Yinting (Justin) Huang
University of Cambridge
Hi! I am a PhD student at the CASCADE Research Centre, supervised by Professor Timothy Jones. My research interests lie in computer systems and memory architecture, particularly in addressing performance bottlenecks through hardware–software co-design and by exposing more information across traditional abstraction boundaries.
Hardware–software co-design for prefetching
Existing hardware prefetchers are typically specialised for particular access patterns and make limited use of the rich program context available to compilers. My research aims to bridge this gap by combining compiler-derived knowledge of program intent with dynamic runtime information, enabling a more universal prefetching architecture that can capture a broader range of memory-access patterns, hide memory latency more effectively, and use hardware resources more efficiently than conventional fixed-function designs.
Memory Systems
Hardware prefetching, cache management, and memory-level parallelism.
Microarchitecture
Adaptive microarchitectural mechanisms for speculation and performance optimization.
Compiler Co-Design
Exposing static program knowledge across traditional abstraction boundaries and combining it with runtime learning to guide memory-system decisions.
Research output
Academic and industry research
PhD in Computer Science
University of Cambridge
CPU Architecture Research Engineer
Huawei Newton Research Centre · Hardware prefetcher research, CPU modeling and performance analysis.
Undergraduate Researcher
Imperial College London · FPGA acceleration for large language models.
Background, recognition, and service
Education
- PhD Computer Science, University of Cambridge, Oct 2026 — Present
- MEng Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Imperial College London, Oct 2020 — July 2024, First-Class Honours
Awards & Recognition
- Dean's List for Academic Excellence 2020
- Dean's List for Academic Excellence 2021
Frames Beyond Research
Outside research, I use photography to explore places, light, and everyday moments — from architecture and city streets to landscapes.
Research and professional opportunities.
Department of Computer Science and Technology
University of Cambridge
William Gates Building
15 JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0FD
Email: yinting_justin_huang@outlook.com