Hi! This is my resume

Education

Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, 2023 - Now
M.S. in Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, 2022
B.E. in Computer Engineering, University of Hong Kong, 2018

Feb 2021 - Jul 2023: Research Assistant, Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica
- Supervisor: Prof. Yuan-Hao Chang
- Graph processing on dual-addressing memory [ICCAD’22]
Sep 2020 - Jun 2022: Research Assistant, Computer Architecture & IC Design Lab, NCKU
- Supervisor: Prof. Ing-Chao Lin
- CNN accelerator with CLIP-Q network quantization on FPGA [TCAS-I]
Summer 2016: Intership, TCL Corporate Research (HK) Co., Ltd
- Assist researchers on Structure from Motion, SLAM algorithms

2022: IEEE Tainan Section Best Master Thesis Award
- Thesis Title: A Dual-Addressing Graph Processing Accelerator with Vertex Coalescing
2014 - 2018: HKU Foundation Scholarship for International Students (240k HKD in total)
2016 - 2017: Reaching Out Award scholarship from HKSAR gov.
2018: IEEE (Hong Kong) Final Year Project Merit Award
- Project Title: The performance optimization on TensorFlow framework on Mobile GPU devices using OpenCL

A complete SW/HW co-design system for mask detection SoC
- SoC consists of: pipelined RV32I core, I-cache/D-cache, AXI bus, DMA, DRAM/ROM controller, Interrupt manager, and CNN acceleration unit.
- Apply network compression and quantization on mask detection NN model.
- Inference the compressed model on a SoC with HW acceleration.
- SoC handles the booting sequence, data movements, the control of acceleration unit, and system interrupts.
- Github: https://github.com/WeiCheng14159/VSD_CNN_accelerator
Contribute to ria-jit (an open source RISC-V to x86 binary translator)
- Find and fix a divide by zero bug with RISC-V compliance tests.
- Details: https://hackmd.io/@WeiCheng14159/BJuwQJy_s
Contribute to srv32 (an open source 3-stage pipeline RV32IM core)
- Verify and contribute RV32C instructions to the existing implementation.
- Details: https://hackmd.io/@WeiCheng14159/ryh1iJ1_o

Cell-based Digital IC tapeout, Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute
- Participate in the design, tapeout, and verification of an UMC 0.18 um process digital IC
Service as the class representative for CE major students in academic year 2015-2016, 2017-2018

Programming: Python, C++/C, Verilog/SystemVerilog
AI Frameworks: Pytorch, TensorFlow
EDA tools: NC Verilog, Design Compiler, IC Compiler/Innovus
Miscellaneous: Linux, Shell, Latex, Markdown, Git
Other Skills: Qi-gong (A Chinese system of physical exercises and breathing control)