About Me
Email: yli81@wm.edu
I am a Ph.D. candidate at William & Mary since Fall 2020, co-advised by Prof. Yifan Sun & Prof. Adwait Jog. Before that, I received my B.Eng. degree in Computer Science and Technology at Shandong University, China.
My research aims to enable intelligent decision-making in designing next-generation AI infrastructure. Specifically, advancing performance modeling, simulation, and analysis methodologies that connect compiler, runtime, and hardware behavior for DNN workloads on single and multi-GPU systems, making AI system behavior predictable and explainable.
I am currently exploring opportunities in both industry and academia. Please feel free to reach out if you come across any relevant opportunities.
Education
College of William and Mary
2020 - Now
Doctor of Philosophy
Computer Science
Shandong University
2014 - 2018
Bachelor of Engineering
Computer Science and Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publications
HPCA 2026 [PDF]
"HDPAT: Hierarchical Distributed Page Address Translation for Wafer-Scale GPUs"
Daoxuan Xu, Ying Li, Yuwei Sun, Jie Ren, Yifan Sun
2026 IEEE 32nd International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (Acceptance Rate: 119/602 = 19.77%)
ISCA 2025 [PDF] [Github] [Slides]
"TrioSim: A Lightweight Simulator for Large-Scale DNN Workloads on Multi-GPU Systems"
Ying Li, Yuhui Bao, Gongyu Wang, Xinxin Mei, Pranav Vaid, Anandaroop Ghosh, Adwait Jog, Darius Bunandar, Ajay Joshi, Yifan Sun
2025 ACM/IEEE 52nd Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture (Acceptance Rate: 132/570 = 23.16%)
MICRO 2023 [PDF] [Artifact]
"Path Forward Beyond Simulators: Fast and Accurate GPU Execution Time Prediction for DNN Workloads"
Ying Li, Yifan Sun, Adwait Jog
2023 56th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture (Acceptance Rate: 101/424 = 23.82%)
Workshop or Poster Publications
GPGPU 2026
Workshop: "RIPPLE: Ring-based Page Prefetching and Layered Translation for Wafer-Scale GPUs"
Daoxuan Xu, Ying Li, Jie Ren, Yifan Sun
The 18th Workshop on General Purpose Processing Using GPU
CAMS 2023
Workshop: "TraceSim: A Lightweight Simulator for Large-Scale DNN Workloads on Multi-GPU Systems"
Ying Li, Yuhui Bao, Pranav Vaid, Gongyu Wang, Adwait Jog, Darius Bunandar, Ajay Joshi, Yifan Sun
The 1st Workshop on Computer Architecture Modeling and Simulation
ISPASS 2023 [PDF]
Poster: "A Regression-based Model for End-to-End Latency Prediction for DNN Execution on GPUs"
Ying Li, Yifan Sun, Adwait Jog
2023 IEEE International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software
Teaching Experience
Guest Lecturer - William & Mary
CSCI 654 Advanced Computer Architecture (Spring 2025/2026)
Topic: Performance Modeling for DNN Workloads across Single and Multi-GPU Systems
Teaching Assistant - William & Mary
CSCI 424 Computer Architecture (Spring 2022)
CSCI 420 Performance of Systems (Fall 2021)
CSCI 426 Simulation (Fall 2021)
Talks
Performance Modeling for DNN Workloads on Single and Multi-GPU Systems
The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SC), W&M Research Computing Booth, Nov 2025
Meta, Dec 2025
TraceSim: A Lightweight Simulator for Large-Scale DNN Workloads on Multi-GPU Systems
ACM The Capital Region Celebration of Women in Computing Conference (CAPWIC), Apr 2024
Path Forward Beyond Simulators: Fast and Accurate GPU Execution Time Prediction for DNN Workloads
William & Mary, Nov 2023
56th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO), Oct 2023
University of Virginia, Oct 2023
A Regression-based Model for End-to-End Latency Prediction for DNN Execution on GPUs
2023 IEEE International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software (ISPASS), Apr 2023
Honors & Awards
2026 Stephen K. Park Graduate Research Award (William & Mary)
2026 Department Conference Travel Grant (William & Mary)
2026 Student Travel Grants for ASPLOS
2026 International Student Achievement Award (William & Mary) [News 1] [News 2]
2024 Honorable Mention for Research Shorts at CAPWIC 2024
2024 Scholarship attending CAPWIC 2024
2023 Best Poster for W&M Computer Science Symposium for Graduate Studies
2023 GSA Conference Funds from William & Mary
2023 Student Travel Grants for MICRO
2023 Student Travel Grants for ISPASS
2022 Student Travel Grants for ISCA
Service
Service to the Profession
Journal Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Computers (2026), ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization (2026)
Program Committee: CAMS 2024, Cloud Summit 2026
External Conference Reviewer: CF ’23 (20th ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers), CF ’24
Artifact Evaluation Committee: PPoPP 2024
Web Chair: CAMS 2023 (The 1st Workshop on Computer Architecture Modeling and Simulation)
Service at William & Mary
Volunteer for W&M Research Computing at SC 2025
Panelist at W&M Computer Science Symposium for Graduate Studies 2023 [News]
Graduate Chaperone of W&M at GHC 2023