Alumni

  • Dr. Xin Wang (Ph.D., 8/2023)
  • Dr. Boyang Li (Ph.D., 7/2023, co-advise with Mike Papka)
  • Dr. Yao Kang (Ph.D. 12/2022), Nvidia.
  • Dr. Yuping Fan (Ph.D. 12/2021, co-advised with Mike Papka, Bill Allcock, Paul Rich at Argonne), Meta.
  • Dr. Sean Wallace (Ph.D. 5/2017, co-advised with Mike Papka at ALCF), HPE/Cray.
  • Dr. Xu Yang (Ph.D. 5/2017), Amazon.
  • Dr. Eduardo Berrocal (Ph.D. 5/2017), Intel.
  • Dr. Li Yu (Ph.D. 2016), Google Inc.
  • Dr. Zhou Zhou (Ph.D. 2016), Salesforce.
  • Dr. Jingjin Wu (Ph.D. 2013), UESTC (first employment)
  • Dr. Wei Tang (Ph.D. 2012), Google Inc.
  • Dr. Ziming Zheng (Ph.D. 2012), HP-Vertica (first employment)

  • Dr. Yawei Li (Ph.D. 2008), Google Inc.(first employment)

  • Giacomo Brunetta (MS Thesis, Nov 2025)
  • Alessandro Martinolli (MS Thesis, April 2025)
  • Pietro Lodi Rizzini (MS Thesis, December 2024)
  • Riccardo Strina (MS Thesis, July 2024)
  • Dustin Favorite (MS Project, 1/2021 - 5/2022)
  • Naunidh Singh (MS Project, 1/2021 - 5/2021)
  • Peixin Qiao (MS, 8/2016-5/2020 )
  • Sirisha Cherala (MS, 1/2019-5/2019)
  • Melanie Cornelius (MS, 8/2018-12/2018)
  • Huaxia Wang (MS 2014)
  • Yu Wang (MS 2014)
  • Yongen Yu (MS 2013)
  • Dongxu Ren (MS 2012)
  • Jiexing Gu (MS 2009)
  • Prashasta Gujrati (MS 2008)
  • Jung-Min Lee (MS 2006)
  • Zongjie Cui (MS 2005)

  • Prathibha Deshikachar (MS 2004)

  • Hannah Greenblatt (BS/MS, 1/2021 - 5/2023) (Project: SEEr-planning)
  • Ian Dougherty (BS/MS, 1/2023- 5/2023)
  • Shambhawi Sharma (BS, 1/2023 - 5/2023)
  • Hunter Negron (BS/MS, 1/2022 - 12/2022) (Project: SEEr-planning)
  • Zhong Zheng (BS/MS, 8/2021 - 5/2022)
  • Sahil Sharma (BS/MS, 9/2019- 5/2021) (Project: DNPC)
  • Avery Peck (BS/MS, 1/2020- 12/2020)
  • Sergio Servantez (BS, 1/2019-5/2019)
  • Zhen Huang and Black Ehrenbeck (BS, 1/2019-5/2019)
  • Sergio Servantez (BS, 8/2018-12/2018 )
  • Zhen Huang, Blake Ehrenbeck, Brianna Bransfield (BS, Student Cluster Competition at SC2018, 8/2018-11/2018 )
  • Zhen Huang (BS, CS Scholarship, 1/2018-5/2018 )
  • Blake Ehrenbeck (BS, NSF REU, 7/2017-9/2017)
  • Arushi Rai (BS, NSF REU, 7/2017-9/2017)
  • Shreyas Moudgalya (BS, 10/2016-11/2016)
  • Aleksandra Kukielko (BS, NSF REU, 5/2016-8/2016)
  • Jia Hao He (BS, NSF REU, 2/2016-3/2016)
  • Tarun Gidwani (BS, NSF REU, 8/2014-10/2014)
  • Asad Patel (BS, NSF REU, 8/2014-12/2014)
  • Runran Wang (BS, REU summer, 2010)
  • Kunlun Guo (BS, REU summer, 2010)
  • Janusz Nosek (BS, REU summer, 2009)
  • Soo Min Park (BS, 2007)

​Visiting Scholars

  • Yin Liang, Associate Professor of Jiangsu Normal University, (3/2013-3/2014)
  • Jin-Min Yang, Professor of Hunan University, (12/2014- 6/2015)
  • Ying Xu, Associate Professor of Hunan University, (9/2017-11/2017)

PhD/MS Dissertations:

  • Xin Wang, “Heterogeneous Workload Study Towards Large-scale Interconnect Network Simulation” (advised by Z. Lan), PhD Thesis at Illinois Institute of Technology, August 2023.
  • Boyang Li, “Efficient and Practical Cluster Scheduling for High Performance Computing” (co-advised by Z. Lan and M. Papka), PhD Thesis at Illinois Institute of Technology, July 2023.
  • Yao Kang, “Workload Interference Analysis and Mitigation on Dragonfly Class Networks” (advised by Z. Lan), PhD Thesis at Illinois Institute of Technology, Nov 2022.
  • Yuping Fan, “Intelligent Job Scheduling on High Performance Computing Systems” (co-advised by Z. Lan and M. Papka), PhD Thesis at Illinois Institute of Technology, Nov 2021.
  • Sean Wallace, “Power Profiling, Analysis, Learning, and Management for High-Performance Computing” (co-advised by Z. Lan and M. Papka), PhD Thesis at Illinois Institute of Technology, April 2017.
  • Xu Yang, “Cooperative Batch Scheduling for HPC Systems” (advised by Z. Lan), PhD Thesis at Illinois Institute of Technology, April 2017.
  • Eduardo Berrocal, “Improving Distributed Systems with Data Analysis” (advised by Z. Lan), PhD Thesis at Illinois Institute of Technology, April 2017.
  • Zhou Zhou, “Multi-Dimensional Batch scheduling Framework for High-End Supercomputers” (advised by Z. Lan), PhD Thesis at Illinois Institute of Technology, December 2015.
  • Li Yu, “Reliability and Energy Analysis for Extreme Scale Systems” (advised by Z. Lan), PhD Thesis at Illinois Institute of Technology, December 2015.
  • Jingjin Wu, “Performance Analysis and Optimization of Large-Scale Scientific Applications” (advised by Z. Lan), PhD Thesis at Illinois Institute of Technology, July 2013.
  • Wei Tang, “An Integrated Resource Management and Scheduling Framework for Production Supercomputers” (advised by Z. Lan), PhD Thesis at Illinois Institute of Technology, July 2012.
  • Ziming Zheng, “Log Analysis for Reliability Management in Large-Scale Systems” (advised by Z. Lan), PhD Thesis at Illinois Institute of Technology, July 2012.

  • Yawei Li, “Adaptive Fault Management for High-Performance Computing (advised by Z. Lan), PhD Thesis at Illinois Institute of Technology, December 2008.

  • Giacomo Brunetta, “Performance and Energy Efficiency Insights in LLM Inference Across Hardware Accelerators”, MS Thesis at UIC, Nov 2025.
  • Alessandro Martinolli, “Evaluating the Impact of GPU Frequency Tuning and Power Capping on Performance and Efficiency”, MS Thesis at UIC (co-advised by Z. Lan and M. Papka), April 2025.
  • Pietro Lodi Rizzini, “Predictive Modeling of ApplicationRuntime in Dragonfly Systems”, MS Thesis at UIC (co-advised by Z. Lan and S. Medya), December 2024.
  • Riccardo Strina, “Performance and Power Evaluation of Multi-GPU NCCL Communication with Unified Memory”, MS Thesis at UIC (co-advised by Z. Lan and M. Papka), July 2024.