Harry Xu

Harry Xu is a Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), with a research focus on computer systems spanning programming languages, compilers, runtime/operating systems, distributed systems, and computer architecture. Prior to UCLA, he was an Associate Professor at UC Irvine (UCI). His current work centers on infrastructures for future cloud computing (user-defined clouds) and scalable, cost-effective AI/ML systems.

• Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from Ohio State University (2011)

His research has pioneered techniques for combating software bloat, optimizing data analytics through programming language innovations, and developing systems like Yak GC, VQPy, and Niijima. He co-founded BreezeML, a startup for GenAI risk management, and has held visiting roles at Microsoft Research and IBM Watson Research Center.

Recent publications include work on resource-disaggregated datacenters, cloud computing fault tolerance, and ML system scalability, presented at top venues like SOSP, OSDI, and NSDI. He has advised numerous Ph.D. and M.S. students, many of whom now hold academic or industry roles.

• Awards: 2018 Dahl-Nygaard Junior Prize, ACM Distinguished Scientist

Harry actively contributes to academic service as a committee member and co-chair at conferences like PLDI, SPLASH, and VMCAI. He maintains the VQPy project and other open-source systems.