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Yeung, Donald

Yeung, Donald

Professor
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education
Electrical and Computer Engineering
1427 A.V. Williams Building
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EDUCATION

  • B.S. from Stanford University, 1990
  • M.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993
  • Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998

BACKGROUND

Donald Yeung  is a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Maryland at College Park, and co-directs the University of Maryland's Systems and Computer Architecture Laboratory. He serves as Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education of the ECE Department. His research interests lie in the areas of computer architecture, performance evaluation of computer systems, and the interaction of architectures, compilers, and applications. Dr. Yeung is a recipient of the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development Award.

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • IBM Shared University Research Award, 2005
  • NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award, 2001
  • George Corcoran Memorial Teaching Award, 2000

 

Computer architecture, multicore processors, emerging memory technologies.  Performance evaluation of computer systems.  Interaction between architectures, compilers, and operating systems.


Monolithically Integrated CPU-Main Memory Chips.

Programmable and Energy Efficient Extreme-Scale Processors.

Approximate Computing.

Vortex: Optimizing Code and Memory using Spare Execution Resources.

1. Analyzing the Monolithic Integration of a ReRAM-based Main Memory into a CPU's Die.
          Candace Walden, Devesh Singh, Meenatchi Jagasivamani, Shang Li, Luyi Kang, Mehdi Asnaashari, Sylvain Dubois, Bruce Jacob, and
          Donald Yeung.   IEEE Micro.  Vol 39, Issue 6.  November / December 2019.
2. Studying the Impact of Multicore Processor Scaling on Directory Techniques via Reuse Distance Analysis.
          Minshu Zhao and Donald Yeung.  In Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture
          (HPCA).  San Francisco Bay Area, CA.  February 2015.
3. Studying Multicore Processor Scaling via Reuse Distance Analysis.
Meng-Ju Wu, Minshu Zhao, and Donald Yeung. In Proceedings of the 40th International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA-XL). Tel-Aviv, Israel. June 2013.

ECE Alum Aamer Jaleel (Ph.D. ’06) Elevated to IEEE Fellow

Recognized for High-Performance Cache Design and Memory-Aware Scheduling

First in the Nation: UMD B.S. Cyber-Physical Systems Engineering Receives ABET Accreditation

CPSE Program part of UMD Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

ECE Introduces Minor in Quantum Science and Engineering

Further Establishes UMD as the Capital of Quantum

Professor Donald Yeung Named Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education

Yeung will begin as ECE Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education on September 1. Professor Romel (Mel) Gomez will step down from this position after eight years.

Four ECE Professors Promoted to Full Professor with Tenure

Six ECE professors in total have received promotions: four to Full Professor and two to Associate Professor. 

Yeung Receives National Science Foundation Award

ECE Professor earns three year grant for Heterogeneous Microprocessor project

ECE Announces Computer Engineering Minor

Curriculum fills a void regarding hardware and software knowledge that crossed the Clark School’s engineering curriculum.

Yeung and Srivastava Receive National Science Foundation Award

ECE Professors earn three year grant for Reuse Distance Analysis project.

Five ECE Ph.D. Students Named Distinguished Dissertation Fellows

Fellowships recognize Ph.D. students' research excellence in the final stages of their dissertation work.

Yeung Selected for Editorial Board for ACM Journal

Prof. Donald Yeung was appointed associate editor of the ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization.