Jiarong Xing
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Member, Ken Kennedy Institute
Jiarong Xing is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Rice University. Prior to joining Rice, he was a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Sky Computing Lab at UC Berkeley, hosted by Prof. Ion Stoica. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in the Department of Computer Science in August 2024 at Rice University.
Jiarong is broadly interested in computer systems, ML systems, and networking. His current research focuses on building efficient, scalable, and secure cloud data centers and large-scale AI infrastructures.
Research Areas
Efficient cloud systems, large-scale ML systems, systems and networking security, programmable devices
Education
Ph.D., Computer Science, Rice University (2024)
Bachelor's Degree, Software Engineering, Shandong University (2017)
Honors & Awards
USENIX Security Distinguished Paper Award, USENIX, 2023
Future Faculty Fellow, Rice University, 2023
Google PhD Fellowship, Google, 2022
Meta PhD Fellowship finalists, Meta, 2022
Lodieska Stockbridge Vaughn Fellowship, Rice University, 2021
Ken Kennedy Institute Andrew Ladd Graduate Fellowship, Rice University, 2020
Presidential Scholarship, Shandong University, 2016
