Yi Wang 王毅 Ph.D., Professor

College of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Shenzhen University

Website: http://nhpcc.szu.edu.cn/wangyi
Email: yiwang [AT] szu.edu.cn
Tel： +86 (755) 8657 5734
Address: RM L6-506, L6 Building, Polytechnic Building, South Campus, Shenzhen University, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518060, China

Bio

Yi Wang received Ph.D degree from Department of Computing at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in 2011. He received his B.E and M.E degrees in Electrical Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, in 2005 and 2008, respectively. Yi Wang is currently a full professor in the College of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Shenzhen University. Before joining Shenzhen University, he was a postdoc at Hong Kong Polytechnic University from Aug. 2011 to May. 2014. He visited Prof. Nikil Dutt's group at University of California, Irvine, as a visiting scholar from Feb.-Aug. 2011. He worked at PHILIPS Semiconductors (currently NXP Semiconductors) at Zurich, Switzerland as an application engineer from Aug. 2006 to Aug. 2007. Yi Wang's research interests include computer architecture, embedded systems, non-volatile memory (NVM), storage systems, cloud computing, and real-time and embedded software. Yi Wang has published more than 90 papers, including over 30 IEEE/ACM Transactions papers, and many top conference papers in the fields of embedded systems and EDA, e.g., DAC, DATE, RTSS, LCTES, CODES+ISSS, ISLPED, etc. Yi Wang won the Best Paper Award at LCTES 2017, and the best paper award nominee at ASP-DAC 2015. The H-index is 23.

 

Research area

Embedded Systems, Non-volatile Memory, Storage Systems, Real-Time and Embedded Software, Cloud Computing

 

Research Projects

 

Working Experience

 

Eduation

  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2008.08 - 2011.09)
  • Harbin Institute of Technology (2001.09 - 2008.07)

     

    Teaching at Shenzhen University

     

     

    Publications

      DBLP: http://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/w/Wang_0003:Yi

    1. Yi Wang, Jiangfan Huang, Jing Yang, Tao Li: A Temperature-Aware Reliability Enhancement Strategy for 3-D Charge-Trap Flash Memory. IEEE Trans. on CAD of Integrated Circuits and Systems 38(2): 234-244 (2019)

    2. Yi Wang, Mingxu Zhang, Xuan Yang, Tao Li: A Thermal-Aware Physical Space Reallocation for Open-Channel SSD With 3-D Flash Memory. IEEE Trans. on CAD of Integrated Circuits and Systems 38(4): 617-627 (2019)

    3. Renhai Chen, Chi Zhang, Yi Wang, Zhaoyan Shen, Duo Liu, Zili Shao, Yong Guan: DCR: Deterministic Crash Recovery for NAND Flash Storage Systems. IEEE Trans. on CAD of Integrated Circuits and Systems 38(12): 2201-2214 (2019)

    4. Chenlin Ma, Zhaoyan Shen, Yi Wang *, Zili Shao: Alleviating Hot Data Write Back Effect for Shingled Magnetic Recording Storage Systems. IEEE Trans. on CAD of Integrated Circuits and Systems 38(12): 2243-2254 (2019)

    5. Yi Wang, Weixuan Chen, Jing Yang, Tao Li: Exploiting Parallelism for CNN Applications on 3D Stacked Processing-In-Memory Architecture. IEEE Trans. Parallel Distrib. Syst. 30(3): 589-600 (2019)

    6. Jing Chen, Yi Wang *, Amelie Chi Zhou, Rui Mao, Tao Li: PATCH: Process-Variation-Resilient Space Allocation for Open-Channel SSD with 3D Flash. DATE 2019: 216-221

    7. Shangyu Wu, Yi Wang *, Amelie Chi Zhou, Rui Mao, Zili Shao, Tao Li: Towards Cross-Platform Inference on Edge Devices with Emerging Neuromorphic Architecture. DATE 2019: 806-811

    8. Yimei Kang, Xingyu Zhang, Zili Shao, Renhai Chen, Yi Wang: A reliability enhanced video storage architecture in hybrid SLC/MLC NAND flash memory. Journal of Systems Architecture - Embedded Systems Design 88: 33-42 (2018)

    9. Yi Wang, Ruibiao Chen, Rui Mao, Zili Shao: Optimally Removing Synchronization Overhead for CNNs in Three-Dimensional Neuromorphic Architecture. IEEE Trans. Industrial Electronics 65(11): 8973-8981 (2018)

