Hongyu is a first-year PhD student at Princeton, advised by Prof. Maria Apostolaki. His research sits at the intersection of computer networks, formal methods, and machine learning. Hongyu earned his MSc in Computer Science (CS) from ETH Zürich, fully supported by the Direct Doctorate Scholarship. At ETH, he worked with Prof. Gustavo Alonso in the Systems Group on FPGA research. Hongyu previously studied Mathematics and CS in Amsterdam, where he was led into research by Prof. Andrew S. Tanenbaum and graduated with the ADS Thesis Award. In 2019, he was named a top-10 CS student nationwide by the Royal Holland Society. Originally, Hongyu attended law school in China before turning to science and engineering.