Members of Toast Lab

Chundong Wang (王春东) is the director of Toast Lab. He is also co-director of Systems and Security Center of ShanghaiTech. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from Xi'an Jiaotong University (西安交通大学) at Xi'an, Shaanxi, China in July 2008. In November 2013, Chundong obtained the doctoral degree in School of Computing of National University of Singapore (新加坡国立大学). His supervisor is Associate Professor Weng-Fai Wong.

From April 2014 to November 2017, Chundong worked as a Scientist in Data Storage Institute, A*STAR (新加坡科技研究局数据存储研究院) which has no longer functioned as an independent research unit since June 2018. Then Chundong worked in the ASSET Group of Singapore University of Technology and Design (新加坡科技设计大学) as a Research Fellow II. He has joined School of Information Science and Technology of ShanghaiTech University (上海科技大学), Shanghai, China as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in April 2020.

Junqi Mao (毛俊琪), who received a bachelor's degree from Zhejiang University (浙江大学), will start the graduate program at ShanghaiTech University in 2023. His research interests include computer architecture and Artificial Intelligence.

Yunxin Yang (杨昀昕), who received a bachelor's degree from Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen) (哈尔滨工业大学(深圳)), will start the graduate program at ShanghaiTech University in 2023. His research interests include key-value store, file system and database.

Hanjia Cui (崔含佳) graduated from ShanghaiTech University in 2024 with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. She has joined Toast Lab for postgraduate study. Her research interests include persistent memory, computer architecture and storage system.

Kunchang Guo (郭坤昌) graduated from Nankai University (南开大学) with a B.Eng. degree and will join Toast Lab for postgraduate study in 2024. His research interests include computer architecture and storage system.

Jiale Wang (王嘉乐), who received a bachelor's degree from Shanghai Ocean University (上海海洋大学), has joined Toast Lab for postgraduate study. His research interests include optimizing computer systems.

Wenxin Chen (陈文欣) received a bachelor's degree from Central South University (中南大学). She would join Toast Lab for postgraduate study. Her research interests include computer system optimizations.

Jiahui Li (李佳辉) graduated from Beijing University of Chemical Technology (北京化工大学) in 2025 with a B.Eng. in Electronics and Information Engineering. He will pursue the postgraduate study at Toast Lab and CAS4ET Lab, as Chundong and Prof. Siting Liu (刘思廷) are co-supervising him. Jiahui's research interests include computational storage device and computer architecture.

Songcan Wu (吴松灿) graduated from Hefei University of Technology (合肥工业大学) in 2025 with a Bachelor's degree in Electronic Science and Technology. He has joined Toast Lab for postgraduate study.His research interests include computer architecture and storage system.

Zhixiong Zhang (张志雄) graduated from Xiangtan University (湘潭大学) in 2026 with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Technology. He has joined Toast Lab for postgraduate study. His research interests include operating systems.

Ziang Li (李子昂) is currently a PhD student at the Toast Lab, ShanghaiTech University. His research lies at the intersection of computer systems and artificial intelligence, with a particular focus on building efficient and reliable infrastructure for LLM serving and autonomous agents. He received his Master's degree from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).

Yiang Zhang (张奕昂) is a Master's student at the Toast Lab, ShanghaiTech University. He received a Bachelor's degree from East China University of Science and Technology (华东理工大学). His research interests include computer architecture and fault tolerance.

Yuqian Xie (谢宇倩) graduated from Ocean University of China (中国海洋大学) with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Technology. She has joined Toast Lab for postgraduate study in 2026. Her research interests include computer architecture, system optimization.