Summary
Xiangyao Yu is an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison with 12 years of experience bridging database systems and computer architecture research. His work focuses on transaction processing, software–hardware codesigned systems, and in-cloud databases, drawing on postdoctoral research at MIT CSAIL and a visiting researcher stint at Google. He combines deep academic rigor from a PhD in Computer Science at MIT with industry exposure from internships at Intel, Microsoft, and Carnegie Mellon, enabling practical, systems-level innovations. Known for exploring hardware-aware database designs, he brings a rare cross-disciplinary perspective that targets high-performance, cloud-native data platforms.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nankai High School
Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Tsinghua University