Jishen Zhao

Professor Jishen Zhao leads research in computer architecture, system software, and machine learning at UC San Diego's Jacobs School of Engineering. He heads the Non-Volatile System Laboratory (NVSL), ML Systems Group, and contributes to PRISM and MICS centers. His work spans memory systems, ML-infused architectures, and autonomous vehicle computing systems.

Recent achievements include ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper (ISSTA 2024), IEEE Micro Top Picks recognition (2021-2022), and MICRO Hall of Fame induction (2019). He advises Ph.D. students like Hengyu Zhao and Xiao Liu, and collaborates on tools like PRO-V for RTL verification and MAGE for hardware design.

Key research areas include persistent memory systems (e.g., SubZero filesystem), hardware-software co-design (e.g., Learn-to-Share framework), and autonomous vehicle safety (COLA latency optimization). He serves on program committees for ISCA, MICRO, and HPCA, reflecting his industry leadership in computer architecture.