Shixuan Sun 孙 世 轩

Shixuan Sun 孙 世 轩

Tenure-Track Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

People

I am very fortunate to work with the talented and dedicated students.

Current Students

  • Sen Gao, PhD student, from Beijing Institute of Technology, since 2023. Research direction: High-performance graph database systems. Co-supervised by Prof. Bingsheng He.

  • Weitian Chen, PhD student, from Nanjing University, since 2024. Research direction: agentic infrastructure on emerging hardware.

  • Hongyu Chen, PhD student, from National University of Defense Technology, since 2024. Research direction: large-scale LLM training and serving systems.

  • Xiyu Wang, master’s student, from Nanjing University, since 2024. Research direction: KV cache management.

  • Shengzhou Lv, PhD student, from Central South University, since 2025. Research direction: AI-empowered data analytics and processing. Co-supervised by Prof. Minyi Guo.

  • Huanqi Hu, master’s student, from Harbin Institute of Technology, since 2025. Research direction: high-performance GPU kernel design for LLM inference.

  • Yifan Hu, master’s student (Huawei Class), from Beijing Jiaotong University, since 2025. Research direction: diffusion model serving acceleration.

  • Yiyu Luo, PhD student, from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, since 2026. Research direction: agentic infrastructure on emerging hardware.

  • Liukun Yu, PhD student, from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, since 2026. Research direction: privacy computing. Co-supervised by Prof. Jingwen Leng.

  • Yikang Ruan, master’s student, from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, since 2026. Research direction: high-performance GPU kernel design for LLM inference.

  • Yongan Li, research assistant, from IEEE Class, since 2026.

  • Shi Zhuo, research assistant, from John Class, since 2026.

Alumni

  • Yushi Liu, Master’s student (2022–2025). Master’s thesis: Serverless Computing Systems for Large-Scale Graph Data Processing. First stop: Tencent.

  • Jixian Su, research assistant (2023–2025). Bachelor’s thesis: Design and Development of a Dynamic Graph Storage Evaluation Framework Supporting HTAP. First stop: PhD at Georgia Institute of Technology.

  • Chiyu Hao, research assistant (2023–2025). Bachelor’s thesis: Research on High-Performance Dynamic Graph Data Storage Systems. First stop: MPhil at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

  • Yiyu Luo, research assistant (2025–2026). Bachelor’s thesis: Efficient Sparse Attention Computing. First stop: PhD at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

  • Liukun Yu, research assistant (2024–2026). Bachelor’s thesis: GPU-Accelerated Zero-Knowledge Proof Systems. First stop: PhD at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

  • Xinwei Qiang, research assistant (2024–2026). Bachelor’s thesis: Efficient Diffusion Model Serving System. First stop: PhD at University of California San Diego.

  • Yikang Ruan, research assistant (2024–2026). Bachelor’s thesis: High-Performance Graph Data Processing on Disaggregated Architectures. First stop: Master’s student at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

  • Letian Ruan, research assistant (2024–2025). Project: Disaggregated LoRA Serving System. First stop: dual degree program at University of Michigan.

  • Ziyu He, research assistant (2024–2025). Project: Graph-Powered Blockchain Analysis.