Richard Wang

[rich140]

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Personal Details

Name: Richard Wang

Major: Computer Science

Year in Cornell: 4th year (last sem)

Relevant classes: Discrete Structures (2800), Functional Programming (3110), Computer Architecture (3410), Operating Systems (4410), Cloud Computing (5412), Computer Vision (4670). Currently taking Programming Languages (4110) and Systems (4414).

Interested in continuing research during the summer: Don't think this question is relevant, but if it is, I can answer.

Research

When do you want to do research? (Researchers can get involved during the semester as an "extracurricular" or get more involved over the summer, when they treat research like a full-time job.)

This semester (Fall 2021), preferably an independent study (CS4999) for credit.

What is exciting to you about research? (How did you get interested in it? What are you hoping to get out it?)

I love learning, and I see research as a fantastic opportunity to learn!

I also want to become more comfortable reading academic papers. I feel like they're sometimes esoteric and hard-to-read.

Lastly, I want to make contributions that will help others - both Capra and the broader research community.

What kind of research do you want to do? (It's OK to say, "I don't know; I'm looking to explore!")

I don't know! I'm curious about a lot of things, and I'm looking to explore.

I chose Capra because (a) I enjoy topics such as recursion, peano arithmetic, optimization, (b) I'm interested in both PL and Computer Architecture, and (c) I'd like to fill my knowledge gaps in both these areas.

Background

Note: If you're in your first or second year at Cornell, these are all optional. If you're a junior or senior, please answer the first two (the rest is still optional).

Was there a paper that particularly excited you? (This doesn't have to be a paper from our group.)

https://rachitnigam.com/files/pubs/dahlia.pdf The idea that you can write code that optimizes for the underlying hardware is pretty intuitive, yet is something I rarely think about when programming. Existing languages that do a poor job of giving the programmer precise control over the underlying hardware, and Dahlia is a cool proposal to improve upon this. I think it's interesting think about the tradeoffs between controllability and ease of use.

Is there a specific grad student or a project you're interested in working on?

I'd be interested in working on anything related to programming languages or computer vision (or others)!

Anything else you want to tell us about yourself?

Attach a CV if you like. Resume

[rachitnigam]

Year in Cornell: 4th year (last sem)

Hi, @rich140! Just to clarify, do you mean that you're graduating this semester (Fall 2021)?

[rich140]

Yep, that's the plan!

[tissue3]

Hello, @rich140. I am Zhijing Li, a forth year Phd student at Capra. We are working on GPU-CPU co-optimization using MLIR this semester. If you haven't decided the project to work on and interested in the topic I just mentioned, you may contact me at zl679@cornell.edu