    10. Yi Wang, Weixuan Chen, Jing Yang, Tao Li: Towards Memory-Efficient Allocation of CNNs on Processing-in-Memory Architecture. IEEE Trans. Parallel Distrib. Syst. 29(6): 1428-1441 (2018)

    11. Yimei Kang, Xingyu Zhang, Zili Shao, Renhai Chen, Yi Wang: A Reliable Video Storage Architecture in Hybrid SLC/MLC Nand Flash. ICASSP 2018: 1095-1099

    12. Yi Wang, Tianzheng Wang, Duo Liu, Zili Shao, Jingling Xue: Fine grained, direct access file system support for storage class memory. Journal of Systems Architecture - Embedded Systems Design 72: 80-92 (2017)

    13. Yi Wang, Lisha Dong, Zhong Ming, Yong Guan, Zili Shao: Virtual duplication and mapping prefetching for emerging storage primitives in NAND flash memory storage systems. Microprocessors and Microsystems - Embedded Hardware Design 50: 54-65 (2017)

    14. Renhai Chen, Yi Wang, Duo Liu, Zili Shao, Song Jiang: Heating Dispersal for Self-Healing NAND Flash Memory. IEEE Trans. Computers 66(2): 361-367 (2017)

    15. Yong Guan, Guohui Wang, Chenlin Ma, Renhai Chen, Yi Wang, Zili Shao: A Block-Level Log-Block Management Scheme for MLC NAND Flash Memory Storage Systems. IEEE Trans. Computers 66(9): 1464-1477 (2017)

    16. Renhai Chen, Yi Wang, Jingtong Hu, Duo Liu, Zili Shao, Yong Guan: vFlash: Virtualized Flash for Optimizing the I/O Performance in Mobile Devices. IEEE Trans. on CAD of Integrated Circuits and Systems 36(7): 1203-1214 (2017)

    17. Yi Wang, Lisha Dong, Rui Mao: P-Alloc: Process-Variation Tolerant Reliability Management for 3D Charge-Trapping Flash Memory. ACM Trans. Embedded Comput. Syst. 16(5s): 142:1-142:19 (2017)

    18. Duo Liu, Kan Zhong, Tianzheng Wang, Yi Wang, Zili Shao, Edwin Hsing-Mean Sha, Jingling Xue: Durable Address Translation in PCM-Based Flash Storage Systems. IEEE Trans. Parallel Distrib. Syst. 28(2): 475-490 (2017)

    19. Yi Wang, Mingxu Zhang, Jing Yang: Temperature-aware data allocation strategy for 3D charge-trap flash memory. ASP-DAC 2017: 572-577

    20. Yi Wang, Mingxu Zhang, Jing Yang: Exploiting Parallelism for Convolutional Connections in Processing-In-Memory Architecture. DAC 2017: 4:1-4:6

    21. Yi Wang, Mingxu Zhang, Jing Yang: Towards memory-efficient processing-in-memory architecture for convolutional neural networks. LCTES 2017: 81-90

    22. Guohui Wang, Yong Guan, Yi Wang*, Zili Shao: Energy-aware assignment and scheduling for hybrid main memory in embedded systems. Computing 98(3): 279-301 (2016)

    23. Min Huang, Zhaoqing Liu, Liyan Qiao, Yi Wang*, Zili Shao: An Endurance-Aware Metadata Allocation Strategy for MLC NAND Flash Memory Storage Systems. IEEE Trans. on CAD of Integrated Circuits and Systems 35(4): 691-694 (2016)

    24. Kan Zhong, Duo Liu, Liang Liang, Xiao Zhu, Linbo Long, Yi Wang, Edwin Hsing-Mean Sha: Energy-Efficient In-Memory Paging for Smartphones. IEEE Trans. on CAD of Integrated Circuits and Systems 35(10): 1577-1590 (2016)

    25. Renhai Chen, Yi Wang, Jingtong Hu, Duo Liu, Zili Shao, Yong Guan: Image-Content-Aware I/O Optimization for Mobile Virtualization. ACM Trans. Embedded Comput. Syst. 16(1): 12:1-12:24 (2016)

