About Me
I am a researcher at Systems and Networking Research Group of Microsoft Research (Asia), focusing on advancing the frontiers of distributed systems, AI infrastructure, and large-scale graph computing. My research addresses critical challenges in scaling artificial intelligence systems, from optimizing distributed training algorithms to developing efficient storage and retrieval mechanisms for massive structural datasets.
I am passionate about uncovering the essence of AI applications and building systems that empower the next generation of innovations, ensuring they are robust and efficient.
I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from USTC (University of Science and Technology of China) in 2015. Before that, I was with School of the Gifted Young and received my B.S. degree in Computer Science from USTC in 2009.
Research Interests
- Distributed Systems for AI Training and Inference
- Large-Scale Graph Storage and Computing
- Systems and Networking
- Programming Languages and Software Engineering
Selected Publications
- Yunchi Lu, Youshan Miao, Cheng Tan, Peng Huang, Yi Zhu, Xian Zhang, Fan Yang: TrainVerify: Equivalence-Based Verification for Distributed LLM Training. SOSP 2025 (accepted)
- Guanbin Xu, Zhihao Le, Yinhe Chen, Zhiqi Lin, Zewen Jin, Youshan Miao, Cheng Li: AutoCCL: Automated Collective Communication Tuning for Accelerating Distributed and Parallel DNN Training. NSDI 2025: 667-683
- Zhiqi Lin, Youshan Miao, Quanlu Zhang, Fan Yang, Yi Zhu, Cheng Li, Saeed Maleki, Xu Cao, Ning Shang, Yilei Yang, Weijiang Xu, Mao Yang, Lintao Zhang, Lidong Zhou: nnScaler: Constraint-Guided Parallelization Plan Generation for Deep Learning Training. OSDI 2024: 347-363
- Guodong Liu, Youshan Miao, Zhiqi Lin, Xiaoxiang Shi, Saeed Maleki, Fan Yang, Yungang Bao, Sa Wang: Aceso: Efficient Parallel DNN Training through Iterative Bottleneck Alleviation. EuroSys 2024: 163-181
- Lingxiao Ma, Zhi Yang, Youshan Miao, Jilong Xue, Ming Wu, Lidong Zhou, Yafei Dai: NeuGraph: Parallel Deep Neural Network Computation on Large Graphs. USENIX ATC 2019: 443-458
- Youshan Miao, Wentao Han, Kaiwei Li, Ming Wu, Fan Yang, Lidong Zhou, Vijayan Prabhakaran, Enhong Chen, Wenguang Chen: Immortalgraph: A System for Storage and Analysis of Temporal Graphs. ACM Transactions on Storage (TOS) 11, no. 3 (2015): 1-34.
- Raymond Cheng, Ji Hong, Aapo Kyrola, Youshan Miao, Xuetian Weng, Ming Wu, Fan Yang, Lidong Zhou, Feng Zhao, Enhong Chen: Kineograph: taking the pulse of a fast-changing and connected world. EuroSys 2012: pp. 85-98.
See full list on Google Scholar or dblp.
Contact
Systems Research Group
Microsoft Research (Asia)
No.5 Danling Str., Haidian, Beijing, P.R.China
Note:
Intern applications are welcome!
Please send your CV to: msra-srg-hire(at)microsoft(dot)com