Hi! I am Ruoyu Li, a third-year Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Computer Science, Florida State University, under the supervision of Prof. Kai Zhao.

Apart from my research interests, I am proficient in web and mobile development, with a strong passion for technology. As an anime and game fan, I bring creativity and enthusiasm to my projects. Additionally, I am a video after-effects enthusiast.

High Performance Computing Data Compression Machine Learning AI for Healthcare ML System

Recent News

• May. 2026 Application accepted by ATPESC 2026(Extreme-scale training program for extreme-scale science) hosted by Argonne National Lab

• Apr. 2026 A co-first-authored paper on SVD-based data compression was accepted by HPDC’26

• Apr. 2026 A paper on On-demand Progressive lossy compression was accepted by HPDC’26

• Apr. 2026 A paper on using generative AI for health-related purposes, drawing insights from Reddit discussions was accepted by ICHI’26, also Selected as a Top Six Poster at KCHC’2026 (Kentucky Conference on Health Communication)

• Feb. 2026 A first-authored paper on GPU acceleration for Particle data compression was accepted by ICS’26

• July 2025 Application accepted by the SC’25 Volunteer program

• Apr. 2025 A paper on progressive lossy compression was nominated for the Best Paper Award by HPDC’25

• Nov. 2024 Received travel grant to SC’24 at Atlanta

• Oct. 2024 A paper on lossy compression for particles was accepted by SIGMOD’25

Publications

• [HPDC’26] TZ: Achieving High-Ratio Scientific Data Compression on GPUs with Global Data Decomposition Code
  Zhuoxun Yang*, Ruoyu Li*(co-first author), Amit Subrahmanya, Vishwas Rao, Sheng Di, Robert Underwood, Longtao Zhang, Jinyang Liu, Franck Cappello, Kai Zhao

• [HPDC’26] OPAL: On-demand Progressive Accelerated Scientific Lossy Compression Code
  Longtao Zhang, Ruoyu Li, Zhuoxun Yang, Robert Underwood, Sheng Di, Daoce Wang, Jinyang Liu, Jiajun Huang, Franck Cappello, Kai Zhao

• [ICS’26] GPZ: GPU-Accelerated Lossy Compressor for Particle Data Code
  Ruoyu Li, Yafan Huang, Longtao Zhang, Zhuoxun Yang, Sheng Di, Jiajun Huang, Jinyang Liu, Jiannan Tian, Xin Liang, Guanpeng Li, Hanqi Guo, Franck Cappello, Kai Zhao

• [ICHI’26] Voices from Reddit: Users’ Experiences and Opinions with Generative AI for Health Problems
  Yuanying Pang, Lovinta Atrinawati, Ruoyu Li, Zhe He, Mia Liza A. Lustria

• [HPDC’25] (Best Paper Nominee) IPComp: Interpolation Based Progressive Lossy Compression for Scientific Applications Code
  Zhuoxun Yang, Sheng Di, Longtao Zhang, Ruoyu Li, Ximiao Li, Jiajun Huang, Jinyang Liu, Franck Capello, Kai Zhao.

• [SIGMOD’25] LCP: Enhancing Scientific Data Management with Lossy Compression for Particles Code
  Longtao Zhang, Ruoyu Li, Congrong Ren, Sheng Di, Jinyang Liu, Jiajun Huang, Robert Underwood, Pascal Grosset, Dingwen Tao, Xin Liang, Hanqi Guo, Franck Capello, Kai Zhao

Teaching Experience

• Spring 2025 Teaching Assistant for CGS3465 Introduction to Programming Using Python

• Fall 2024 Teaching Assistant for CIS 4930/CIS 5930 Computer Vision

Education Background

• 2023 - Now Ph.D. Candidate at the Department of Computer Science, Florida State University

• 2016 - 2017 MS at the School of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh

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Professional Experience

• May 2025 - Current Internship at Argonne National Laboratory

• Jan. 2021 - Aug. 2023 Senior Software Engineer at Honor Devices

• Dec. 2018 - Dec. 2020 Software Engineer at Huawei Technologies

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