Yang Yang (杨扬)
yangyang [at] virginia [dot] edu

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Hi, I'm a second-year PhD student in the Department of Computer Science at University of Virginia, advised by Prof. Adwait Jog.

Prior to that, I received my B.S. degree from Jilin University and was a member of ETECA Lab under Prof. Jingweijia Tan. I was also a visiting student at the State Key Laboratory of Processors at ICT, CAS, under Prof. Guangli Li.

I am interested in GPU x {Trusted-Computing, Cryptography, CXL}.
I do simulations to implement most ideas and enjoy hacking the machine.

[March 2025] NetCrafter got accepted by ISCA'25!
[March 2025] One paper got accepted by ISPASS'25!

2023 - Present
Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Virginia

2019 - 2023
B.S. in Computer Science, Jilin University

Insight Lab, University of Virginia, USA
Aug. 2023 - Present
Advisor: Adwait Jog
Topics: GPU & Trusted-Computing (TEE, Cryptography, etc.) & Memory

State Key Laboratory of Processors, ICT, CAS, P.R.China
Jul. 2022 - Sept. 2023
Advisor: Guangli Li
Topics: Compiler & Profile-Guided Optimization & LLVM

ETECA Lab, Jilin University, P.R.China
Feb. 2022 - Jul. 2023
Advisor: Jingweijia Tan
Topics: GPU Power Modeling & MCM-GPU & Under-Voltage Reliability
Thesis: The Design and Implementation of Binary Code Analysis Framework for NVIDIA GPU

1. (ISCA'25, To Appear)
   NetCrafter: Tailoring Network Traffic for Non-Uniform Bandwidth Multi-GPU Systems
   Amel Fatima, Yang Yang, Yifan Sun, Rachata Ausavarungnirun, Adwait Jog
   In the Proceedings of The International Symposium on Computer Architecture, Tokyo, Japen, June 2025
   [PDF] [Slides] [Code] [Show Brief]

   We present NetCrafter, a set of novel techniques to manage network traffic, especially across low-bandwidth links in multi-GPU systems. NetCrafter reduces the volume of flit traffic by (i) stitching compatible, partially filled flits, (ii) trimming unnecessary flits to avoid redundant transfers, and (iii) sequencing flits so that latency-sensitive ones arrive at their destinations faster.



2. (ISPASS'25, To Appear)
   Dissecting Performance Overheads of Confidential Computing on GPU-based Systems
   Yang Yang, Mohammad Sonji, Adwait Jog
   In the Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software, Ghent, Belgium, May 2025
   [PDF] [Slides] [Code] [Show Brief]

   Confidential computing (CC) on GPU-based systems is a critical technology for protecting data in use. By leveraging encryption and virtual machine (VM) level isolation, CC allows existing code to run without modification. However, its performance characteristics and trade-offs in GPU-based systems remain unexplored.
   
   This work provides a comprehensive evaluation of CC, offering empirical characterizations to diverse workloads and perspectives. We propose a simple performance model that could guide the characterization. Next, we evaluate GPGPU benchmarks with a focus on data transfer, memory management, cryptographic operations, kernel launch, and kernel execution with a special focus on UVM performance. We further characterize workloads such as CNN training and LLM inference to see how CC overhead would appear in real-world applications.
   
   Additionally, we explored optimization techniques based on our observations, including kernel fusion, overlapping, and quantization, showing their effects and trade-offs on CC performance.

1. [24 Fall] TA for CS 6354: Computer Architecture

1. MQ-Sim Tutorial: [video][slides]
2. Introduction blogs about Intel SGX: [Part I] [Part II]
3. Basic concepts about Confidential Computing (CC): [Whitepapers]
4. Intel AVX-family extension: [Reference]
5. Intel SGX: [Library]
6. Linux memory management: [Docs]
7. Page mapping: [Codes]
8. How to access Linux physical memory (/dev/mem): [Codes] [Blog]
9. How to perform virtual2physical address mapping: [Kernel Space] [User Space 1] [User Space 2]
10. A note on how to debug GPGPU-Sim: [note]
11. CXL paper reading blog series from Zhihu (Chinese) [Link]
12. Latency Numbers Every Programmer Should Know [Link1] [Link2] [Link3]
13. System & Arch Conference Deadline: [Link]
14. Resource Collection of Performance Measurement/Analysis [here]
15. LaTeX Symbols: [Link1] [Link2]

1. Advice collection by Prof. Tao Xie
2. A nice talk by Prof. Lin Zhong