Zhifei Wang

Zhifei Wang / 王治飛

Visiting Scholar, Electronic and Computer Engineering
Optical/Photonic Technology for Interconnected Computing System Lab
Supervisor: Prof. Jiang Xu

Email: zhifei.wang(at)ust.hk

Education

[2014.8-2019.8] PhD in the Dept. of Electronic & Computer Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Advisor: Prof. Jiang Xu
Overall GPA: 4.03/4.0

[2010.8-2014.6] B.Eng in College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, China

Major: Information Engineering (Opto-electronics)
Overall GPA: 3.92/4.0 (91.42/100)
Ranking: 1/115

[2013.7-2013.8] UC Berkeley Summer Session Program

As an exchange student (full-scholarship supported by Zhejiang University)
GPA: 4.0/4.0

Research Interests

Rack/Chip-level optical switch/interconnect
Optical communication network and system
Network-on-Chip (NoC)
Silicon photonics
Optical sensing and detection
High-performance switch design

Selected Awards & Scholarships

Hong Kong PhD Fellowship (HKFS) , 2014~2018
IEEE TCVLSI Best Paper Award of ISVLSI, 2018
Chu Kochen Scholarship (the topmost scholarship of Zhejiang University) , 2013
National Scholarship (top 2%) , 2012, 2013
Outstanding Graduate of Zhejiang Province, 2013
First-Class Scholarship for Outstanding Student in Zhejiang University, 2011, 2012, 2013
First-Class Scholarship for Outstanding Merits in Zhejiang University, 2011, 2012, 2013
Excellent Student Awards in Zhejiang University, 2011, 2012, 2013
Shun-Yu First-Class Scholarship for Excellent Research, 2013
Outstanding Student Leader Awards in Zhejiang University, 2011, 2012
Min-Tong Scholarship for Excellent Students, 2012
2nd Prize, Zhejiang Province No.13 “Challenge Cup” Undergraduate Curricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition , 2013

Publications

Referred Journal Publications

Zhifei Wang, Peng Yang, Yi-Shing Chang, Jiang Xu, et al., “A Cross-Layer Optimization Framework for Integrated Optical Switches in Data Centers”, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems. 2019 [URL]
Zhifei Wang, Jiang Xu, Peng Yang et al., “High-Radix Non-blocking Integrated Optical Switching Fabric for Data Center”, in Journal of Lightwave Technology , vol. 35, no. 19, pp. 4268–4281, Oct. 2017. [URL]
Zhifei Wang, Zhehui Wang, Jiang Xu et al., “Low-Loss High-Radix Integrated Optical Switch Networks for Software-Defined Servers”, in Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 34, no. 18, pp. 4364-4375, Sept.15, 15 2016. [URL]
Xuanqi Chen, Zhifei Wang, Yi-Shing Chang, Jiang Xu, et al., “Modeling and Analysis of Optical Modulators Based on Free-Carrier Plasma Dispersion Effect”, accepted by IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
Zhehui Wang, Zhifei Wang, Jiang Xu, Yi-Shing Chang, Jun Feng, Xuanqi Chen, Shixi Chen, Jiaxu Zhang,
“CAMON: Low-Cost Silicon Photonic Chiplet for Manycore Processors”, Accepted by IEEE Transactions on
Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
Peng Yang, Zhehui Wang, Zhifei Wang, Jiang Xu, Yi-Shing Chang, et al., “Multi-Domain Inter/Intra-Chip Silicon Photonic Networks for Energy-Efficient Rack-Scale Computing Systems”, accepted by IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
Luan H. K. Duong, Peng Yang, Zhifei Wang, Yi-Shing Chang, et al., “Crosstalk Noise Reduction through Adaptive Power Control in Inter/Intra-Chip Optical Networks”, in IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, 2018
Zhehui Wang, Jiang Xu, Peng Yang, Luan Huu Kinh Duong, Zhifei Wang, et al., “A Holistic Modeling and Analysis of Optical-Electrical Interfaces for Inter/Intra-chip Interconnects”, in IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, vol. 24, no. 7, pp. 2462-2474, 2016
Luan HK Duong, Zhehui Wang, Mahdi Nikdast, Jiang Xu, Peng Yang, Zhifei Wang, et al., “Coherent and Incoherent Crosstalk Noise Analyses in Interchip/Intrachip Optical Interconnection Networks””, in IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, vol. 24, no. 7, pp. 2475-2487, 2016
Zhehui Wang, Jiang Xu, Peng Yang, Xuan Wang, Zhe Wang, Luan Huu Kinh Duong, Zhifei Wang, et al., “Improve Chip Pin Performance Using Optical Interconnects”, in IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 1574-1587, 2016
Dong Liu, Yongying Yang, Yupeng Zhang, Zhongtao Cheng, Zhifei Wang, et al., “Pattern recognition model for aerosol classification with atmospheric backscatter lidars: principles and simulations”, in Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 096006, 2015
Zhifei Wang, Liu Dong, and Cheng Zhongtao, “Pattern recognition model for haze identification with atmospheric backscatter lidars””, in Chinese Journal of Lasers, vol. 41, no. 11, pp. 267–276, 2014
Dengwei Zhang, Zhifei Wang, Xin Zhou, Lei Chen, et al., “Nonreciprocity in single-mode fiber coil induced by orthogonal magnetic field””, in Journal of Optics, vol. 15, no. 5, p. 055706, 2013

