Professor of Computer Science
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (courtesy)
Joined department: 1997
Education:
BS, Mathematics
Xiamen University (1982)
MS, Computer Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1985)
PhD, Computer Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1989)
Zhiyuan Li has conducted many years' research on compiler techniques for parallel processing and
locality enhancement. Recent focus of his group in this area is on programming interfaces and
compiler support for the development of innovative parallel software, targeting both large scale
high-end systems and multicore microprocessor chips. In recent years, his group has also designed and
implemented compiler-based programming environments and run-time systems for resource-constrained
distributed systems such as mobile devices, embedded systems and wireless sensor networks, improving
their energy efficiency, reliability and maintainability.
Li received a National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award and a National Science Foundation
Career Award in 1992 and 1995, respectively. He was named by Purdue University as a University
Faculty Scholar for the years of 2005-2010. Li has served as a program committee member for many
international conferences sponsored by IEEE and ACM. He is Program Chair for ACM SIGPLAN/SIGBEG
Conference on Languages, Compilers, and Tools for Embedded Systems (LCTES) in 2007. He co-chaired the
International Workshop on Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing in the years of 1997 and
2004 respectively.
Selected Publications
Z. Li et al., "Dependence-based multilevel tracing and replay for wireless sensor networks
debugging", in ACM SIGPLAN/SIGBED Conference on LCTES,, Chicago, IL, 2011.
Z. Li et al., "Reducing communication overhead in large eddy simulation of jet engine
noise", in IEEE Cluster 2010,, Heraklion, Greece, 2010.
L. Liu and Z. Li, "A compiler-automated array compression scheme for optimizing memory intensive
programs", in 24th ACM ICS,, Epochal Tsukuba, Japan, 2010.
Research Funding
Greg Blaisdell, Zhiyuan Li, and Anastasios Lyrintzis, Realistic Simulation of Jet Engine Noise
Using Petaflop Computing, National Science Foundation, 9/1/2009-8/31/2014.
Zhiyuan Li, CSR: Small: New Slicing Techniques for Program Parallelization, National Science
Foundation, 9/1/2009-8/31/2012.
Zhiyuan Li, Parallel Programming Model and Compiler Optimization Technology for Heterogenous
Multi-Core Architecture LRB, Intel Corporation, 11/1/2009-10/31/2012.
Zhiyuan Li, Parametric Compiler Optimization for Multi-Core Architectures, National Science
Foundation, 8/1/2007-7/31/2012.
Zhiyuan Li and Ananth Y. Grama, CPA-CPL: Compiler and Software Solutions for the Memory
Bottleneck on Multicore, National Science Foundation, 8/1/2008-7/31/2012.
Zhiyuan Li, Saurabh Bagchi, and Yung-Hsiang Lu, CT-ISG: Compiler-Enabled Adaptive Security
Monitoring on Networked Embedded Systems, National Science Foundation, 7/1/2007-6/30/2012.
Last Updated: March 22, 2012 03:54pm
