I am a first-year Ph.D. student at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), under the supervision of Prof. Bei Yu since Fall 2025. Prior to that, I obtained my B.S. and B.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and Zhejiang University (ZJU) in 2025.
My research interests include Computer Architecture, Hardware/Software Co-design 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.
🎓 Education
- Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Aug/2025 - Present
- B.Eng. 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
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ECE 120: Introduction to Computing with Prof. Ujjal Bhowmik, Prof. Zuozhu Liu and Prof. Lin Qiu @ZJU-UIUC, Fall 2024
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ECE 462: Logic Synthesis with Prof. Anu Aggarwal @UIUC, Summer 2024
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RHET 101/102: Principles of Writing/Research with Prof. Mary Hays @ZJU-UIUC, Fall 2022 / Spring 2023