Referred Conference Publications

Zhifei Wang, Peng Yang, Yi-Shing Chang, Jiang Xu, et al., “Cross-layer Optimization for High-radix Integrated Optical Switches in Data Centers””, IEEE Optical Interconnects Conference (OI), Santa Fe, USA, 2018 [URL]
Zhifei Wang, Peng Yang, Jiang Xu, et al., "Comparisons of a Novel Optical Space Switch and AWGR," in Advanced Photonics 2017 (IPR, NOMA, Sensors, Networks, SPPCom, PS), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 2017 [URL]
Xuanqi Chen, Zhifei Wang, Yi-Shing Chang, Jiang Xu, et al., “A Comprehensive Electro-Optical Model for Silicon Photonic Switches””, IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), Hong Kong, 2018 (IEEE TCVLSI Best Paper Award)
Peng Yang, Zhengbin Pang, Zhifei Wang, et al., "RSON: an Inter/Intra-Chip Silicon Photonic Network for Rack-Scale Computing Systems”, Accepted by Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition (DATE), Dresden, Germany, 2018
Zhehui Wang, Zhengbin Pang, Peng Yang, Jiang Xu, Zhifei Wang, et al., “MOCA: an Inter/Intra-Chip Optical Network for Memory””, Design Automation Conference (DAC), Austin, USA, 2017
Peng Yang, Shigeru Nakamura, Kenichiro Yashiki, Zhehui Wang, Luan H. K. Duong, Zhifei Wang, Xuanqi Chen, Yuichi Nakamura, Jiang Xu, "Inter/Intra-Chip Optical Interconnection Network: Opportunities, Challenges, and Implementations", IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Networks-on-Chip (NOCS), Japan, 2016. [URL]
Zhehui Wang, Jiang Xu, Peng Yang, Xuan Wang, Zhe Wang, Luan HK Duong, Zhifei Wang, et al., “Alleviate chip I/O pin constraints for multicore processors through optical interconnects””, Te 20th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, Chiba, 2015
Luan HK Duong, Mahdi Nikdast, Jiang Xu, Zhehui Wang, Yvain Tonnart, Sébastien Le Beux, Peng Yang, Xiaowen Wu, Zhifei Wang, “Coherent crosstalk noise analyses in ring-based optical interconnects””, Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition. EDA Consortium, France, 2015

Professional activities

Journal Reviewer

IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology (JLT)
IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD)
IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI)
ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing (JETC)
IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC)
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (PTL)
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS)
ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS)
Elsevier Optics Communications
Elsevier Optics and Laser Technology
Elsevier Journal of Engineering Science and Technology (JESTCH)

Conference Reviewer

Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), 2017, 2018, 2019
Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2016, 2017, 2018
International Conference on Supercomputing (ICS), 2018
Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), 2017, 2018, 2019
IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI-SoC), 2015
IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Networks-on-Chip (NoCs), 2015, 2017, 2019
IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), 2015, 2018
International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis (CODES+ISSS), 2019
International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), 2019

Postgraduate course grades

A+: Advanced Photonics Technologies, Communication Networks, Stochastic Processes,
A: CMOS VLSI Design, Introduction to Combinatorial Optimization, Advanced Computer Architecture

Other experiences

Lab Assistant

Physical Optics | Fall, 2013

Teaching Assistant

Computer organization | Spring and Fall, 2015