Summary
Peipei Zhou is a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Engineering at Brown University and founder of the ARC research group, specializing in customized computer architectures and programming abstractions for AI and precision medicine. She earned a PhD in Computer Science from UCLA under Prof. Jason Cong and has eight years of experience bridging academia and industry, including leading system-software and compiler efforts for a large AI ASIC at Enflame. Her work spans pre- and post-silicon architecture exploration, MLIR-based compilation, and domain-specific languages, with awards including the IEEE TCAD Donald O. Pederson Best Paper Award and UCLA’s Outstanding Recognition in Research. Peipei has a strong track record of turning research into production-ready stacks and led cross-functional teams delivering full-stack software for high-performance neural-network accelerators. Her projects emphasize co-design between hardware and software for domain-specialized workloads, notably in healthcare and genomics. Based in Providence, she combines deep technical rigor with practical system-building experience across industry-scale silicon and academic innovation.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Exchange Student Electrical Engineering, Exchange Student Electrical Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hefei No.1 High School
Bachelor Electrical Engineering Chien-Shiung Wu Honors College, Bachelor Electrical Engineering Chien-Shiung Wu Honors College at Southeast University
University of California, Los Angeles
English, Chinese