Yufan Du

Yufan Du

PhD Student

UCLA

Biography

I am a first year PhD student at UCLA, majoring in Computer Science. I’m advised by Prof. Jason Cong in VAST lab.

Before I joined UCLA, I worked on optimization and systems projects at PKU. I also did an internship at UT Austin in Prof. David Pan’s group, where I focused on gate sizing design.

Interests
  • Domain-specific accelerators
  • Compilers
  • LLM serving systems
  • ML systems
Education
  • BSc in Applied Physics, 2021 - 2025

    Peking University

  • BSc in Computer Science, 2021 - 2025

    Peking University

  • PhD in Computer Science, 2025 - Present

    University of California, Los Angeles

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Applied Scientist Intern
June 2026 – Present San Jose, California, United States
Multi-node, multi-GPU LLM serving optimization. Manager: Yida Wang.
 
 
 
 
 
The University of Texas at Austin
Undergraduate Research Assistant
June 2024 – September 2024 Austin, Texas, United States
Differentiable chip physical design algorithm optimization.

Posts

Yufan’s team won the first prize in ICCAD 2024 Contest Problem C
Our innovative solution secured the top position, outcompeting the other 44 teams across the world!
Yufan's team won the first prize in ICCAD 2024 Contest Problem C