Tao Wei
Professor of ECE and director of the NEXT Lab, with a focus on AI systems and architecture for efficient generative AI.
Positioning
The core differentiator is a tightly connected systems-to-architecture pipeline: a validated software artifact (FastFlowLM), NPU-native co-design, and demonstrated production translation through AMD/ROCm.
Selected Focus Areas
- Domain-specialized accelerator architecture and evaluation.
- Runtime systems and kernels for efficient generative inference.
- Edge/client AI deployment under strict memory and power constraints.
- Bridging open-source research tools and industrial semiconductor software stacks.
Research Impact Signals
- FastFlowLM integration trajectory into AMD's software stack.
- Cross-domain collaborations supported by NSF and DOE projects.
- Mentorship and publication outcomes across systems and architecture venues.