Dongning Ma

I am currently a postdoctoral research associate at Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, working with Prof. Abdulrahman Mahmoud and Prof. Chun Jason Xue. I obtained my Ph.D. degree from Villanova University in 2025 under the supervision of Prof. Xun Jiao. I obtained my B.Eng. degree from University of Science and Technology Beijing in 2018 under the supervision of Dr. Jiyuan Dong.

I am actively looking for research positions in industry or tenure-track positions in academia. I have published more than 30 papers in venues including ASPLOS, DAC, SIGIR, and TCAD, with 3 best paper nominations. My main research directions are:

  1. Joint optimization of reliability, efficiency and performance of deep learning systems.
  2. Biomedical / Bioinfomatics with AI/ML.
  3. Emerging computing schemes such as approximate computing and bio-inspired computing.
  • You can check my up-to-date CV here!

News

  • 2025/08: One paper on the topic of “Hyperdimensional Computing Based Blockchain” accepted to BioCAS’25!
  • 2025/08: One paper on the topic of “Silent Data Corruptions in Deep Recommender Systems” accepted to ISSRE’25!
  • 2025/08: I joined Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence as a postdoctoral research associate, working with Prof. Abdulrahman Mahmoud and Prof. Chun Jason Xue!
  • 2025/04: I successfuly defended my Ph.D. thesis!