Zhiyao Li 李之尧

Zhiyao Li 李之尧

PhD, Researcher

Tsinghua University

Biography

Zhiyao Li is currently a researcher specializing in AI cluster network system at Huawei. He obtained his PhD in the Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Science (IIIS) at Tsinghua University, advised by Prof. Mingyu Gao. Before joining Tsinghua, he obtained a bachelor degree from the Excellent Engineer Class of Computer Science and Technology, Chongqing University. His research interests include computer architecture, AI cluster network optimization and infrastructure for AI and sparse computing.

Interests
  • Computer Architecture
  • Sparse Computing
  • AI cluster network system
Education
  • PhD in Computer System and Architecture, 2019 - 2024

    Tsinghua University

  • BSE in Computer Science and Technology, 2015 - 2019

    Chongqing University

Recent Publications

(2025). HYTE: Flexible Tiling for Sparse Accelerators via Hybrid Static-Dynamic Approaches. Appeared in the International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA) 2025.

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(2025). KAPLA: Scalable NN Accelerator Dataflow Design Space Structuring and Fast Exploring. Appeared in the Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASPDAC) 2025.

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(2025). Adyna: Accelerating Dynamic Neural Networks with Adaptive Scheduling. Appeared in the Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA) 2025.

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(2025). FastSwitch: Optimizing Context Switching Efficiency in Fairness-aware Large Language Model Serving. Submitted to the USENIX Annual Technical Conference (ATC) 2025.

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(2023). Spada: Accelerating Sparse Matrix Multiplication with Adaptive Dataflow. Appeared in the International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS) 2023.

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Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Stanford University
Visiting Student Researcher
Stanford University
July 2023 – December 2023 Palo Alto
 
 
 
 
 
Ali DAMO Academy
Research Intern
Ali DAMO Academy
August 2022 – July 2023 Beijing
 
 
 
 
 
Huawei
Research Intern
Huawei
July 2018 – November 2018 Chengdu