Senior Software Engineer
Apple's internal cloud computing infrastructure development.
Summary
I am Zixuan Wang (王子轩), a software engineer at Apple working on CloudOS. I received my PhD from the University of California San Diego, where I worked with Prof. Jishen Zhao on architecture and systems research. I also worked with Prof. Steven Swanson at NVSL Lab, UCSD.
My research focuses on building scalable systems with emerging architecture and systems technologies. At each level, I conduct systematic analysis, from characterizing performance to developing system support.
My industrial work across multiple companies has focused on deploying emerging technologies in real-world virtualization systems. At Google in 2021, I worked on modernizing the Linux KVM testing framework, which was merged into the Linux KVM community. At Meta in 2022, I worked on virtual machine infrastructure deployment. At Google in 2023, I enhanced guest virtual machine technologies. I have also worked on performance evaluation of memory systems.
Work Experience
Software Engineer
Apple's internal cloud computing infrastructure development.
Graduate Research Assistant
Performance profiling and optimization of memory systems.
Software Engineering Intern
Feature integration with latest virtual machine technologies.
Part-Time Software Engineering Intern
Virtual machine infrastructure deployment at scale.
Software Engineering Intern
Open-source virtualization platform integration in Meta.
Software Engineering Intern
Automated hypervisor testing infrastructure modernization.
Education
Publications
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Programming and Optimizing CXL-Based Heterogeneous Systems
Zixuan Wang, Suyash Mahar, Luyi Li, Jangseon Park, Jinpyo Kim, Theodore Michailidis, Yue Pan, Tajana Rosing, Dean Tullsen, Steven Swanson, Kyung Chang Ryoo, Sungjoo Park, Jishen Zhao
NVLeak: Off-Chip Side-Channel Attacks via Non-Volatile Memory Systems
Zixuan Wang, Mohammadkazem Taram, Daniel Moghimi, Steven Swanson, Dean Tullsen, Jishen Zhao
Enabling Efficient Large-Scale Deep Learning Training with Cache Coherent Disaggregated Memory Systems
Zixuan Wang, Joonseop Sim, Euicheol Lim, Jishen Zhao
Characterizing and Modeling Non-Volatile Memory Systems
Zixuan Wang, Xiao Liu, Jian Yang, Theodore Michailidis, Steven Swanson, Jishen Zhao
Characterizing and Modeling Non-Volatile Memory Systems
Zixuan Wang, Xiao Liu, Jian Yang, Theodore Michailidis, Steven Swanson, Jishen Zhao
Reliable and Flexible Large Scale Memory Network
Zixuan Wang, Xiao Liu, Jongryool Kim, Hokyoon Lee, Jishen Zhao