Yankai (Luke) Jiang
Ph.D student
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Northeastern University College of Engineering
Office: 140 Fenway, Boston, MA 02115
Email: jiang [at] yank [at] northeastern [dot] edu OR yankai [at] u [dot] northwestern [dot] edu
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I am Yankai Jiang, a second year Computer Engineering PhD student in Northeastern University, advised by Prof. Devesh Tiwari. I'm part of the Goodwill Lab. My research focuses on cloud computing, sustainable computing and HPC.
Previously I obtained my M.S. in Computer Engineering from Northwestern University, advised by Prof. Peter Dinda and Prof. Xinyu Xing. Prior to that, I graduated from Xi'an Jiaotong University with B.E. in Automation. Also, I was a student from Special Class for the Gifted Young.
Publications
EcoLife: Carbon-Aware Serverless Function Scheduling for Sustainable Computing
Yankai Jiang, Rohan Basu Roy, Baolin Li, Devesh Tiwari
SC'24 | [paper] [code]
The Hidden Carbon Footprint of Serverless Computing
Rohan Basu Roy, Raghavendra Kanakagiri, Yankai Jiang, and Devesh Tiwari
SoCC'24 | [paper]
Sprout: Green Generative AI with Carbon-Efficient LLM Inference
Baolin Li, Yankai Jiang, Vijay Gadepally, Devesh Tiwari
EMNLP'24 | [paper] [code]
LLM Inference Serving: Survey of Recent Advances and Opportunities
Baolin Li, Yankai Jiang, Vijay Gadepally, Devesh Tiwari
Outstanding Paper Award
HPEC'24 | [paper] [code]
Workshops / arxiv
Carbon in Motion: A Case Study on Sustainability of Generative AI for Video Generation
Baolin Li, Yankai Jiang, Devesh Tiwari
HotCarbon'24 | [paper] [code]
Advancing Serverless Computing for Scalable AI Model Inference: Challenges and Opportunities
Li Wang, Yankai Jiang, Ningfang Mi
WoSC'24 | [paper]
Education
Northeastern University, Boston, MA, US Ph.D in Computer Engineering |
Sept. 2023 - Present | |
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, US M.Sc in Computer Engineering |
Sept. 2021 - Jun. 2023 | |
Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China B.E. in Automation |
Aug. 2016 - Jun. 2020 |
Experiences
School of Computing at NUS , Singapore RA, System Security and Audit Log Analysis. (WATSON[NDSS'21]) |
Jul. 2019 - Aug. 2019 |
Computer Science at Northwestern , Evanston, IL RA, On-demand isolation of vulnerable kernel objects. (hotBPF) & Distributed Maple language (DMPL). |
Mar. 2022 - Jun. 2023 |
Teaching
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CS340: Introduction to Computer Networking
Fall 2022, PM, Northwestern Universiy -
CS340: Introduction to Computer Networking
Winter 2023, PM, Northwestern Universiy
Travel Grants
2023, 2024 Travel Award, Student Travel Award to attend MVAPICH User Group (MUG) Conference
MISC
When music resounds, the soul is spoken to. I can't live without music, especially symphony. I'm a long-term subscriber at CSO and BSO. I am a Mahlerian (ardent admirer of Mahler) and a devoted lover of Anton Bruckner's compositions. I also enjoy hacking low-level systems.