Jiajun Qin

I am Jiajun Qin (秦嘉俊 in Chinese), a first-year PhD student at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) since 2025 Fall. Prior to that, I graduated from Zhejiang University (Turing Honors Class) in 2025.

My research interests include:

• Hardware/Software Co-Design
• Computer Architecture
• Reconfigurable Accelerator (e.g. Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Array)
• Electronic Design Automation

Feel free to contact me at hobbitqia@gmail.com if you’d like to chat!

Selected Publications

For a completed list of publications, see this.

• ASPLOS’25 PICACHU: Plug-In CGRA Handling Upcoming Nonlinear Operations in LLMs. Jiajun Qin, Tianhua Xia, Cheng Tan, Jeff Zhang, Sai Qian Zhang. ACM International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems, 2025.
• DATE’26 FLAME: A Framework Exploring Execution Strategies for Multi-Cycle Operations in CGRA. Jiajun Qin, Cheng Tan, Ruihong Yin, Tianhua Xia, Sai Qian Zhang, Bei Yu. IEEE/ACM Proceedings Design, Automation and Test in Europe, 2026.

Education

• The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, 2025.8 - Now
• Zhejiang University
  • B.Eng. in Computer Science and Technology, 2021.9 - 2025.6
  • Turing Class, Chu Kochen Honors College

Experiences

• ChatEDA Technology Co., Ltd, Shenzhen, China
  • Research Intern, 2025.05 - Now
  • Topic: LLM for EDA
• SAI Lab, New York University
  • Remote Research Intern, 2024.3 - 2024.10
  • Supervisor: Prof. Sai Qian Zhang
  • Collaborator: Dr. Cheng Tan and Prof. Jeff Zhang
  • Topic: SW/HW Co-Design and Reconfigurable Accelerator for LLMs
• RC4ML, Zhejiang University
  • Research Intern, 2023.8 - 2024.9
  • Supervisor: Prof. Zeke Wang and Prof. Jie Zhang
  • Topic: FPGA-based SmartNIC

Selected Honors & Awards

• Zhejiang Government Scholarship, 2022, 2023, 2024
• Huawei Elite Scholarship, 2023
• Third Prize in National Student Computer System Capability Challenge, 2023
• Second Prize in CSP-S 2019

Teaching Assistants

At Zhejiang University:

• CS1029M - Introduction to Computing Systems with Prof.Yale Patt and Prof.Xiaohong Jiang, 2023 Summer
• CS2056M - Computer Organization and Design, with Prof.Haifeng Liu, 2024 Spring & Summer
• CS1028M - Computer SystemⅠ, with Prof.Li Lu and Prof.Haoting Shen, 2024 Spring & Summer
• CS2051M - Computer Architecture, with Prof.Rui Chang, 2024 Fall & Winter
• CS3125M - Assembly Language And Microcomputer Interface, with Prof.Ming Cai, 2024 Fall & Winter
• CS1001G - Lab. & Fundamentals of C Programming, 2024 Fall & Winter
• CS1028M - Computer System Ⅰ, with Prof.Haifeng Liu, 2025 Spring & Summer
• CS1019F - Digital Logic and Design, with Prof.Ming Cai, 2025 Spring & Summer

Skills

• Programming Languages: C/C++, Verilog, Chisel, Python, Rust
• Tools: Pytorch, LLVM, Vivado, LaTeX, Pymtl