Effy Yirong Wang

CS PhD | Research Intern @ Google

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effywn AT gmail DOT com

Boston, MA

I’m a PhD candidate in Computer Science at Northeastern University. I study computer systems performance through queueing theory, stochastic modeling and simulation. My work spans system performance modeling, workload characterization, trace-driven/discrete-event simulation, and the design of high-fidelity, generalizable benchmarks.

I am currently working with Prof. Peter Desnoyers in the Systems Research Group.

News

Sep 29, 2026 My first PhD project, TTL Approximations for a Family of Clock-Like Cache Replacement Policies, was accepted to IFIP Performance 2026 and will be presented this November in Ghent, Belgium. This short paper distills years of effort that laid the foundation for my subsequent work.
Jun 4, 2026 I’ll be presenting at SIGMETRICS 2026 on June 9 and looking forward to connecting with the performance community.
Mar 24, 2026 Good news: Ran-CLOCK has been accepted to SIGMETRICS 2026 🎉🎉🎉
Jan 8, 2026 I’m interning at Google San Jose this summer with the efficiency-league team, working on TCMalloc.
Nov 24, 2025 Northeastern Systems Day 2025 is now open for registration! Join us for a day of systems talks and networking with researchers across systems, architecture, formal methods, and security.