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Alan Zhu
CS PhD Student, University of California, Berkeley

I am a first-year CS PhD student at UC Berkeley advised by Prof. Joseph Gonzalez. My research interests are in the field of ML generally, with a recent focus on agentic AI. Specifically, I am interested in systems, frameworks, and data to support robust agentic reasoning, multi-agent interaction, and oversight of agentic AI systems. I am supported by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.

Previously, I graduated with a BS from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), where I majored in Computer Science with an additional major in Mathematical Statistics. At CMU, I worked in the Catalyst Lab under the supervision of Prof. Zhihao Jia and in the Interactive Structures Lab under the supervision of Prof. Alexandra Ion. I have also worked on research under the supervision of Prof. Qiaozhu Mei at the University of Michigan.

Publications

Accelerating Retrieval-augmented Language Model Serving with Speculation, 2024, ICML
Zhihao Zhang , Alan Zhu , Lijie Yang , Yihua Xu , Lanting Li , Phitchaya Mangpo Phothilimthana , Zhihao Jia
arxiv
SpecInfer: Accelerating Generative Large Language Model Serving with Speculative Inference and Token Tree Verification, 2024, ASPLOS
Xupeng Miao , Gabriele Oliaro , Zhihao Zhang , Xinhao Cheng , Zeyu Wang , Rae Ying Yee Wong , Alan Zhu , Lijie Yang , Xiaoxiang Shi , Chunan Shi , Zhuoming Chen , Daiyaan Arfeen , Reyna Abhyankar , Zhihao Jia
arxiv
Robotic Metamaterials, 2024, CHI
Zhitong Cui , Shuhong Wang , Violet Yinuo Han , Tucker Rae-Grant , Willa Yunqi Yang , Alan Zhu , Scott E Hudson , Alexandra Ion
doi

Teaching

TA for 15-251 Great Ideas in Theoretical Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
Head TA: Fall 2023 - Spring 2024
Associate Head TA: Spring 2023
TA: Fall 2021 - Fall 2022
public course website (spring 23)

Miscellaneous

In high school (at Greenhills School) I was active in math and robotics competitions. I qualified for the USAJMO in 2016 and the USAMO in 2019. I also served as programming team lead for the robotics team (FRC Team #5530 - The Greenhills Lawnmowers), which qualified for the FIRST World Championships in 2019.