About me
I am a Ph.D. student at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, supervised by Prof. Jiannong Cao, and a member of the Internet and Mobile Computing Lab (IMCL). From November 2025 to June 2026, I was a visiting Ph.D. student at the University of Bologna, working with Prof. Paolo Bellavista. I received my B.Eng. in Software Engineering from South China University of Technology in 2021, advised by Prof. Lei Yang.
My current research focuses on on-device large language models (LLMs), particularly optimizing LLM inference and agent execution on mobile devices. My previous research explored container virtualization and edge computing.
Email: zhi-yuan.hu@connect.polyu.hk
Recent news
- Oct 2026. Our work FetchRight appears at IEEE MASS 2026 in Hong Kong.
- Jul 2026. Our paper on on-demand snapshot migration was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
- Jul 2026. Contributed to Towards Edge AI Native Service Platforms at IEEE SOSE 2026.
Contact
I welcome discussions about on-device LLMs, mobile inference optimization, and agent execution. Please feel free to get in touch by email.