Abdurrashid Ibrahim SANKA
Post-doctoral Fellow
hkabdulsanka@gmail.com
Dr. Abdurrashid SANKA hailed from Kano State, Nigeria. He received his B.Eng Electrical (first class) in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Bayero University, Kano in 2011. He then got his master degree in Embedded Microelectronics and Wireless Systems from Coventry University, United Kingdom (UK) in 2014. He works as a lecturer at Bayero University, Kano since 2012. Dr. Sanka joined the CALAS group in 2017 for his Ph.D. in the Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, and he received his Ph.D. degree in 2022.
His research interests include:
– Blockchain Technology
– Systems design and developments with FPGA
– Hardware and Information Security
– Embedded systems developments
Shiyu SHEN (Sherie)
Post-doctoral Fellow
crypto@sher1e.dev
Dr. Shiyu SHEN received her Ph.D. degree in 2024 in the School of Computer Science, Fudan University.
Her research interests include:
– Post-quantum cryptography.
– Homomorphic encryption.
– High-performance computing.
– Hardware design.
Hao YANG (Hao)
Post-doctoral Fellow
haoyang@cityu.edu.hk
Dr. Hao YANG received his B.Eng degree in Information Security (2019) and Ph.D. degree in Cybersecurity (2024) from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
His research interests include:
– Cryptographic Engineering.
– Fully Homomorphic Encryption.
– Post-Quantum Cryptography.
– GPU Acceleration.
Guangyan LI (Gavin)
Post-doctoral Fellow
guangyali5-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Dr. Guangyan LI received the Ph.D. degree in 2025 from the Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong under the supervision of Prof. Ray C. C. Cheung. He was a research assistant at the LIRMM in Montpellier, France in 2019. He was a research-based FYP student under the supervision of Prof. Ray C. C. Cheung. He received the B.Eng degree in 2020 from the Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong.
His research interest includes:
– Reconfigurable computing with FPGA.
– Hardware and information security.
– Lightweight PQC cryptography.
Zhewen ZHANG (Candice)
Ph.D. Candidate
candice123.wen@gmail.com
Miss. ZHANG Zhewen received the B.Eng degree in 2020 from Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin. She is now a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong under the supervision of Prof. Ray C. C. Cheung.
Her research interests include:
– RISC-V processor design
– Computer architecture
– Hardware security
Muhammad Ashraf
Ph.D. Candidate
mabdelgaw2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Mr. Muhammad Ashraf received the B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Minia university faculty of engineering, Egypt, in 2017. He worked as a teaching assistant for two years and is on leave from the Electrical Engineering department at Minia University, Egypt. He is now a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical Engineering, the City University of Hong Kong under the supervision of Professor Hong Yan and Prof. Ray C. C. Cheung.
His research interests include
– High-performance hardware acceleration of computing.
– ASIP (Application-specific Instruction set processors).
– FPGA implementation of tensor decomposition.
Shutong JIN (Claire)
Ph.D. Candidate
Shutonjin97@gmail.com
Miss Shutong JIN received her B.Eng degree from Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong in 2020. She is now a Ph.D. candidate supervised by Prof. Ray C. C. Cheung.
Her research interest includes:
– Deep learning
– Hardware acceleration of computing
Zewen YE (Lucas)
Ph.D. Candidate
lucas.zw.ye@outlook.com
Mr. Lucas Zewen Ye received his bachelor’s degree in microelectronics science and
engineering from Zhejiang University (ZJU) in 2020. He is currently pursuing
the joint Ph.D. degree at the Intelligent Security and Ubiquitous Computing Lab (ISUC),
Zhejiang University (ZJU) and the CityU Architecture Lab for Arithmetic and Security
(CALAS), City University of Hong Kong (CityU), advised by Dr. Kejie Huang
and Prof. Ray C. C. Cheung.
His research interest includes:
– Cryptographic hardware design
– Deep learning hardware
– Security of RISC-V
Yuhan SHE(Henry)
Ph.D. Candidate
Yuhan.She@my.cityu.edu.hk
Mr. Yuhan SHE received his bachelor’s degree from Zhejiang University (ZJU) majoring in Electrical Engineering in 2021. He is now a Ph.D. student at the City University of Hong Kong supervised by Prof. Yan Hong and Prof. Ray.
His research interests include:
– Reconfigurable processor design
– ASIC design on machine learning
Yile XING (Yile)
Ph.D. Candidate
ylxing2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Miss. Yile XING received her B.Eng degree in 2021 from Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU). She is now a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical Engineering, the City University of Hong Kong under the supervision of Prof. Ray C. C. Cheung.
