Publications

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2026

J9. [ACM TACO] Qian Wei, Yi Li, Wenbin Zhu, Mengying Zhao*, Dongxiao Yu, Zhaoyan Shen, Bingzhe Li: A Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning-Assisted Space Management Scheme for Hybrid SSDs. ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization (TACO), 2026. [Link]

C14. [ICCD'26] Junchi Ren, Qian Wei, Qiang Li, Xianwei Meng, Mengying Zhao, Zhaoyan Shen: CARM: Cost-Aware Resource Management for Log-Structured Merge-tree Key-Value Stores. IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD), 2026.

J8. [JSA] Tianren Zhou, Chao Li, Xiaowei Chen, Yao Chen, Qian Wei, Zhaoyan Shen, Zhiyong Zhang: SALLM-Tune: Leveraging Fine-Tuned LLMs for Semantic-Aware Knob Tuning in LSM-Based KV Stores. Journal of Systems Architecture, 2026.

J7. [IEEE IOTJ] Xue Xiao, Jinrun Yang, Qian Wei*, Zhaoyan Shen, Dongxiao Yu, Xiuzhen Cheng: An Asymmetric Consistency Protocol for Raft-Based Distributed Key-Value Stores. IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IOTJ), 2026.

C13. [ICDE'26] Zhining Cao, Kai Zhang, Jinrun Yang, Hui Li, Nan Su, Qian Wei, Shikun Ma, Zehao Chen, Junbo Yin, Haijun Zhang, Zhaoyan Shen: CSD-CoKV: Host-CSD Collaborative Offloading for High-Performance LSM-Tree Based KV Stores. IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE), 2026.

C12. [NVMSA'26] Tianren Zhou, Ruoxuan Cao, Qian Wei, Haopu Lv, Qiang Li, Xianwei Meng, Xiaojun Cai: TraceDiff: Autoregressive Latent Diffusion for High-Fidelity Storage I/O Trace Synthesis. IEEE Non-Volatile Memory Systems and Applications Symposium (NVMSA), 2026.

C11. [NVMSA'26] Qian Wei, Xiaojun Cai: Lifecycle-Aware Address Mapping for Hybrid SSDs via Multi-Stage Translation. IEEE Non-Volatile Memory Systems and Applications Symposium (NVMSA), 2026. [Link]

C10. [DAC'26] Qian Wei, Yi Li, Zehao Chen, Tianren Zhou, Zhaoyan Shen, Dongxiao Yu, Bingzhe Li: Knowledge-Driven Hybrid SSD Management Enhanced by Fine-Tuned LLMs. 63rd ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2026. [Link]

J6. [IEEE TCAD] Tianren Zhou, Jinrun Yang, Zaigui Zhang, Jiaqi Luo, Qian Wei, Haijun Zhang, Xiaojun Cai, Zhaoyan Shen*: K2O: Precise Key-to-Offset Learned Index for Read-Efficient LSM-based KV Stores. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), 2026.

J5. [JSA] Junchi Ren, Chao Li, Xiaowei Chen, Yao Chen, Zehao Chen, Qian Wei, Zhaoyan Shen: A Survey on Data Management for Out-of-Core GNN Systems. Journal of Systems Architecture, 2026.

C9. [HPCA'26] Zehao Chen, Zhaoyan Shen, Qian Wei, Hang Lu, Lei Ju: Conflux: A High-Performance Keyword Private Retrieval System for Dynamic Datasets. IEEE International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA), 2026.

2025

C8. [MICRO'25] Zehao Chen, Honghui You, Qian Wei, Hang Lu, Lei Ju*, Zhaoyan Shen: SmartPIR: A Private Information Retrieval System Using Computational Storage Devices. 58th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO), 2025.

C7. [APPT'25] Qian Wei, Zehao Chen, Tianren Zhou, Wenbin Zhu, Zhenge Jia, Mengying Zhao, Zhaoyan Shen: Exploiting Large Language Models for Software-Defined Solid-State Drives Design. International Symposium on Advanced Parallel Processing Technologies (APPT), 2025.

J4. [IEEE TCAD] Zehao Chen, Kai Zhang, Qian Wei*, Yuhao Zhang, Zhaoyan Shen, Dongxiao Yu, Lei Ju: A ReRAM-Based Processing-in-Memory Framework for LSM-Based Key-Value Store. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), 2025.

C6. [FAST'25] Wenbin Zhu, Zhaoyan Shen*, Qian Wei, Renhai Chen, Xin Yao, Dongxiao Yu, Zili Shao: HiDPU: A DPU-Oriented Hybrid Indexing Scheme for Disaggregated Storage Systems. 23rd USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies (FAST), 2025. [Link]

2024

C5. [ICCAD'24] Qian Wei, Xiaosu Guo, Jie Wang, Zhaoyan Shen*, Dongxiao Yu, Zhiping Jia, Bingzhe Li: An Access Pattern-Aware Hybrid Learning-Based and Conventional Mapping for Solid-State Drives. IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), 2024.

J3. [IEEE TCAD] Qian Wei, Zehao Chen, Xiaowei Chen, Yuhao Zhang, Xiaojun Cai, Zhiping Jia, Zhaoyan Shen*, Yi Wang, Zili Shao, Bingzhe Li: A Semantic-Integrated LSM-Tree-Based Key-Value Storage Engine for Blockchain Systems. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), vol. 43, no. 6, pp. 1794–1807, 2024. [Link]

C4. [ICMC'24] Zhaoyan Shen, Dehao Yu, Qian Wei*, Kai Zhang, Zaigui Zhang, Liqiang Zhang, Mengying Zhao: ALSM: An Attribute-Aware LSM-Tree-Based Key-Value Store to Reduce I/O Amplification. IEEE International Conference on Meta Computing (ICMC), 2024.

J2. [IEEE TCAD] Tianyu Wang, Zizhan Chen, Wenbin Zhu, Qian Wei, Zhaoyan Shen*, Zili Shao: A Bloom-Filter-Based Unique Address Checking Approach for DAG-Based Blockchain Systems. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 85–98, 2024. [Link]

2023

C3. [TUR-C'23] Qian Wei, Zhaoyan Shen*: Improving Blockchain Scalability from Storage Perspective. ACM Turing Celebration Conference (TUR-C), 2023. [Link]

C2. [DAC'23] Qian Wei, Yi Li, Zhiping Jia, Mengying Zhao, Zhaoyan Shen*, Bingzhe Li: Reinforcement Learning-Assisted Management for Convertible SSDs. 60th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2023. [Link]

2022

C1. [ICCAD'22] Qian Wei, Zhaoyan Shen*, Yiheng Tong, Zhiping Jia, Lei Ju, Jiezhi Chen, Bingzhe Li: Re-LSM: A ReRAM-Based Processing-in-Memory Framework for LSM-Based Key-Value Store. IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), 2022. [Link]

J1. [ACM TECS] Qian Wei, Bingzhe Li, Wanli Chang, Zhiping Jia, Zhaoyan Shen*, Zili Shao: A Survey of Blockchain Data Management Systems. ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS), vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 1–28, 2022. [Link]