Minqiu Sun · 孙敏求

Ph.D. Student · University of Delaware — Systems for AI, Large Language Models

mqsun@udel.edu · Newark, DE · GitHub · LinkedIn

Biography

I am a Ph.D. student in Computer & Information Sciences at the University of Delaware, advised by Prof. Dong Dai. My research focuses on Systems for AI and Large Language Models.

Publications

SC'26

ZOCheck: CPU-Shadow Checkpointing for Zeroth-Order LLM Fine-Tuning [Code]

Minqiu Sun, Xin Huang, Luanzheng Guo, Nathan R. Tallent, Kento Sato, Dong Dai.

CLUSTER'26

LayerCheck: Adaptive Layer-wise Checkpointing for Large Language Model Post-training [Code]

Minqiu Sun, Xin Huang, Luanzheng Guo, Nathan R. Tallent, Kento Sato, Dong Dai.

IPDPS'26
Ph.D. Forum

Optimizer-Aware Checkpointing for Efficient Fault Tolerance in LLM Post-Training

Minqiu Sun, Dong Dai.

PDSW'25 @ SC'25

LLMTailor: A Layer-wise Tailoring Tool for Efficient Checkpointing of Large Language Models [Code]

Minqiu Sun, Xin Huang, Luanzheng Guo, Nathan Tallent, Kento Sato, Dong Dai.

Awards

TCPP/TCHPC HPCSC 25–26 Travel Award, $1200 (2025–2026)

Teaching

Teaching Assistant, CISC663 Operating Systems, University of Delaware (Jan 2026 – May 2026)

Teaching Assistant, CISC361 Operating Systems, University of Delaware (Aug 2025 – Dec 2025; Aug 2026 - Present)

Teaching Assistant, Computer Science and Application, Reading Academy, NUIST (2021 – 2022)

Service

Program Committee Member, AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2027

Student Volunteer, SC’25 (2025)

President, Rock Band Association in NUIST (2021 – 2022)
I was in different bands on a lot of stages. Please see my Performance.

Academic Experience

ResearchAssistant at University of Delaware (Sep 2024 – Aug 2025).

Industry Experience

Data Analysis Intern at Accenture (China) Co., Ltd. (Aug 2023 – Nov 2023).