    26. Yi Wang, Zhiwei Qin, Renhai Chen, Zili Shao, Qixin Wang, Shuai Li, Laurence T. Yang: A Real-Time Flash Translation Layer for NAND Flash Memory Storage Systems. IEEE Trans. Multi-Scale Computing Systems 2(1): 17-29 (2016)

    27. Yi Wang, Zhiwei Qin, Renhai Chen, Zili Shao, Laurence T. Yang: An Adaptive Demand-Based Caching Mechanism for NAND Flash Memory Storage Systems. ACM Trans. Design Autom. Electr. Syst. 22(1): 18:1-18:22 (2016)

    28. Jing Yang, Hui Liao, Jing Chen, Yang Yu, Yi Wang: A Virtual Communication Strategy for Smart Photovoltaic Generation Systems. SmartCom 2016: 256-266

    29. Renhai Chen, Zhiwei Qin, Yi Wang*, Duo Liu, Zili Shao, Yong Guan: On-Demand Block-Level Address Mapping in Large-Scale NAND Flash Storage Systems. IEEE Trans. Computers 64(6): 1729-1741 (2015)

    30. Zhiping Jia, Yang Li, Yi Wang, Meng Wang, Zili Shao: Temperature-Aware Data Allocation for Embedded Systems with Cache and Scratchpad Memory. ACM Trans. Embedded Comput. Syst. 14(2): 30:1-30:24 (2015)

    31. Tianzheng Wang, Duo Liu, Yi Wang, Zili Shao: Towards Write-Activity-Aware Page Table Management for Non-volatile Main Memories. ACM Trans. Embedded Comput. Syst. 14(2): 34:1-34:23 (2015)

    32. Qi Zhang, Xuandong Li, Linzhang Wang, Tian Zhang, Yi Wang, Zili Shao: Lazy-RTGC: A Real-Time Lazy Garbage Collection Mechanism with Jointly Optimizing Average and Worst Performance for NAND Flash Memory Storage Systems. ACM Trans. Design Autom. Electr. Syst. 20(3): 43:1-43:32 (2015)

    33. Yimei Kang, Bin Hu, Yi Wang, Zili Shao: A Scale Self-Adaptive Tracking Method Based on Moment Invariants. Signal Processing Systems 81(2): 197-212 (2015)

    34. Min Huang, Yi Wang, Zhaoqing Liu, Liyan Qiao, Zili Shao: A Garbage Collection Aware Stripping method for Solid-State Drives. ASP-DAC 2015: 334-339

    35. Renhai Chen, Yi Wang, Jingtong Hu, Duo Liu, Zili Shao, Yong Guan: Unified non-volatile memory and NAND flash memory architecture in smartphones. ASP-DAC 2015: 340-345

    36. Min Huang, Yi Wang, Liyan Qiao, Duo Liu, Zili Shao: SmartBackup: An Efficient and Reliable Backup Strategy for Solid State Drives with Backup Capacitors. HPCC/CSS/ICESS 2015: 746-751

    37. Renhai Chen, Yi Wang, Jingtong Hu, Duo Liu, Zili Shao, Yong Guan: Virtual Machine Image Content Aware I/O Optimization for Mobile Virtualization. HPCC/CSS/ICESS 2015: 1031-1036

    38. Yi Wang, Tianzheng Wang, Zili Shao, Duo Liu, Jingling Xue: File system-independent block device support for storage class memory. INFOCOM Workshops 2015: 468-473

    39. Qi Zhang, Xuandong Li, Linzhang Wang, Tian Zhang, Yi Wang, Zili Shao: Optimizing deterministic garbage collection in NAND flash storage systems. RTAS 2015: 14-23

    40. Junhui Wang, Yue Qian, Yi Wang, Zili Shao, Wenhua Dou, Qiang Dou: Analysis of worst-case backlog bounds for Networks-on-Chip. Journal of Systems Architecture - Embedded Systems Design 60(6): 494-508 (2014)

    41. Yi Wang, Zhiping Jia, Renhai Chen, Meng Wang, Duo Liu, Zili Shao: Loop scheduling with memory access reduction subject to register constraints for DSP applications. Softw., Pract. Exper. 44(8): 999-1026 (2014)

    42. Duo Liu, Tianzheng Wang, Yi Wang, Zili Shao, Qingfeng Zhuge, Edwin Hsing-Mean Sha: Application-Specific Wear Leveling for Extending Lifetime of Phase Change Memory in Embedded Systems. IEEE Trans. on CAD of Integrated Circuits and Systems 33(10): 1450-1462 (2014)

