Scholar
Cheng Tan
Google Scholar ID: OTzvsa4AAAAJ
Northeastern University
Citations & Impact
Citations
544
H-index
11
i10-index
11
Publications
20
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0
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Publications
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Published numerous papers including 'Verifying Distributed Deep Learning Training via Parallelization Equivalence' (SOSP 2025), 'PipeLLM: Fast and Confidential Large Language Model Services with Speculative Pipelined Encryption' (ASPLOS 2025), and more. Won the Best Paper Award at NSDI 2019.
Research Experience
- Member of the Systems Research Group, involved in multiple research projects such as distributed deep learning training verification, fast and confidential large language model services, etc.
Education
- Ph.D. Dissertation: Auditing Outsourced Services, August 2020; Janet Fabri Prize in Courant Institute.
Background
- An assistant professor at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University. Broadly interested in computer systems, particularly in building systems that enable users to verify their outsourced services. Recent research includes verifying ML systems, consistency models of concurrent systems, and the execution of applications on untrusted servers.
Miscellany
- Teaches courses like LLM systems (CS7670), Operating Systems Implementation (CS6640), Computer Systems for undergraduates (CS3650), and graduate students (CS5600).
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