Senior AI Compiler Engineer @ EVAS · Hangzhou, China
12+ years across chip compilers, JVM, deep learning frameworks, and AI compilers — from GCC at Huawei to OpenXLA at Intel, now building NPU software stacks from scratch.
🔭 Currently Building: libepu
End-to-end AI compiler stack for a custom NPU via XLA PJRT plugin:
PyTorch / Torch-XLA → StableHLO / HLO → MLIR → VISA → NPU
Intel Extension for OpenXLA · Architect · 2023 – 2024
Custom AI compiler on the OpenXLA stack for Intel GPU integration into the upstream community.
- Designed compiler pipeline:
StableHLO→HLO→MLIR/LLVM→SPIR-V - Led team to deliver end-to-end GPU support; integrated TF / JAX / PyTorch frontends for LLM & Stable Diffusion workloads
- Intel GPU liaison to Google OpenXLA community; drove Intel GPU in-tree integration RFC
Intel Extension for TensorFlow (ITEX) · Architect · 2020 – 2023
Custom deep learning framework built on TensorFlow's PluggableDevice / plugin architecture.
- Led team to develop unified CPU/GPU graph optimization pipeline on top of TF plugin mechanism
- Frontend op replacement, in-place optimization, dynamic Eigen/oneDNN runtime tuning
Selected PRs and RFCs with architectural impact or substantial code changes — not exhaustive.
| Project | Contribution |
|---|---|
| OpenXLA Community | RFC: Intel GPU in-tree integration — proposed Intel GPU as first-class OpenXLA device; 40+ community review threads |
| PyTorch/XLA | Composite op lowering for training — lower Aten ops to composite kernels instead of fine-grained ops for end-to-end training performance |
| TensorFlow | BF16/FP32 RandomUniform SIMD vectorization — Eigen packet vectorization for low-precision random ops; core enabler for BF16 inference path |
2024 – now EVAS Senior AI Compiler Engineer · libepu tech lead
2018 – 2024 Intel AI Framework Engineer / Architect · OpenXLA, ITEX, TF CPU
2012 – 2018 Huawei Compiler Engineer · GCC chip compiler, JVM, Ascend ABI
C/C++ · MLIR/LLVM · XLA / OpenXLA / StableHLO · PyTorch / Torch-XLA / PJRT · TensorFlow / JAX · GCC · Bazel
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- 📍 Hangzhou, China




