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Dr. Yiren Zhao is an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Computer Engineering at Imperial College London, part of the Faculty of Engineering. He leads the DeepWok Research Lab and holds affiliations with the UKRI Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Biology Consortium and the University of Cambridge as a Visiting Researcher. His work focuses on Large-scale GenAI Systems, emphasizing hardware-algorithm co-design, efficiency, and security. He has secured over £5M in funding since 2022 and reviews for top conferences like ICLR, ICML, and NeurIPS.
Dr. Zhao earned a BEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Imperial College London (2016), followed by an MPhil and PhD in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge (2017–2022). His research spans GenAI acceleration, unstructured data processing (e.g., graphs), and system-level AI safety. Recent projects include MASE (unified ML system exploration) and ImpNet (imperceptible backdoor attacks).
- Awards: Apple Scholar in AI/ML (2020), Microsoft Research Award (2023), and Junior Research Fellowship at St John’s College (2021).
- Labs/Teams: DeepWok Lab (20+ members), involved in Imperial-X and AI-4-EB initiatives.
- Grants: Industry/government-funded projects totaling over £5M since 2022.
His work bridges computer systems and AI, with notable contributions to quantization, adversarial attacks, and hardware-aware optimization. Collaborations include the Center for Spatial Computational Learning and CaRAML group.
