Scholar
Heming Cui
Google Scholar ID: lW9bpFIAAAAJ
University of Hong Kong
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,688
H-index
21
i10-index
45
Publications
20
Co-authors
11
list available
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Publishes papers in broad areas of systems, security, and networking, including SOSP, NSDI, ASPLOS, ATC, EuroSys, DSN, TPDS, and TDSC. Received several world-wide competitive research awards, including a Croucher Innovation Award in 2016 (HK $5 million), an outstanding (best) paper award from ACSAC '17, two Huawei flagship research grants in 2018 (blockchain and security) and 2021 (AI), and the Best Collaborating Scientist Medal from the Huawei Theory Lab in 2021, and the RGC Research Impact Fund (RIF) in 2023 (HK $4.3 million). As (one of) the project leaders or principle investigators, Dr. Cui's total amount of competitive research grants in Hong Kong and mainland China has reached about HK $90 million. Recent research papers have led to commercial software releases with global leading IT industries.
Research Experience
- Leads the HKU Systems Software Lab. Serves on the program committees of international systems/networking conferences and as a constant reviewer for international systems/networking/software/security journals.
Education
- Bachelor and Master degrees from Tsinghua University; PhD degree from Columbia University (PhD supervisor: Prof. Junfeng Yang).
Background
- Associate professor in HKU CS, with research interests in building parallel and distributed systems, including blockchain systems, distributed AI training/serving systems, distributed big-data and parallel computing systems, and cloud computing systems. Particularly focused on improving the reliability, security, and performance of these systems.
Miscellany
- Admits several PhD students every year, expecting them to have good skills/experience on hacking systems software (e.g., Linux kernel, LLVM, or distributed protocols) or AI frameworks, and have strong motivation on research. Also recruits postdoc of broad systems and networking areas.
