Yihong Zhang (张轶泓)

BS/MS student at Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
$(firstname[0])$(lastname[0])489@cs.washington.edu

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About me

I am a BS/MS studying Computer Science at UW Seattle. I am broadly interested in the theories and applications of programming languages. I will be applying for PhD positions starting at Fall 2022.

Curriculum Vitae |  Coursework  | GitHub

Papers

• Relational E-Matching
  Yihong Zhang, Yisu Remy Wang, Max Willsey, Zachary Tatlock
  POPL 2022 (conditionally accepted)
  [arXiv]
• Faster and Worst-Case Optimal E-Matching via Reduction to Conjunctive Queries
  Yihong Zhang
  PLDI 2021 Student Research Competition
  1st place in the undergraduate category
  [abstract] [poster] [slides]
• GeCo: Quality Counterfactual Explanations in Real Time
  Maximilian Schleich, Zixuan Geng, Yihong Zhang, Dan Suciu
  VLDB 2021
  [arXiv] [src]

Theses

• Faster and Worst-Case Optimal E-Matching
  Undergraduate Honor Thesis
  [thesis] [talk]

Graduate course projects

• A Staged Datalog Compiler using Lightweight Modular Staging
  CSE 544 Principles of DBMS
  In this project, I build a staged Datalog compiler using Lightweight Modular Staging (LMS). Experiments show that it achieves up to 10x speedup compared to Souffle Datalog tool.
  [report] [src]
• Combining Statistical Top-down Deductions and Bottom-up Enumerations for Programming by Example
  CSE 573 Artificial Intelligence
  In this project, I add support for enumerative search to MaxFlash for PBE solving. The enumerated programs are used to directly solve the synthesis problem and guide the witness functions during probabilistic deductions. This is an attempt to unify enumerative search, deductive search, and stochastic search into a framework for program synthesis. Experiments on the SyGuS benchmarks shows mixed (aka negative) results.
  [report] [src]
• Cornelius: Killing Equivalent and Redundant Mutants with E-graphs
  CSE 503: Software Engineering
  with Ben Kushigian, Ishan Chatterjee, and Gabrielle Strandquist. We propose to utilize E-graph to eliminate equivalent and redundant mutants for mutation testing. This addresses the phase-ordering problem faced by Trivial Compiler Equivalence (TCE), a known technique for eliminating equivalent mutants. Experiments on a pure Java subset show that it discovers much more equivalent and redundant mutants than TCE in less time.
  [report] [src]
• Sager: A Demonic Graph Synthesizer for Worst-Case Performance
  CSE 507 Computer-Aided Reasoning for Software
  with Mike He. We propose to use symbolic evaluations to synthesize input instances that determine the worst-case complexity of a given algorithm. We build a prototype implementation with Rosette and show that it makes Shortest-Path Faster Algorithm (SPFA) and its several variants asymptotically worse.
  [src]

Programming for fun

• Hatafun: Embedding the type system of Datafun (ICFP 2016) in Haskell.

Teaching

During my undergrad, I TAed 3 classes: CSE 341, an introductory PL class for in-major undergrads; CSE 374, an intermediate programming class for non-major undergrads; and CSE 505, a PL class for Professional Masters and PhDs. TAship is fun.