Hyeran Jeon

Hyeran Jeon is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) department at the University of California Merced's School of Engineering. Her research focuses on energy-efficient, reliable, and secure computer architecture and systems design.

• Ph.D. from University of Southern California (2015)
• M.S. from Georgia Institute of Technology and Korea University (2007)
• B.S. from Pusan National University (2002)

Her research lab addresses critical challenges in GPU architecture, deep learning acceleration, and heterogeneous systems through projects like Heliostat (ray tracing for page tables) and Barre Chord (virtual memory for multi-chip GPUs). Current work explores memory-constrained CNN optimization and instruction-level power characterization on edge GPUs.

Research sponsors include the National Science Foundation, California Energy Commission, LAM Research, Xilinx, NVIDIA, and Ampere Computing, which also donated servers to her MoCA Lab. She received the prestigious NSF CAREER award and Senate Faculty Grant.

As a former systems software engineer at Samsung Electronics and industry intern at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center and AMD Research, she bridges academic innovation with practical systems design. The lab welcomes new members like Utkarsh (Fall 2025) and collaborates with visiting scholars from Korea University and Pusan National University.