Recruiting

I am looking for Ph.D. students, MPhil students, Interns and RAs (from Summer/Fall 2026) to join my lab. If you are interested in computer architecture research at CUHK, see the guidelines below.

I am broadly interested in architecture, uarch, compilers and programming languages to support demanding applications on next-gen hardware. Slowing technology scaling and increasing pressure on complex applications (especially large language models) are push architects to rely more on specialized and heterogeneous systems for different scenarios. As computer architects, our job is not only designing new hardware, but also creating expressive abstractions that enable rich semantics efficiently conveyed through the entire stack to unlock many co-optimization opportunities. This is exciting for architects because our task is critical and extremely challenging.

My research requires a variety of different skills and expertise, including:

• Strong general coding skills (C, C++, Python, …)
• Hardware Simulators and Modeling (gem5, GPGPU-Sim, …)
• Compiler Implementation (LLVM, MLIR, clang, GCC, …)
• Application Development (graph processing, large language models, computer vision, …)
• Hardware design and prototyping (Verilog, Synthesis, FPGA experience, …)

Guidelines

Drop me an email (zhengrongwang AT cuhk.edu.hk) with the subject “Apply-{PhD|MPhil|RA|Intern}-{Your Name}” (e.g., PhD-Trump). Please briefly introduce yourself and include your CV and transcripts in the email If you are on campus, feel free to drop by my office during student consultation time (Wed. 3-5 pm).

Admission

The details of application process on MPhil/PhD can be found here. The regular admission for 2026 intake has three deadlines, 9 Oct 2025, 15 Jan 2026, and 31 Mar 2026.

Scholarship

All Ph.D. students will be offered with a full-time scholarship (~18k HKD/month). Exceptional applicants will be recommended to apply for HKPFS (~28k HKD/month) or Vice-Chancellor scholarship. Scholarship details can be found here.