About

Hi here. I am Zhang Cao (曹张 in Chinese). Now, I am an undergraduate student in Xidian University, majored in Electronic Information Engineering . Currently, I work as a research intern at Intelligent Data Infrastructure Lab, advised by Prof. Zhichao Cao.

I am widely interested in system. Former, my focus is on Cache System. Currently, I'm looking to focus on MLSys, specially systems for LLMs (e.g., LLM inference). If you would like to chat, feel free to reach out.

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Education

Xidian University Sep 2021 - Jul 2025 (expected)

B.Eng, Electronic Information Engineering

Research Experience

Intelligent Data Infrastructure Lab, Arizona State University Aug 2022 - Present

Research Intern, Storage Engine

Advised by Prof. Zhichao Cao.
Research on cache systems ranges from applications (e.g., LSM-Tree based key-value stores) to hardware (e.g., ZNS SSDs).

Selected Publication

SAS-Cache: A Semantic-Aware Secondary Cache for LSM-based Key-Value Stores.
Zhang Cao, Chang Guo, Ziyuan Lv, Anand Ananthabhotla, Zhichao Cao.
The 38th International Conference on Massive Storage Systems and Technology (MSST 2024), Research Track Full Paper.

[Paper] [Code]

Can ZNS SSDs be Better Storage Devices for Persistent Cache?
Chongzhuo Yang, Zhang Cao, Chang Guo, Ming Zhao, Zhichao Cao.
The 16th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems (HotStorage 2024).

[Paper] [Code]

Service

Artifact Evaluation Committee: FAST'25

Miscellaneous

Last updated: Jan 2025
Source code credit to Qiaolin Yu