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Yifan Dai

4th Year Graduate Student
yifann@cs.wisc.edu

Biography

I am a 4th year graduate student at University of Wisconsin-Madison under the instruction of Professor Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau and Professor Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau. I am generally interested in filesystems and their interaction with applications.

Publication

Scale and Performance in a Filesystem Semi-Microkernel
Jing Liu, Anthony Rebello, Yifan Dai, Chenhao Ye, Sudarsun Kannan, Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau, Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau
SOSP '21
Available as: PDF

From WiscKey to Bourbon: A Learned Index for Log-Structured Merge Trees
Yifan Dai, Yien Xu, Aishwarya Ganesan, Ramnatthan Alagappan, Brian Kroth, Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau, Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau
OSDI '20
Available as: PDF, PDFSlides(Short, Long), PPTSlides(Short, Long), Videos(Short, Long), SourceCode

Experience

Research Assistant, Microsoft Gray System Lab, Jan 2020 - Present

In general, I would classify myself as a Japanophile. I am a fan of Japanese pop culture products including Japanese songs, animations, and RPG/AVG games. I go to Japan nearly once a year to enjoy the delicious food there and visit places depicted in my favorite animations and games (Seichi Junrei, 聖地巡礼).
I am also a spare time rhythm game player. I enjoy playing Musynx (喵赛克), Phigros, BanG Dream! (バンドリ), and Project Sekai (プロセカ). I have recorded some pieces of my rhythm game play (プロセカ - Brand New Day) (バンドリ - Re:Birth Day) of my favorite songs (bad quality).

Favorite Songs

鹿乃 - 地球最後の告白を
月葉 - 文学者の恋文
花たん - 夕日坂
りえ - 携帯恋話
星乃一歌、初音ミク - ドラマツルギー
云之泣 - 破晓将至

Favorite Games

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (十三機兵防衛圏) (AVG)
Personna 5 Royal (ペルソナ5 ザ・ロイヤル) (RPG)
Chaos; Child (カオスチャイルド) (AVG)
Steins; Gate (シュタインズ・ゲート) (AVG)
The Legend of Heroes: Ao no Kiseki (英雄伝説 碧の軌跡) (RPG)