Xin Zhang

Academic

2006 ~ Present: I am a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science Deptartment in Carnegie Mellon University. I am working with Prof. Adrian Perrig and Prof. Hui Zhang. Generally, my research interests include computer networks and security.

2002 ~ 2006: I received my Bachelor's degree from Deptartment of Automation, Tsinghua University (China), graduating with distinction in both Tsinghua University and Beijing district. From 2004~2006, I also joined in Prof. Bin Liu's research Lab.

Industrial

Summer 2009: I was a research intern in Intel Research, Berkeley, CA, working with Dr. Sylvia Ratnasamy and Dr. Gianluca Iannaccone. We explored contention-aware task scheduling algorithms to optimize the performance on multi-core systems.

Summer 2008: I was a research intern in Microsoft Research, Silicon Valley, CA, working with Dr. Yinglian Xie and Dr. Fang Yu. We leveraged massive application logs to passively identify via data mining various IP configuration and usage patterns.

Personal

At my lesuire time, I enjoy web applicaion development. I also served as President of Chinese Student and Scholar Association (CSSA) at Carnegie Mellon University during year 2008 - 2009.