Suyan Qu

suyan (at) cs.wisc.edu
Searching the Unknown - Alistair Sung

About Me

I am a Computer Sciences PhD student in the ADSL Lab at University of Wisconsin-Madison, where I was fortunate enough to be advised by Prof. Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau and Prof. Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau. My research interest lies in computer systems, with an emphasis on storage systems and distributed systems.

My current research focuses on analyzing and improving the performance of blockchain systems. My previous researches were on designing filesystems that suit better with persistent memories and boosting the performance of stateful serverless functions through a compute-storage co-design architecture.

I am currently interning at Ava Labs, working on the Firewood!

 

Work Experience

Jun 2025 - Aug 2025Software Engineering Intern at Ava LabsNew York, NY
Jun 2022 - Aug 2022Software Engineering Intern at MetaMenlo Park, CA
Jun 2021 - Aug 2021Software Engineering Intern at FacebookRemote
Jun 2020 - Aug 2020Software Engineering Intern at FacebookRemote
Jun 2019 - Aug 2019Software Development Engineer Intern at AmazonSeattle, WA

 

Teaching

SP 2024Head TA for CS544: Intro to Big Data SystemsUW-Madison
FA 2023Head TA for CS544: Intro to Big Data SystemsUW-Madison
SP 2023TA for CS639(CS544): Intro to Big Data SystemsUW-Madison
FA 2022TA for CS537: Introduction to Operating SystemsUW-Madison
SP 2022TA for CS537: Introduction to Operating SystemsUW-Madison
FA 2021TA for CS537: Introduction to Operating SystemsUW-Madison
SP 2021Peer Mentor for CS537: Introduction to Operating SystemsUW-Madison
FA 2021Peer Mentor for CS540: Introduction to Artificial IntelligenceUW-Madison
FA 2021Peer Mentor for CS540: Introduction to Artificial IntelligenceUW-Madison