I am a Master of Computer Science student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I received my B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Toronto.

I am broadly interest in computer systems, particularly distributed systems. I am currently working on improving the reliability of cloud system management under the supervision of Prof. Tianyin Xu.

Experience

• Xlab (April 2024 - now)
  • Research Intern
• Advanced Micro and Nanosystems Laboratory (Aug 2021 - April 2023)
  • Undergrad Research Assistant

Publications

• [ ;login: ] Acto: Push-Button End-to-End Testing for Operation Correctness of Kubernetes Operators
  Jiawei Tyler Gu, Xudong Sun, Zhen Tang, Chen Wang, Mandana Vaziri, Owolabi Legunsen, and Tianyin Xu
  USENIX ;login:, Aug. 2024.
  [ web ] [ project ]

Education

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Aug 2023 - now
  • Master of Computer Science
• University of Toronto - St. George (Sep 2019 - Jun 2023)
  • Honours Bachelor of Science with High Distinction
  • Computer Science Specialist
  • Dean’s List Scholar

Misc

I enjoy playing games and watching anime!