Kingsum Chow (周经森) Researcher and Ph.D. supervisor at Zhejiang University (since March 2023). Director of SPAIL. CEO of Youtune.tech. ZJU HomePage / SPAIL Lab / Youtune.tech / LinkedIn / PIPA / Email: ksumchow at outlook dot com / I received my Ph.D. from the School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington, in 1996 (Advisor: ACM/IEEE Fellow David Notkin). I have worked as Chief Scientist at Alibaba (2016–2022) and as Principal Engineer at Intel in the USA (1996–2016). My research interests are software-hardware co-optimization and system performance analytics. The work has accumulated industry savings of over USD 20 billion and optimized tens of millions of servers worldwide, including Double-11 peak workloads. I have 135+ papers and 74 patents (24 granted US patents). I have delivered keynotes at major conferences including four appearances at JavaOne. I led Project Apollo in the Intel-Oracle collaboration for the 2015 launch of Oracle Cloud. I represented Alibaba in the election for the JCP EC (Java Community Process Executive Committee) (2018-2022) and was the first to bring a Chinese company into the world's Java authority. At Alibaba I led the development of the performance analysis platform SPEED (System Performance Estimation, Evaluation and Decision). Open Positions / 博士后招聘We are recruiting 2 Postdoctoral Researchers for the SPAIL Lab (System Performance Analytics and Intelligence Lab), School of Software Technology, Zhejiang University (Ningbo). We seek candidates in cloud / AI / big-data system performance analysis, software-hardware co-optimization, AI Agent system performance modeling and optimization, and development of the PIPA analytics platform. PhD obtained (or to be obtained) within the last 3 years; age generally under 35. To apply, email your CV and representative work to kingsum.chow@zju.edu.cn with the subject line “博士后申请-姓名-毕业院校-研究方向”. 诚招博士后研究人员 2 名,加入浙江大学软件学院(宁波)SPAIL 实验室。研究方向包括云 / AI / 大数据系统性能分析、软硬件协同智能优化、AI Agent 系统性能建模与优化、PIPA 智能性能分析平台研发等。要求近三年内获得(或即将获得)博士学位,年龄一般不超过 35 周岁。申请请将简历及代表性成果发送至 kingsum.chow@zju.edu.cn,邮件标题注明“博士后申请-姓名-毕业院校-研究方向”。 Research & ProjectsSPAIL (System Performance Analytics and Intelligence Lab) — Leading a team of industry veterans and top researchers to solve bottlenecks in Cloud, AI, and Big Data. PIPA (Platform for Integrated Performance Analytics) — A unified framework designed to describe, analyze, and optimize system performance across heterogeneous architectures. Projects & CollaborationsDr. Chow has led large-scale, high-impact collaborations with global technology leaders. The projects he has spearheaded accumulated a total budget exceeding 160 million CNY (over 20 million USD).
Keynote Presentations
JavaOne Keynote (2017) QCon Shanghai Keynote (2021) 中国专利
中国专利申请(已受理 / 实审中)
International Patent ApplicationsUS Patents (Granted)
US Patents (Applications)
ContactLinkedIn / Email: ksumchow@outlook.com / Location: Ningbo, Zhejiang, China |