Zijun Zhou
Research Assistant at University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZijun Zhou is a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Virginia with nine years of research and teaching experience focused on smart manufacturing and control systems. He has hands-on expertise transitioning predictive controllers to computationally efficient iterative LQR implementations, demonstrated during a research stint at the University of Michigan. Zijun combines strong academic performance across multiple institutions with practical teaching experience in thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, improving course materials and student outcomes. Based in Charlottesville, he blends rigorous control theory with an experimental mindset, and his concise GitHub motto "Your Will My Hands" hints at a collaborative, execution-oriented approach to problem solving.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, ENGINEERING, 3.76, Bachelor's degree, ENGINEERING, 3.76 at Sichuan UniversityMaster's degree, Mechanical Engineering, 4.0, Master's degree, Mechanical Engineering, 4.0 at University of MichiganBachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering, 3.955, Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering, 3.955 at University of PittsburghDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at University of Virginia
Chinese, English
Github Skills (25)
pytorch10
inference10
large-language-models10
llm10
gpu10
gpt10
llm-inference9
tpu9
llama9
mlops9
llmops9
gemma9
transformer9
jax8
batching8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
AI-Hypercomputer/JetStream
Mar 2024 - Jan 2025
JetStream is a throughput and memory optimized engine for LLM inference on XLA devices, starting with TPUs (and GPUs in future -- PRs welcome).
Contributions:1 release, 136 reviews, 89 PRs in 10 months
gemmagptgpuinferencejax
JoeZijunZhou/zijun-blog
Feb 2020 - Mar 2020
zijun zhou blog
Contributions:96 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
zhou
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