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I am a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Kentucky. My research interests are wide-ranging, covering cloud computing (including serverless computing) and networked systems and their applications, such as cellular networks, NFV, and middleware. I received my Ph.D. under the supervision of K. K. Ramakrishnan in the Department of CSE at UC Riverside. See my CV for more details.

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• (Apr 26) I will join the School of Cyber Science and Engineering at Southeast University as a Professor in July 2026. After eight years away, I am grateful and excited to return to my hometown, Nanjing!

• (Jan 26) I will serve as the PC for NSDI 27 and ICDCS 26.

• (Oct 25) Our paper "Rethinking 5G Core for Performance, Fairness, and Flexibility" received the Best Paper Award at the 1st free5GC World Forum

• (Sep 25) I will serve as the PC for EuroSys 26 (Fall Cycle).

• (Aug 25) NADINO accepted to EuroSys 2026.

• (Apr 25) Invited to serve as the Publicity Co-chair and PC for the free5GC World Forum (@ACM CCS 2025), please submit your great work.

• (Jan 25) Invited to serve as the PC for NSDI 2026, please submit your great work.

• (Sep 24) Invited to serve as the PC for ICDCS 2025, please submit your great work.

• (Sep 24) SURE has been accepted to ACM SoCC 2024.

• (Aug 24) Woohoo! New site says hello world!