Xinheng "Asher" Ding | 丁欣恒

Hi, I am currently a first-year Ph.D. student in Intelligent Systems Engineering (Computer Engineering track) at Indiana University Bloomington, supervised by Dr. Dingwen Tao and Dr. Fengguang Song.

Prior to that, I received my Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the Department of Automation at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC).

🎯 I am striving to grow into a professional, active, and influential researcher. If you have any suggestions, comments, critiques, encouragement, or collaboration opportunities, feel free to share them with me—I would greatly appreciate it.(^_^)

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Research Interests

I am interested in high-performance computing (HPC), machine learning, and their intersection.

• High-Performance Computing: Parallel Computing, Data Compression, I/O Management
• Machine Learning: Large Language Model, Generative AI, Multimodal

News

• 08/2024: Start my Ph.D. journey at Indiana University Bloomington.
• 06/2024: I graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) as an outstanding graduate. Many thanks to all the teachers and classmates who have supported me!
• 03/2024: I have received four Ph.D. offers in Computer Science, including from Indiana University Bloomington and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Selected Publications

For a full list of publications, please refer to my Google Scholar Profile.

We optimizes Transformers for Gaudi processors by integrating sparse and linear attention mechanisms, enhancing efficiency and performance in LLM inference while outperforming state-of-the-art GPUs.

Slected Awards and Honors

• 2025: Luddy Doctoral Summer Fellowship, Indiana University Bloomington
• 2024: Outstanding Graduate of USTC
• 2023: Cyrus Tang Scholarship(Thrice), USTC
• 2023: National Encouragement Scholarship(Thrice), USTC
• 2022: Lanfeng Scholarship, USTC
• 2021: USTC Outstanding Student Scholarship, Silver
• 2020: USTC Freshman Scholarship

Services

• IPDPS'25 Sub-Reviewer

Miscellaneous

• I am trying to develop some hobbies outside of studying and research, such as cycling and hiking. I appreciate any suggestions!
• I enjoy gathering with friends for meals and casual chats, so don’t hesitate to invite me or join us!
• I received my high school diploma from Nong’an Experimental Senior Middle School, a small county school in Jilin Province. This was the starting point of my journey into a bigger world. If you graduated from the same high school as I did or have a similar background, and you dream of achieving better academic development but feel lost and struggling, I would be more than happy to offer advice and help.The grassroots helping the grassroots.

Adapted from Jon Barron. Last modifed: Feb 23, 2025