Presenter

Dr. Xiaoyi Lu is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida, where he leads the Parallel and Distributed Systems Laboratory (PADSYS Lab). His research focuses on parallel and distributed computing; scalable and efficient systems across diverse computing paradigms, including HPC, big data, AI, cloud, and edge computing; high-performance communication and I/O technologies (e.g., RDMA, NVMe, GPUs, and DPUs); scalable algorithms and applications; and interdisciplinary computing for social good. Dr. Lu has published over 180 papers in prestigious conferences and journals and has received ten Best Paper or Best Student Paper Awards or Nominations, including those at SC 2019 and IPDPS 2024. He has delivered over 100 invited talks, tutorials, and presentations worldwide and is deeply engaged in academic service and community leadership. His research outputs, including OpenDOTA, SR-APPFL, PMIdioBench, HiBD, MVAPICH2-Virt, and DataMPI, have made a broad impact across both industry and academia. Dr. Lu has received notable honors, including the NSF CAREER Award and research awards from Amazon, Google, and Meta/Facebook.