CV

Academic background, research outputs, talent programs and awards, teaching, service, and leadership.

Contact Information

Name Zirui Ma
Professional Title Doctoral Student
Email mazirui24s@ict.ac.cn
Location Beijing, China
Web https://MAdrid1011.github.io

Education

Publications

Honors and Awards

  • 2026
    CAST Young Science and Technology Talent Development Program — Special Program for Doctoral Students
    China Association for Science and Technology (CAST)

    Selected for the program, with training and mentorship provided by the China Computer Federation (CCF).

  • 2025
    Excellence Award, AI for Learning Track
    2nd Global Digital Intelligence Education Innovation Competition
  • 2025
    Director's Outstanding Scholarship
    Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 2025
    Outstanding Student
    State Key Laboratory of Processors
  • 2024
    E Fund Freshman Scholarship
    Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 2024 & 2025
    Outstanding Student
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 2024
    Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis
    Anhui Computer Federation

    The only USTC undergraduate recipient selected that year.

  • 2024
    University-Level Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award
    University of Science and Technology of China

    Awarded to no more than 5% of thesis defense participants.

  • 2023
    Outstanding Student Scholarship, Gold Award
    University of Science and Technology of China
  • 2022
    National Runner-up, LoongArch Challenge
    6th “Loongson Cup” National Student Computer System Capability Development Competition

    USTC’s first award in the LoongArch Challenge.

  • 2022
    Excellence Award, OS Kernel Design Track
    National Student Computer System Capability Challenge, Operating System Design Competition
  • 2022
    Suzhou Yucai Scholarship
    Suzhou Yucai Scholarship Program
  • 2022
    Outstanding Teaching Assistant
    University of Science and Technology of China

    Selected from no more than 7% of teaching assistants at USTC.

  • 2022
    Outstanding Student Leader
    University of Science and Technology of China
  • 2020 & 2021
    Outstanding Student Scholarship, Silver Award
    University of Science and Technology of China

Patents

  • Zirui Ma, Haibin Wu, Wenming Li, and Xiaochun Ye. A Processor Supporting Dynamic In-Core Frontend/Backend Decoupling and Reconfiguration. Application accepted, CN202511142402.X.
  • Zirui Ma, Zhihua Fan, Wenming Li, and Xiaochun Ye. A Draft-State-Aware Processing-in-Memory Command Scheduling Method and System for Speculative Decoding. Application accepted, CN202611118344.1.
  • Zirui Ma, Zhihua Fan, Haibin Wu, Xiaochun Ye, and Wenming Li. A Depth-Guided Method for Accelerating Generalizable 3D Gaussian Splatting Encoding. Application accepted, CN202611659079.8.

Academic Service

  • Technical Program Committee Member (TPC): ISCA 2027.
  • Artifact Evaluation Program Committee Member (AE PC): MICRO 2026.

Teaching

  • 2026 · Invited Lecturer: Delivered processor-design training to USTC and Minjiang University undergraduates; participants earned one Team Grand Prize (National Champion), one Team First Prize, and two Individual Merit Awards—the first such result for Minjiang University—in the 10th Loongson Cup.
  • 2026–Present · Graduate Course Teaching Assistant: Provide course-content guidance, learning support, and laboratory instruction for graduate students in “Parallel Processing” at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
  • 2025–2026 · Invited Speaker: Presented lectures on RISC-V privileged architecture and post-GPU AI hardware acceleration for USTC’s “Technical Expert in the Classroom” series.
  • 2023 · Project Teaching Assistant: Guided participants in computer systems and processor design for the “One Student One Chip” open-source processor chip education and tapeout program.
  • 2022–2024 · Teaching Assistant: Supported Syllabus of Digital Logic Lab, Computer Organization, and Comprehensive Experiment Of Computing System; mentored more than ten undergraduates whose projects received one First Prize, two Second Prizes, and seven Third Prizes in the Loongson Cup.

Student Leadership

  • 2022–2023 · President, USTC Student Choir: Organized the 2022 New Year Concert and 2023 Graduation Concert, and coordinated appearances on China Media Group’s “Shining Names” and Zhejiang Satellite TV’s “The Treasured Voice.”
  • 2021–2022 · Vice President, USTC Student Choir: Oversaw the Media Department, with primary responsibility for operating the choir’s WeChat Official Account.
  • 2020–2024 · Class Monitor and Deputy Secretary of the Youth League Branch: Undergraduate Class 1, Class of 2024, School of Computer Science and Technology, USTC.