I am a fourth-year Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, advised by Prof. Jingtong Hu. I received an M.Eng. from Zhejiang University in 2020, advised by Prof. Cheng Zhuo, and a B.S. from Southwest Jiaotong University in 2017.

My research interests lie in efficient machine learning algorithms and systems. I am currently working on improving the inference efficiency of large-scale vision and language foundation models, with a focus on exploiting structural heterogeneity through sparse attention, model quantization, and KV-cache optimization.

I expect to graduate in Summer 2027 and am actively seeking industry opportunities. Please feel free to reach out if you are interested in my work.

Selected Publications

SAF3R: Dynamic Sparse Attention for Feed-Forward 3D Reconstruction Transformers

J. Deng, Y. Li, J. Wang, S. Wang, T. Chen, H. Yang, J. Hu

ECCV 2026 [Paper] [Code]

A training-free dynamic sparse attention framework that exploits head-level heterogeneity to accelerate feed-forward 3D reconstruction transformers while preserving camera pose and geometry quality.

GEMQ: Global Expert-Level Mixed-Precision Quantization for MoE LLMs

J. Deng, S. Wang, D. Wang, Z. Liu, T. Chen, H. Yang, J. Hu

ICML 2026 [Paper] [Code]

A mixed-precision quantization framework for MoE LLMs that jointly optimizes expert bit-width allocation and router adaptation, enabling ultra-low-bit quantization with minimal accuracy loss.

Quantization-Robust Unlearning through the Lens of Retain-Forget Loss Landscapes Interaction

J. Wang, J. Deng, S. Luo, Y. Li, D. Wang, J. Hu, H. Yang, S. Wang, T. Chen

COLM 2026

A quantization-robust LLM unlearning framework that flattens the forget-loss landscape and updates only forget-critical layers, preserving unlearning effectiveness while maintaining model utility.

Dynamic Mixed-Precision Routing for Efficient Multi-step LLM Interaction

Y. Li, J. Deng, J. Hu, T. Chen, S. Wang, H. Yang

arXiv 2026 [Paper]

A dynamic mixed-precision routing framework for long-horizon LLM agents that switches between full- and low-precision models at each decision step to improve the accuracy–cost trade-off.

FIER: Fine-Grained and Efficient KV Cache Retrieval for Long-context LLM Inference

D. Wang, Z. Liu, S. Wang, Y. Ren, J. Deng, J. Hu, T. Chen, H. Yang

EMNLP Findings 2025 [Paper] [Code]

A KV cache retrieval method that uses 1-bit quantized keys for fine-grained token selection, accelerating long-context LLM inference while matching full-cache accuracy.

Enhancing Facial Expression Recognition in Head-Mounted Displays with Synthetic Data

J. Deng, Q. Zhou, J. Hu

arXiv 2025 [Paper]

A training data synthesis framework that transforms abundant frontal-view facial images into head-mounted-camera-view data, improving facial expression recognition in AR/VR scenarios.

STHVC: Spatial-Temporal Hybrid Video Compression for UAV-Assisted IoV Systems

L. Chen, J. Deng, X. Zeng, L. Liu, Y. Wu, J. Hu, Q. Sun, Z. Shi, C. Zhuo

IEEE TCSVT 2025 [Paper]

A hybrid video codec that combines a space-time super-resolution network with conventional video codecs to achieve faster encoding and better rate–distortion performance.

STDF: Spatio-Temporal Deformable Fusion for Video Quality Enhancement on Embedded Platforms

J. Deng, S. Dong, L. Chen, J. Hu, C. Zhuo

ACM TECS 2024 [Paper]

An efficient video enhancement and super-resolution system for embedded platforms that leverages fast spatio-temporal deformable fusion for alignment and aggregation of neighboring frames.

Spatio-Temporal Deformable Convolution for Compressed Video Quality Enhancement

J. Deng, L. Wang, S. Pu, C. Zhuo

AAAI 2020 Oral [Paper] [Code]

A compressed-video quality enhancement method that introduces spatio-temporal deformable convolution for robust single-pass alignment and context aggregation across multiple frames.

Energy-Efficient Real-Time UAV Object Detection on Embedded Platforms

J. Deng, Z. Shi, C. Zhuo

IEEE TCAD 2019 [Paper] [Code]

An energy-efficient real-time UAV object detection system on NVIDIA Jetson TX2, achieving 28 FPS at 3 FPS/W and ranking 2nd among 53 GPU-track teams in the 2018 DAC System Design Contest.

Open Source

TecoGAN-PyTorch

A multi-GPU PyTorch training framework for GAN-based video super-resolution (★ 240+), with a TecoGAN reimplementation that achieves a smaller yet stronger model than the official release.

↳ Adopted as the codebase by EGVSR (★ 950+), an efficient video super-resolution method.

Awards

2026

Silver Reviewer Award, ICML, Seoul, South Korea

2019

3rd Place, System Design Contest (GPU track), DAC, Las Vegas, NV

2018

2nd Place, System Design Contest (GPU track), DAC, San Francisco, CA

2015

Silver Medal, ACM-ICPC Asia Regional Contest, Shanghai, China

Experience

2020 – 2022

Research Associate, Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China

2019

Research Intern, Hikvision Research Institute
Hangzhou, China

Service & Teaching

Conference Reviewer: NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ICCV, AAAI, MLSys

Journal Reviewer: IEEE TIP, IEEE TNNLS, ACM TECS

Teaching Assistant, University of Pittsburgh

Embedded Systems Design (ECE 1175) Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2024
Embedded Processors & Interfacing (ECE 202) Spring 2023