Minchen Yu

Minchen Yu

Assistant Professor and Presidential Young Fellow at CUHK-SZ

I am an Assistant Professor in School of Data Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. Prior to that, I received my PhD degree from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where I was advised by Prof. Wei Wang. I obtained my B.Eng. degree in Software Engineering from Nanjing University.

Research Interests

My research interests cover the broad area of cloud computing and distributed systems. Our recent research projects include:

  • Scalable AI and LLM systems
  • Large-scale cluster management and scheduling
  • Next-generation serverless computing platforms

Prospective Students and Current Openings

I am looking for self-motivated graduate students and research assistants (RAs) to work with me on the above topics. Please see here for the details.

Recent/Selected Publications

  • “FaaScale: Unlocking Fast LLM Scaling for Serverless Inference,” in MLSys 2026.
  • “Efficient Data Passing for Serverless Inference Workflows: A GPU-Centric Approach,” in EuroSys 2026.
  • “Torpor: GPU-Enabled Serverless Computing for Low-Latency, Resource-Efficient Inference,” in USENIX ATC 2025.
  • “Following the Data, Not the Function: Rethinking Function Orchestration in Serverless Computing,” in USENIX NSDI 2023.
  • “Gillis: Serving Large Neural Networks in Serverless Functions with Automatic Model Partitioning,” in IEEE ICDCS 2021. (Best Paper Runner Up)

News

  • 2026/01: FaaScale accepted to MLSys’26.
  • 2025/12: Serve on PC of ICDCS’26 and CCGrid’26.
  • 2025/11: Awarded the CCF-Ant Research Fund. Thanks CCF and Ant!
  • 2025/11: Give a Grand Challenges talk on AI Cloud at FAISys’25.
  • 2025/09: AdaSpec accepted to SoCC’25.
  • 2025/08: GRouter accepted to EuroSys’26.
  • 2025/04: Torpor and Toppings accepted to ATC’25.
  • 2024/10: One paper accepted to TON.
  • 2024/09: Serve on the PC of ICDCS’25. Please consider submitting.
  • 2024/07: Awarded CCF-Huawei Populus Grove Fund. Thanks CCF and Huawei!
  • 2024/04: Serve on the PC of NSDI’25. Please consider submitting.
  • 2023/12: I joined CUHK-SZ as an Assistant Professor.