Yeonju Ro

Hello all, I'm a Ph.D. student at UT Austin, co-advised by Prof. Aditya Akella, and Prof. Atlas Wang. My research focuses on AI algorithm-system co design, systems for AI,  and AI for systems.  I'm also participating in some exciting works under the Learning-directed Operating System expedition and Infra AI Center. 

During Ph.D study, I did research internships at Microsoft Azure Research, Meta, and HP Labs. I was named a 2026 MLCommons ML and Systems Rising Star,  2024 IBM PhD Fellow, and a finalist for the 2024 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship. I received UT College of Natural Science Dean's Strategic Excellence Fellowship in 2021. 

Prior to joining UT, I studied computer architecture at KAIST under the guidance of Prof. John Kim. I worked at Samsung Research On-device Lab on NPU design and model optimization for edge AI.   

📢 I am currently looking for 1–2 undergrad/MS students who are interested in agent memory and failure research. Feel free to reach out if you are looking for a research opportunity!