I am Tan Tao. I am currently a first-year Ph.D. student in Computer & Information Science & Engineering at Syracuse University, supervised by Dr. Bryan S. Kim.

Before that, I obtained my M.S.E in Computer Science & Engineering from the University of Michigan, and my B.S. in Computer Science with High Honor from Michigan State University.

My research sits somewhere between storage systems, operating systems, and machine learning. I am interested in how modern systems store, move, and protect data across emerging storage, memory, and architecture technologies, such as SSDs, flash memory, and CXL.

Outside of research, I enjoy playing the violin, swimming and playing badminton. These hobbies help me stay balanced, or at least help me pretend that my TODO list is shorter than it actually is. 😆

Experiences

Research

• Research Assistant, S4 Lab, Syracuse University. 2025.08 - Present.
• Research Assistant, Institute for Research on Innovation and Science, University of Michigan. Summer 2022.

Teaching

• Graduate Course Grader, EECS 592 AI Foundations, University of Michigan. Fall 2022.
• Teaching Assistant, Python Programming, Michigan State University. Fall 2019 - Spring 2021.
• Academic Undergraduate Tutor, Physics, Michigan State University. Spring 2019.

Development

• Web Developer, Rainforest Partnership. 2023 - 2024.
• Web Developer, Engineering IT - CAEN, University of Michigan. 2022 - 2023.

Get In Touch

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