YY Yichao Yuan

AI systems · Computer architecture

I’m Yichao.

My research focuses on systems and computer architecture for LLMs and other GenAI workloads, as well as high-performance data processing.

I’m a Computer Science Ph.D. student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, advised by Prof. Nishil Talati . I also hold a B.S.E. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

My work has appeared at systems and computer architecture venues including ASPLOS, ISCA, HPCA, MICRO, VLDB, and HPDC.

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Ph.D. student at UIUC Champaign, Illinois

01 / About

About me

At UIUC, I work on systems and computer architecture for LLMs and other GenAI workloads.

My previous research focused on GPU-accelerated systems for large-scale data analytics and hardware–software co-design.

I began my Ph.D. at the University of Michigan and transferred to UIUC with my advisor, Prof. Nishil Talati , in 2025. I also earned my M.S.E. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Michigan.

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02 / Publications

Selected work

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03 / Education

Education

2025 — 2027

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Ph.D. Student in Computer Science

Champaign, IL · Expected May 2027
2023 — 2025

University of Michigan

Ph.D. Student in Computer Science and Engineering

Transferred to UIUC with advisor in August 2025 · Ann Arbor, MI
2021 — 2023

University of Michigan

M.S.E. in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Ann Arbor, MI
2017 — 2021

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

B.S.E. in Electrical and Computer Engineering

UM–SJTU Joint Institute · Shanghai, China

04 / Work Experience

Work experience

Summer 2026

Google

Software Engineering Intern

San Jose, CA
Summer 2025

Arm

System Architecture Intern

Austin, TX