Biosketch
Jun Yang received her PhD degree from the Computer Science Department, The University of Arizona. She was an assistant professor of Computer Science and Engineering at University of California, Riverside from 2002 to 2006. She joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering of University of Pittsburgh in 2006. Dr. Yang has received a best paper award in ICCD 2007, and co-authored a paper that was nominated for best paper award in HPCA-15, 2009. Dr. Yang is a recipient of NSF CAREER award in 2008. She is a member of ACM and IEEE.
Jun Yang's research interests include computer architecture, microprocessors, power and thermal management techniques, memory hierarchy, chip multiprocessors, network-on-chip, and 3D chip integration. Specifically, her recent projects have focused on emerging memory technologies, interconnection networks for many-core on chip, 3D integration, reliability, and power and thermal management for CMPs.
Research Projects
- Towards High-Performance and Energy Efficient Three-Dimensional Chip Multiprocessor Design
- Intel: Energy Efficient SoC Design
- NSF CAREER: Thermal Management for Planar and 3D Chip Multiprocessors
- NSF: Fast Thermal Sensing and Control for Efficient Thermal Management
- NSF: Energy-Efficient Code Dissemination in Wireless Sensor Networks
- Past projects: NSF-Hardware Security, NePSim: A Network Processor Simulator
Teaching
ECE 2162 | Computer Architecture |
ECE 3162 | Advanced Computer Architecture |
ECE 2195 | Special Topics: Modern Computer Processor and System Architecture |
ECE/CoE 0142 | Computer Organization |
ECE/CoE 1896 | Senior Design Projects |
Recent Professional Activities
Organizing Committee | ASPLOS 2010 (Finance and Registration Chair) |
ISVLSI 2009 (Finance and Registration Chair) | |
ISPASS 2009 (Workshop and Tutorial Chair) |
PhD Students
- Lin Li (2007-)
- Bo Zhao (2008-)
- Lei Jiang (2009-)
- Jiwei Liu (2013-)
- Rujia Wang (2013-)
- Ping Zhou (2008-2012) First employment: Intel, AZ
- Yi Xu (2007-2012) First employment: AMD Research, Beijing, China
- Xiuyi Zhou (2005-2010) First employment: Microsoft, WA
- Wei Wu (Jan. 2004 - Aug. 2008) First employment: Intel, Oregon; PhD Dissertation: Power/Thermal Modeling and Dynamic Thermal Management for SRAM Structure
- Lan Gao (Sept. 2002 - Aug. 2007) First employment: VMware; PhD Dissertation: Security Designs for Uni- and Multi- Processors
- Jia Yu (Sept. 2002 - Aug. 2007) First employment: VMware; PhD Dissertation: Architectural and Compiler Optimization for Network Processors
- Lingling Jin (Sept. 2001 - Aug. 2006) First employment: nVidia; PhD Dissertation: Software Thermal Monitoring and Management for High-Performance Microprocessors
- Yan Luo (Sept. 2001 - Aug. 2005, co-advised with Laxmi Bhuyan) First employment: Assistant Professor, ECE Department, University of Massachusetts Lowell; PhD Dissertation: Performance Evaluation and Low Power Design of Network Processors