Haoyuan Li

Haoyuan Li
Alma materUC Berkeley (Ph.D.)
Cornell University (M.S.)
Peking University (B.S.)
Known forAlluxio
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science
ThesisAlluxio: A Virtual Distributed File System (2018)
Doctoral advisorIon Stoica
Scott Shenker
Websitehaoyuanli.com

Haoyuan (H.Y.) Li is a computer scientist and entrepreneur specializing in distributed systems, big data, and cloud computing. He is best known for proposing Virtual Distributed File System (VDFS), and creating an open-source data orchestration system, Alluxio. He is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Alluxio, Inc, a company commercializing the Alluxio Data Orchestration Technology. He is also an adjunct professor at Peking University. He is a frequent speaker on the topic of AI, big data, cloud computing, and open source at conferences.