Yiqi Liu

URBANA, IL  ·  yiqiliu2-at-illinois.edu

As a fourth year ECE Ph.D. student advised by Prof. Jian Huang at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, I specialize in designing novel AI chip architectures, building compiler and system support for efficient AI acceleration, and developing AI agents for automated hardware design. My goal is to create a synergistic cycle where AI models and infrastructures mutually drive each other’s advancement.

Prior to my Ph.D. studies, I graduated as a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from UIUC with Highest Honor.


Publications


Scaling Deep Learning Computation over the Inter-Core Connected Intelligence Processor with T10

Yiqi Liu, Yuqi Xue, Yu Cheng, Lingxiao Ma, Ziming Miao, Jilong Xue, Jian Huang

SOSP’24

Hardware-Assisted Virtualization of Neural Processing Units for Cloud Platforms

Yuqi Xue, Yiqi Liu, Lifeng Nai, Jian Huang
Best Paper Runner Up (3 out of 497 submissions)

MICRO’24

MICRO’23

HotOS’23

Experience

Teaching Assistant

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

ECE 411: Computer Organization and Design

Fall 2023 and 2025
Urbana, IL

Internship

Microsoft Research Asia

System and Network Group, mentored by Dr. Jilong Xue, honored as MSRA Tomorrow’s Star

Summer 2022
Beijing, China

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

ECE 411: Computer Organization and Design

Spring 2022
Urbana, IL

Education

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

M.S./Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Systems Platform Research Group, advised by Prof. Jian Huang

2022 - Present
Urbana, IL

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
Graduated with Highest Honor

2019 - 2022
Urbana, IL

Fuzhou No.1 High School

2016 - 2019
Fuzhou, China