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
Songyang LYU (Yang)
Ph.D. Candidate
tju_sl@hotmail.com
Mr. LYU Songyang received the B.Eng degree in 2016 from the School of Precision Instrument and Opto-Electronic Engineering, Tianjin Unversity, Tianjin. He 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.
His research interest includes:
– Hardware implementation of ELM (Extreme Learning Machine) algorithms
– Hardware acceleration of computing and ASIP (Application-specific Instruction set processors)
Guangyan LI (Gavin)
Ph.D. Candidate
guangyali5-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Mr. Guangyan LI received the B.Eng degree in 2020 from the Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong. He joined the overseas internship scheme at the LIRMM in Montpellier, France from June to August of 2019. He was a research-based FYP student under the supervision of Prof. Ray C. C. Cheung. He started his Ph.D. study in the CityU EE department in 2020/21.
His research interest includes:
– Reconfigurable computing with FPGA.
– Hardware and information security.
– Lightweight PQC cryptography.
Zhewen ZHANG (Candice)
Ph.D. Candidate
zhewzhang3-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
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:
– ASIC design of memory
– Big data IC design
Gaoyu MAO (Gary)
Ph.D. Candidate
gaoyumao3-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Mr. Gaoyu MAO received his B.Eng from Shandong University in 2020. He is now a Ph.D. student supervised by Prof. Ray C.C.Cheung in the Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong.
His research interests include:
– Hardware/Software Co-design Architecture
– Hardware Design for Post-Quantum Cryptography
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
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
Mr. Zekai Zhang received her 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
Shuai YUAN
MPhil Candidate
shuayuan4-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Mr. Shuai YUAN received his B.Eng degree from the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2021. He is now an MPhil student in the Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong supervised by Prof. Ray C. C. Cheung.
His research interests include:
-Remote sensing image understanding
-High-performance computing
Tsz Lun Einstein WONG (John)
Research Assistant
tljewong@cityu.edu.hk
Mr. John Wong received his B.Sc from the University of Hong Kong in 2016. He is now a research assistant supervised by Dr. Ray C. C. Cheung in the Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong.
His research interests include:
– Hardware Design of BATS Codes, Network Coding
– Pattern recognition
– Application and hardware implementation of deep learning
Jierui LIU (Jerry)
Research Assistant
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)
Research Assistant
yanlhuang5@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 research assistant 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
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
Fengzhi CAI (Fred)
Master Graduate
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
Wenqiu SHI
Master Student
Miss. Wenqiu SHI received her B.Eng degree in 2021 from Chengdu University of Information Technology, Sichuan. She is now a master student in the Department of Electrical Engineering, the City University of Hong Kong under the supervision of Dr. Ray C. C. Cheung.
Her research interest includes:
– Reconfigurable Secure Processor Design
Wei JIANG
Master Student
Mr. JIANG Wei received his B.Sc degree in 2021 from the College of Electronic Science & Engneering, Jilin University. He is currently a master student supervised by Dr. Ray C. C. Cheung in the Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong.
His research interests include:
– Reconfigurable deep learning architecture
– Deep learning hardware acceleration
Haohao YANG
Master Student
Haohayang5-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Mr. YANG received his BEng degree in Communication Engineering at the Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications. He is currently a master student in Electronic Information Engineering at the Department of Electronic 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:
– System design and developments with FPGA.
– Digital programmable meta materials.
Tingjiang TAN(Rick)
Master Student
tingjitan2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Mr. TAN received his BEng degree in Electronic Information Engineering at the Harbin Institute of Technology in 2021. 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:
– Deep learning network
– AI-Empowered Underwater Robotics Design with FPGA
MA Haoxuan (Josh)
Undergraduate Student (Campus Research Intern)
haoxuanma2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Mr. MA Haoxuan is an undergraduate student at the Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong. He is the recipient of the CityU Mainland Full Tuition scholarship. He is now passionate about FPGA and is a member of the CALAS group.
His research interests include:
– Deep learning network
– System design and developments with FPGA
Yip Hoi Shun (Anson)
Undergraduate Student (Final Year Project)
Hoisyip4-c@my.cityu.edu.Hk
Mr. Yip is an undergraduate student at the Department of Electrical Engineering, majoring in Computer data engineering, City University of Hong Kong. He is currently a research intern at HiSilicon Hong Kong.
His research interests include:
– IoT Technology
– Computer Architectures Development
Yang Hao (Frank)
Undergraduate Student (Campus Research Intern)
hyang28-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Mr. YANG Hao is an undergraduate student major in Electronics and Communication Engineering at the Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong. He is the recipient of the CityU Mainland Full Tuition scholarship and the HKSAR government scholarship.
His research interests include:
– System design and developments with FPGA
– Reconfigurable embedded systems