    43. Yi Wang, Min Huang, Zili Shao, Henry C. B. Chan, Luis Angel D. Bathen, Nikil D. Dutt: A Reliability-Aware Address Mapping Strategy for NAND Flash Memory Storage Systems. IEEE Trans. on CAD of Integrated Circuits and Systems 33(11): 1623-1631 (2014)

    44. Yi Wang, Zili Shao, Henry C. B. Chan, Duo Liu, Yong Guan: Memory-Aware Task Scheduling with Communication Overhead Minimization for Streaming Applications on Bus-Based Multiprocessor System-on-Chips. IEEE Trans. Parallel Distrib. Syst. 25(7): 1797-1807 (2014)

    45. Yi Wang, Zili Shao, Henry C. B. Chan, Luis Angel D. Bathen, Nikil D. Dutt: A Reliability Enhanced Address Mapping Strategy for Three-Dimensional (3-D) NAND Flash Memory. IEEE Trans. VLSI Syst. 22(11): 2402-2410 (2014)

    46. Yi Wang, Linfeng Pan, Zili Shao, Yong Guan, Minyi Guo: Loop Transforming for Reducing Data Alignment on Multi-Core SIMD Processors. Signal Processing Systems 74(2): 137-150 (2014)

    47. Chi Zhang, Yi Wang, Tianzheng Wang, Renhai Chen, Duo Liu, Zili Shao: Deterministic Crash Recovery for NAND Flash Based Storage Systems. DAC 2014: 148:1-148:6

    48. Renhai Chen, Yi Wang, Jingtong Hu, Duo Liu, Zili Shao, Yong Guan: Virtual-machine metadata optimization for I/O traffic reduction in mobile virtualization. NVMSA 2014: 1-2

    49. Qi Zhang, Xuandong Li, Linzhang Wang, Tian Zhang, Yi Wang, Zili Shao: Data-assemblage: a translation-page-aware data block allocation strategy for flash-based solid state drives. Design Autom. for Emb. Sys. 17(3-4): 565-586 (2013)

    50. Yi Wang, Duo Liu, Zhiwei Qin, Zili Shao: Optimally Removing Intercore Communication Overhead for Streaming Applications on MPSoCs. IEEE Trans. Computers 62(2): 336-350 (2013)

    51. Duo Liu, Tianzheng Wang, Yi Wang, Zili Shao, Qingfeng Zhuge, Edwin Hsing-Mean Sha: Curling-PCM: Application-specific wear leveling for phase change memory based embedded systems. ASP-DAC 2013: 279-284

    52. Qi Zhang, Xuandong Li, Linzhang Wang, Tian Zhang, Yi Wang, Zili Shao: Optimizing translation information management in NAND flash memory storage systems. ASP-DAC 2013: 326-331

    53. Renhai Chen, Yi Wang, Zili Shao: DHeating: Dispersed heating repair for self-healing NAND flash memory. CODES+ISSS 2013: 7:1-7:10

    54. Tianzheng Wang, Duo Liu, Yi Wang, Zili Shao: FTL2: a hybrid flash translation layer with logging for write reduction in flash memory. LCTES 2013: 91-100

    55. Yong Guan, Guohui Wang, Yi Wang, Renhai Chen, Zili Shao: BLog: block-level log-block management for NAND flash memorystorage systems. LCTES 2013: 111-120

    56. Yi Wang, Renhai Chen, Zili Shao, Tao Li: SolarTune: Real-time scheduling with load tuning for solar energy powered multicore systems. RTCSA 2013: 101-110

    57. Yang Li, Lei Ju, Zhiping Jia, Yi Wang, Zili Shao: Thermal-Aware On-Chip Memory Architecture Exploration. TrustCom/ISPA/IUCC 2013: 1386-1393

    58. Hongxing Wei, Bin Wang, Yi Wang, Zili Shao, Keith C. C. Chan: Staying-alive path planning with energy optimization for mobile robots. Expert Syst. Appl. 39(3): 3559-3571 (2012)

    59. Duo Liu, Yi Wang, Zili Shao, Minyi Guo, Jingling Xue: Optimally Maximizing Iteration-Level Loop Parallelism. IEEE Trans. Parallel Distrib. Syst. 23(3): 564-572 (2012)

