Lu Peng

Lu Peng holds the Yahoo! Founder Chair in Science and Engineering at Tulane University. His research spans computer architecture with focus on GPU optimization, quantum computing, and blockchain acceleration.

Peng develops specialized hardware architectures for emerging computing paradigms, including quantum processors, blockchain processing units (BPUs), and efficient GPU memory systems. Recent innovations include GeauxTrace blockchain contact tracing and high-throughput GPU database indexing techniques.

Awarded the ORAU Powe Award (2007) and IEEE conference best papers (2019, 2001), Peng maintains active research in computer systems design. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in computer architecture while directing research on next-generation computing paradigms.