IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), Munich, Oct. 26–30, 2025. (paper)

🎓 Education

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Aug/2025 - Present
  • B.E. in Electrical Engineering and Automation, Zhejiang University, Sep/2021 - Jul/2025
  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Minor in Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Aug/2021 - May/2025

🌟 Selected Awards

  • Postgraduate Studentship, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2025-2029
  • Outstanding Graduate, Zhejiang University / Department of Education of Zhejiang Province, 2025
  • Perry, H. & R. Scholarship, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2024
  • Zhejiang Provincial Government Scholarship, Department of Education of Zhejiang Province, 2022-2023

📖 Teaching