Xiaodong Zhang

Background

Zhang, Xiaodong was born on July 16, 1958 in Beijing, China. Son of Min and Yishan (Jiang) Zhang. came to the United States, 1983.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Beijing University, China, 1982. Master of Science, University Colorado, 1985. Doctor of Philosophy, University Colorado, 1989.

Career

Research assistant Beijing (China) Polytechnic University, 1982-1983, Environmental Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, 1983-1985, University Colorado, Boulder, 1985-1989. Technical staff Toplogix Inc., Denver, 1989. Assistant professor University Texas, San Antonio, 1989-1992, associate professor, 1993-1997, chair computer science, 1993, director high performance computing and software laboratory, since 1993.

Professor College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1997—2006, director graduate studies, 1999-2001, chair computer science, 2003—2006, Lettie Pate Evans professor computer science, 2003—2006. Program director National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, 2001—2004. National lecturer Association of Computing Machinery, 1994—1999.

Robert M. Critchfield professor computer science Ohio State University, Columbus, since 2006, chair department computer science and engineering, since 2006. Visiting scientist Rice University, 1990-1991. Guest professor Wuhan University, China, 1995-1997.

Guest research professor University of Science and Technology of China, since 1997, guest professor Northwestern Polytechnic University, China, since 1998. Technical consultant National Aeronautics and Space Administration International Council of Associations for Science Education, since 1998. Member overseas expert assessor Chinese Academy of Sciences, since 1999.

Advisory panelist National Science Foundation, 1995, 96, 97, 99, 2000. Program chair 4th International Workshop on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecomm. Systems; keynote speaker 8th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computer Systems, 1996.

Distinguished visiting Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society, 1996-1999.

Achievements

• Xiaodong Zhang has been listed as a notable Computer scientist, educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior, chairman technical committee on supercomputing applications, distinguished visitor, program committees, program committee 7th Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing 1995, 8th Symposium, 1996, 4th International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architect 1998, Supercomputing '99, others, member steering committee Supercomputing '96, '97, 98, 99, High Performance Computing Asia '97, 98, 99, 2000, International Conference Parallel Processing (chair since 2007), editorial board Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Micro, associate editor, since 2001, vice chair program committee, chair computer society, 1996-1999, associate editor-in-chief Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Transactions Parallel and Distributed Systems, since 2006, subject area editor Journal Parallel and Distributed Computing since 2006), International Conference Parallel Processing (vice chair program committee 2004, 05, 06, co-chair program committee 2007, chairman since 2007), Association Computing Machinery (national lecturer, program committees, program committee 10th International Conference on Supercomputing), Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics (member strategic advisory council since 2006, co-organizer United States National Science Foundation senior computer scientist delegate 2006).

Connections

Married Yan Meng, July 20, 1985. 1 child, Simon.

Father:

Min Zhang

Mother:

Yishan (Jiang) Zhang

Spouse:

Yan Meng

child:

Simon Zhang