CV

General Information

Full Name Zheng (Eddy) Zhang
Languages English, Chinese

Education

  • 2012
    PhD in Computer Science
    The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
    • Thesis -- Locality Enhancement and Dynamic Optimizations on Multi-core and GPU
    • Advisor -- Xipeng Shen.
  • 2007
    M.S. in Computational Operations Research
    The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
  • 2004
    B.S. in Electronic Engineering
    Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

Experience

  • 2018 - Now
    Associate Professor of Computer Science
    Rutgers University
  • 2012 - 2018
    Assistant Professor of Computer Science
    Rutgers University

Honors and Awards

  • 2015
    • ASF Visiting Fellow at Pacific Northwest National Lab
  • 2014
    • Google Faculty Research Award
  • 2011
    • Google Anita Borg Scholarship
    • Stephen K. Park Graduate Research Award at the College of William and Mary
    • NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Finalist
  • 2010
    • PPoPP Best Paper Award
  • 2008
    • QEST Best Student Paper Award

Academic Interests

  • Quantum Computing.
    • Gate-level circuit optimization.
    • Qubit mapping.
    • Program and hardware regularity exploitation.
    • Error mitigation and correction.
    • Pulse generation and optimization.
    • Qubit reuse and resource provisioning.
  • GPUs.
    • Register allocation.
    • Locality enhancement via graph theoretical models.
    • Binary instrumentation.
    • Information flow tracking and taint analysis.
    • Concurrent data structures.
  • Performance evaluation and modeling.
    • Markov chains.
    • Stochastic processes.
    • Queuing theory.

Other Interests

  • Hobbies: Hiking, Skiing, Kayaking, Canoeing, Surfing, and Swimming.
  • Misc: Classical Chinese Philosophy, Buddhism Zen, and etc.