    60. Duo Liu, Yi Wang, Zhiwei Qin, Zili Shao, Yong Guan: A Space Reuse Strategy for Flash Translation Layers in SLC NAND Flash Memory Storage Systems. IEEE Trans. VLSI Syst. 20(6): 1094-1107 (2012)

    61. Yi Wang, Luis Angel D. Bathen, Nikil D. Dutt, Zili Shao: Meta-Cure: a reliability enhancement strategy for metadata in NAND flash memory storage systems. DAC 2012: 214-219

    62. Yi Wang, Luis Angel D. Bathen, Zili Shao, Nikil D. Dutt: 3D-FlashMap: A physical-location-aware block mapping strategy for 3D NAND flash memory. DATE 2012: 1307-1312

    63. Duo Liu, Tianzheng Wang, Yi Wang, Zhiwei Qin, Zili Shao: A block-level flash memory management scheme for reducing write activities in PCM-based embedded systems. DATE 2012: 1447-1450

    64. Zhiwei Qin, Yi Wang, Duo Liu, Zili Shao: Real-Time Flash Translation Layer for NAND Flash Memory Storage Systems. IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium 2012: 35-44

    65. Miao Liu, Duo Liu, Yi Wang, Meng Wang, Zili Shao: On Improving Real-Time Interrupt Latencies of Hybrid Operating Systems with Two-Level Hardware Interrupts. IEEE Trans. Computers 60(7): 978-991 (2011)

    66. Yi Wang, Hui Liu, Duo Liu, Zhiwei Qin, Zili Shao, Edwin Hsing-Mean Sha: Overhead-aware energy optimization for real-time streaming applications on multiprocessor System-on-Chip. ACM Trans. Design Autom. Electr. Syst. 16(2): 14:1-14:32 (2011)

    67. Zhiwei Qin, Yi Wang, Duo Liu, Zili Shao, Yong Guan: MNFTL: an efficient flash translation layer for MLC NAND flash memory storage systems. DAC 2011: 17-22

    68. Yi Wang, Duo Liu, Zhiwei Qin, Zili Shao: An endurance-enhanced Flash Translation Layer via reuse for NAND flash memory storage systems. DATE 2011: 14-19

    69. Zhiwei Qin, Yi Wang, Duo Liu, Zili Shao: A Two-Level Caching Mechanism for Demand-Based Page-Level Address Mapping in NAND Flash Memory Storage Systems. IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium 2011: 157-166

    70. Duo Liu, Tianzheng Wang, Yi Wang, Zhiwei Qin, Zili Shao: PCM-FTL: A Write-Activity-Aware NAND Flash Memory Management Scheme for PCM-Based Embedded Systems. RTSS 2011: 357-366

    71. Meng Wang, Yi Wang, Duo Liu, Zhiwei Qin, Zili Shao: Compiler-assisted leakage-aware loop scheduling for embedded VLIW DSP processors. Journal of Systems and Software 83(5): 772-785 (2010)

    72. Zhiwei Qin, Yi Wang, Duo Liu, Zili Shao: Demand-based block-level address mapping in large-scale NAND flash storage systems. CODES+ISSS 2010: 173-182

    73. Yi Wang, Duo Liu, Meng Wang, Zhiwei Qin, Zili Shao, Yong Guan: RNFTL: a reuse-aware NAND flash translation layer for flash memory. LCTES 2010: 163-172

    74. Yi Wang, Duo Liu, Meng Wang, Zhiwei Qin, Zili Shao: Optimal Task Scheduling by Removing Inter-Core Communication Overhead for Streaming Applications on MPSoC. IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium 2010: 195-204

    75. Yi Wang, Duo Liu, Zhiwei Qin, Zili Shao: Memory-Aware Optimal Scheduling with Communication Overhead Minimization for Streaming Applications on Chip Multiprocessors. RTSS 2010: 350-359

    76. Meng Wang, Yi Wang, Duo Liu, Zili Shao: Improving the Reliability of Embedded Systems with Cache and SPM. MASS 2009: 825-830

    77. Meng Wang, Duo Liu, Yi Wang, Zili Shao: Loop scheduling with memory access reduction under register constraints for DSP applications. SiPS 2009: 139-144

      78. *The corresponding author