Hi, I’m a first-year PhD student at HKUST (Guangzhou), working under Prof. Zeyi Wen . My research lives at the intersection of AI Infra and high-performance computing, and I’m mostly drawn to systems problems.

They say a person is just a pile of useless passions. Most of mine go to sports. I’m into three: table tennis, swimming, and cycling. Sports are one of the few things that really make me feel alive. Things inevitably get competitive, and funnily enough, that has done wonders for training my mindset and willpower.

The rest of my passion goes to music and reading.

I’m a big Cantopop fan, mostly of songs from the ’90s to the 2010s, and I have a soft spot for female vocalists like Joey Yung, Shiga Lin, Kary Ng, Stephy Tang, and Janice Vidal. Lyric writing is the shining jewel of Cantopop, which is exactly why it can sing about every flavor of life: the sweet, the sour, the bitter, and the spicy. Joey Yung is the most important singer in my heart, and I’m a proud member of the Guangdong chapter of the JY6 fan club.

As for reading, I enjoy modern and contemporary Chinese literature (Yu Hua, Mo Yan, Wang Xiaobo, and the like) as well as popular history (Ma Boyong, Du Yinshan, and others). Finding yourself is an endless project. Reading gives me a bit of calm in this absurd and unpredictable world, and, even better, it slowly sharpens my ability to see through things. In my spare time, I also like to tinker with philosophy.

On this blog, I’ll share my thoughts on literature, history, and philosophy. That’s the impractical side: I write to trace my own darkness and light. I’ll also share posts on computer architecture and high-performance computing. That’s the practical side: I hope to write pieces that spark ideas and lower the barrier to technical knowledge.