Youpeng Zhao

赵有朋

Brief Bio

I am a final-year PhD candidate at the University of Central Florida, advised by Prof. Jun Wang. I received my M.Sc from Georgia Tech. I have also worked as a student researcher at Microsoft Research and Google AI Research.

My research interests lie in the intersections of machine learning, computer architecture, and operating systems, featured in ISCA, MLSys, ICLR, AAAI, etc, and recognized with ASONAM Best Paper Award and ML and System Rising Stars.

I am the core contributor and maintainer of FluxServe project, an open-source inference serving engine for diffusion language models.

News

• 09/2026: [Service] Serve on the Program Committee at MLSys 2027
• 08/2026: [Service] Serve as a Reviewer at ICLR 2027
• 07/2026: [Talk] Invited to give a talk at AI Platform @ Saviynt
• 07/2026: [Talk] Invited to give a talk at Annapurna Labs @ AWS
• 06/2026: [Service] Serve on the Program Committee at AAAI 2027
• 05/2026: [Service] Serve as a Reviewer at COLM 2026

Publications

See my full publication list or my Google Scholar profile.

Fun Facts

• I used to play some electronic keyboard and won a national prize in 2008 🎹
• I played a bit of college esports (R6 Siege) and co-founded GT R6 Team in 2020 ⚔️
• My Chinese name is 有朋, which means having friends from all over the world 🤓
• My English name is Kenneth, but people usually call me Ken or Kenny 😎