Her research interests include the following:
– Hardware design for FHE (fully homomorphic encryption)
– Hardware acceleration of computing
Zekai ZHANG (Jerry)
Ph.D. Candidate
zekazhang2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Mr. Zekai Zhang received his B.Eng degree from University College London (UCL) in UK. He is a visiting student studying Electronic and Electrical Engineering since June 2021 in the CALAS group, and he is now a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the City University of Hong Kong under the supervision of Prof. Ray C. C. Cheung.
His research interests including:
– AIoT Data Processing Method and Architecture
– FPGA system design
Peng JING (Jimmy)
Ph.D. Candidate
Mr JING Peng received his B.Eng degree from the school of Microelectronics, Tianjin University (TJU), Tianjin in 2020. Then he received his master degree in TJU in 2023. He is now a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong supervised by Prof. Yan Hong and Prof. Ray C. C. Cheung.
His research interests includs:
– ASIP (Application-specific Instruction set processors)
– Hardware acceleration of machine learning
Zhuoheng RAN (Harry)
Ph.D. Candidate
harry.ran@my.cityu.edu.hk
Mr. Zhuoheng RAN received his B.Eng. degree in Electronic Information Engineering from Tiangong University, Tianjin, China in 2021. Then, he received his master degree in Electronic Engineering from the School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS), University of Southampton, United Kingdom in 2022. He has worked as a Research Assistant and is now a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China from 2023, under the supervision of Prof. Hong YAN and Prof. Ray C. C. Cheung.
His research interests include:
– Hardware Security and Privacy Protection for AIoT
– FPGA-based Edge Computing and Accelerating Platform
Haoyu WANG (Vanora)
Ph.D. Candidate
vanorawhy@gmail.com
Miss. WANG Haoyu received her B.Eng degree in microelectronics of science and engineering from SUSTech, Shenzhen, in 2023. She is now a Ph.D. candidate under the supervision of Prof. Ray C. C. Cheung and Dr. Ngai Wong.
Her research interests include:
– Hardware/Software Co-design
– Hardware acceleration
Jierui LIU (Jerry)
Ph.D. Candidate
jieruiliu2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Miss. LIU Jierui received her B.Sc from the Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong. She is the recipient of the CityU Mainland Full Tuition Scholarship. She has a great passion for FPGA technologies and is a member of the CALAS group.
Her research interests include:
– System design and development with FPGA
– Natural Language Processing
Yanlong HUANG (Leo)
Ph.D. Candidate
yanlhuang5-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Mr.Huang Yanlong received the B.Sc degree in 2017 and M.Sc degree in 2019 in Electrical Engineering major from University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMASS Lowell), Boston, USA. He then started to work as an Electrical Engineer in Hudson Light & Power in Boston. After gaining more experience and would like to dig deeper in the Digital Circuit Design area, he received his second M.Sc degree in Integrated Circuit Design Engineering (ICDE) in Sept.2022 in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He is now a Ph.D. Candidate supervised by Dr. Ray C. C. Cheung in the Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong(CityU).
His research interests include:
– RISC-V processor design
– ASIC design on machine learning
Fengzhi CAI (Fred)
Ph.D. Candidate
fengzhcai2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Mr. CAI received his BEng in Electronic Information Science and Technology at the South China Normal University in 2019. He is currently a master student in Electronic Information Engineering at the Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong. He is a member of the CALAS group and under the supervision of Dr. Ray C.C. CHEUNG.
His research interests include:
– Network Coding
– Systems design and developments with FPGA
Xinmin MENG (Meng)
Ph.D. Candidate
xmmeng2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Mr. Meng received his BEng in Electronic and Communication Engineering from City University of Hong Kong in 2023. He is now a PhD student co-supervised by Prof. Ray C. C. Cheung and Prof. Hong Yan in the Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong.
His research interests include the followings:
– Approximate Computing
– Hardware Acceleration for Deep Learning
Ming Chi WONG (Wilson)
Ph.D. Candidate
mcwong265-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Mr. Wong Ming Chi received his BEng in Computer and Data Engineering from City University of Hong Kong in 2023.
He is now a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong supervised by Prof. Ray C. C. Cheung.
He is also a Co-Founder and CTO of a start-up company GABES which focus on smart evacuation system using AIoT.
He is the Chair of IEEE CityU student branch in year 2023 and 2024.
His research interests include:
– Hardware for AIoT
– Hardware/Software Co-design
– Edge Computing
Shengzhe LYU (Simon)
Ph.D. Candidate
shengzhe.lyu@my.cityu.edu.hk
Mr. Lyu received his dual bachelor’s degree in 2023. He obtained B.Sc degree in Electronics Engineering from KU Leuven (KUL), Belgium, and B.Eng degree in Microelectronics Science and Engineering from South China University of Technology (SCUT), China. He is now a Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, supervised by Prof. Weitao Xu and Prof. Ray C. C. Cheung.
