I am an incoming PhD student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Previously, I received my master’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto.

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

Experience

• Xlab (April 2024 - April 2025)
  • 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 Texas at Austin Aug 2025(expected) -

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Aug 2023 - Jan 2025
  • Master of Computer Science
• University of Toronto - St. George Sep 2019 - Jun 2023
  • Honours Bachelor of Science with High Distinction
  • Dean’s List Scholar

Misc

I enjoy playing games and watching anime!