Hey there! I am a Research Fellow at CSE of University of Michigan working with Prof. Ang Chen. Prior to that, I was a Postdoc Associate in CS at RICE University. Before that, I was a high-speed network engineer at ByteDance focusing on developing RDMA middleware and datacenter systems. I got my Ph.D. degree in Computer Science at Fudan University, co-advised by Prof. Jie Wu and Prof. Yang Xu in Dec. 2021. I got B.S. in Software Engineering from Central South University in Jun. 2016. My research has received Usenix Security 2023 Distinguished Paper Award and ACM CoNEXT 2022 Best Paper Award. I also received Distinguished RDMA Programming Instructor prize from the HPC-AI advisory council.

My research interests mainly lie in the fields of Distributed System, Networked System and Data Center Network. In particular, I focus on the system design, development and optimization about RDMA-enhanced datacenter systems, eBPF systems, OS security, network protocol stack and RPC.

• Office: 4844 Bob and Betty Beyster Building Ann Arbor MI, 48109
• Email: yiboh (at) umich (dot) edu
• Former Name : Bobo Huang

Feel free to reach out me through Email if you are interested in my research work.

Relevant and Interested Areas

• System enhancement with RDMA.
• High-performance network stack design.
• High-performance RPC framework.

News

• 12/2024 Our work “Automated Lifting for Cloud Infrastructure-as-Code Programs” is accepted by AIOps 2025.
• 11/2024 I am selected as a PC member of the USENIX Security 2025 Artifact Evaluation Committee (AEC), and will help the community do availability verification + functionality/reproducibility assessments for accepted papers.
• 09/2023 Our work “Cloudless Computing: Simplifying Cloud Management with Infrastructure Clarity” is accepted by HotNets 2023.
• 09/2023 I start a new journey at the CSE divison of University of Michigan.
• 08/2023 Our RDMI work is awarded Distinguished Paper at the Usenix Security 2023. Congratulations!
• 06/2023 Our work “Remote Direct Memory Introspection” (i.e., RDMI) for baremetal cloud security is accepted by Usenix Security 2023.
• 04/2023 The co-authored work “PFtree: Optimizing Persistent Adaptive Radix Tree for PM Systems on eADR Platform” will be presented on DASFAA 2023.
• 12/2022 Our paper “An Ultra-Low Latency and Compatible PCIe Interconnect for Rack-scale Communication” is awarded Best Paper at the ACM CoNEXT 2022 conference. Congratulations!
• 11/2022 I am awarded “Distinguished RDMA Programming Instructor” by HPC-AI advisory council.
• 09/2022 Our research work about how to use advanced PCIe interconnect to rearchitect Rack-Scale communication is accepted by ACM CoNEXT 2022. Only 28 papers are accepted out of 151 submitted. Congratulations!
• 09/2022 I officially join the CS department of RICE University as a Postdoc Associate working closely with Prof. Ang Chen.
• 01/2022 I officially join ByteDance High-Speed Network Lab, Network Engineering Group, as a Network Engineer.
• 12/2021 I get my Ph.D. in Fudan University.
• 12/2020 I am awarded an honorary title of “The Oceanwide Scholar” for excellent academic performance at Fudan University in the 2020 year, only 10 winners in FDU each year.
• 11/2020 I am awarded “Intel Fellowship” by Intel in Shanghai.
• 11/2020 Our FDU Starry Team led by me wins the Second Prize in the 8th APAC RDMA Programming Competition. Congratulations!
• 05/2020 I join Bytedance High-Speed Network Lab, Network Engineering Group, as a Research Intern.
• 05/2020 One research paper is accepted by JPDC 2020.
• 12/2019 I am awarded the Award of Outstanding Ph.D. Students at FDU for the academic year 2019-2020.
• 12/2019 I win the 2nd “Fudan-Oceanwide Entrepreneurship Fund” (Exploration Fund) funding.
• 11/2019 Our FDU Starry Team led by me wins the Second Prize in the 7th APAC RDMA Programming Competition. Congratulations!
• 10/2019 One research paper is accepted by IEEE TSC 2019.
• 06/2019 I win the “Excellent Doctoral Research Promotion Program” funding at FDU.
• 06/2019 One research paper is accepted by Information Sciences 2019.
• 12/2018 I am awarded the Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Students at FDU for the academic year 2018-2019.
• 10/2018 Our FDU Starry Team is awarded the Second Prize in the 6th APAC RDMA Programming Competition. Congratulations!
• 08/2018 Our FDU Starry Team is established, focusing on research and buildup of RDMA-enhanced distributed systems.
• 03/2018 I am awarded the honor of the Outstanding Teaching Assistant of Fudan University in the academic session 2017-2018, semester 1.