His research interests include:
– FPGA-based Hardware Acceleration Platform
– Embedded Systems Design for AIoT
Ken C.H CHING
Ph.D. Candidate
Mr. Ken C.H CHING received the B.Eng. degree in Computer Engineering and M.Sc degree in Information Technology from Hong Kong University of Technology, Hong Kong, China, in 2007 and 2011, respectively. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in the department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
His research interests include AIoT, Micro-mobility, Green Transportation, and Data mining for transportation.
Jialin LIU (Camilla)
Ph.D. Candidate
Miss. Jialin LIU received B.Eng degree in Computer Science from Northwestern Polytechnical University, China, in 2020. Then, she received M.Eng degree in Computer Science from Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, in 2023. She also received the M.Comp degree in Artificial Intelligence from National University of Singapore(NUS), Singapore, in 2024. She is now a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong supervised by Prof. Ray C. C. Cheung.
Her research interests include:
– Compute-In-Memory
– Hardware and software co-design for AI accelerator
– Heterogeneous systems
Qingping SUN
Ph.D. Candidate
qingping.sun@my.cityu.edu.hk
Mr. Qingping Sun received the Bachelor’s degree from Hainan University, and the Master’s degree from Hunan University. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the City University of Hong Kong, under the supervision of Prof. Andrew Leung and co-supervision of Prof. Ray C. C. Cheung.
His research interests include: computer vision and computer graphics, with a particular focus on developing systems and algorithms for human perception, reconstruction, and generation.
Wenjie ZHANG (Jason)
Ph.D. Candidate
wzhang858-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Mr. Wenjie ZHANG is a first-year PhD student from CityU EE department. He received his B.Eng in 2023 from School of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong University. Then he joined CALAS as a Research Assistant and started his PhD journey supervised by Prof. Ray C. C. Cheung since Jan 2025. His current research topic focuses on the hardware accelerators of post-quantum cryptography and RISC-V architecture.
His research interests include:
– Hardware and Information Security
– Post Quantum Cryptography
Wai Lam LUK (Ryan)
Research Assistant
ryanluk5@cityu.edu.hk
Mr. LUK received his BEng in Electronic Engineering from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2021. He is now a research assistant supervised by Dr. Ray C. C. Cheung in the Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, and an MSc student in electrical engineering, City University of Hong Kong, since 2022.
His research interests include the following:
– Hardware arithmetic design
– Processor micro-architectural design
Runzhou GUO (Ranger) Research Assistant
runzhoguo3-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Mr. Runzhou GUO received the B.Eng degree in 2018 from School of Information and Communication Engineering, Nanjing Institute of Technology.
He then got his master degree in Electronic Information Engineering in 2020 from the Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong.
He is now a research assistant supervised by Prof. Ray C. C. Cheung in the Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong.
His research interest includes:
– Underwater Localization and Navigation
– Hardware Acceleration for Deep Learning
– Underwater Image Processing
– System Design for Underwater Robotics
Yuzhou Si (Judith)
Master’s student
yuzhousi2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Ms. Yuzhou Si received her B.Sc. from Nanjing Normal University in 2024. She is currently a Master of Science student in the Department of Electrical Engineering at City University of Hong Kong, under the supervision of Prof. Ray C. C. Cheung.
Her research interests include:
– Post-Quantum Cryptography.
– Hardware design.
Xingyu FAN (Glitter)
Master student
xingyufan4-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Mr. Glitter Fan received his B.Sc from Jilin University in 2024. He is now an MSc student and is supervised by Prof. Ray C.C. Cheung in the Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, since 2024.
His research interests include:
– Hardware circuit design
– Post-quantum cryptography
Xiaofei Ren（Tzipora）
Master’s student
xiaoferen2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Ms. Xiaofei Ren received her B.Sc from Jinan University in 2022. She has been engaged in the design of digital backend chips for two years. Now she is a Master of Science student in the Department of Electrical Engineering at City University of Hong Kong, under the supervision of Prof. Ray C. C. Cheung.
Her research interests include:
– VLSI Circuit Design Using OpenLane
– Hardware design.
Hon Shing Hei (James)
Master student
shhon3-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Mr. Hon Shing Hei received his BEng in Information Engineering from City University of Hong Kong in 2024. He is currently a MSc student in Electronic Information Engineering at City University of Hong Kong, under the supervision of Prof. Ray C. C. Cheung.
His research interests include:
– Hardware design.
– Neural Network Quantization.
SIU-TING SIU (Justin)
Undergraduate Student
Mr. Siu-Ting Siu an undergraduate student majoring in Computer and Data Engineering in the Electrical Engineering Department at City University of Hong Kong. Last semester, he was honored to be included on the Dean’s List. Currently, he is participating in an exchange program at the Czech Technical University in Prague, where he will be further expanding my knowledge and skills.
His key interests lie in:
– Robotics and IoT Technologies.