FPGAs are the Hero In-Network Computing Needs
Suhaib Fahmy, Ziyi Yang, Yixi Chen, Gustavo Alonso, Zsolt István, Marco Canini. (2025). "FPGAs are the Hero In-Network Computing Needs." APSys 2025.
CV
Education
- Ph.D. in Computer Science, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), 2023 Jan - present
- Master of Science in Computer Science, KAUST, Aug 2021 - Dec 2022
- Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunications Engineering, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), 2017 Sep - 2021 Jun
- First Class Honours
- Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunications Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), 2017 Sep - 2021 Jun
- GPA 90.05/100, Rank 10/323
Internship Experience
- Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA), Beijing, China, Sep 2023 - Jan 2024
- Network Research Group
- Mentor: Dr. Ran Shu
- TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany, Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
- Work on network attached FPGA accelerator design
- Mentor: Prof. Zsolt Istvan
Awards
- Stars of Tomorrow Internship Award of Excellence, Microsoft Research Asia, 2024
- Outstanding Graduates of Beijing, 2021
- Second-class Merit Scholarship, BUPT, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020
Publications
OffRAC: Offloading Through Remote Accelerator Calls
Ziyi Yang, Krishnan B. Iyer, Yixi Chen, Ran Shu, Zsolt István, Marco Canini, Suhaib A. Fahmy. (2025). "OffRAC: Offloading Through Remote Accelerator Calls." arXiv.
Exploring FPGA acceleration for distributed serverless computing
Ziyi Yang, Suhaib Fahmy. (2023). "Exploring FPGA acceleration for distributed serverless computing." FPL PhD Forum 2023.