Biography

Dr. Zhang joined Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Sept. 2005 as an Associate Professor. She is now the co-director of Huawei-HKUST innovation lab and the associate director of digital life research center of HKUST. Before that, she was in Microsoft Research Asia, Beijing, from July 1999, where she was the research manager of the Wireless and Networking Group. Dr. Zhang has published about 200 refereed papers in international leading journals and key conferences in the areas of wireless/Internet multimedia networking, wireless communications and networking, wireless sensor networks, and overlay networking. She is the inventor of about 30 pending International patents. Her current research is on cognitive and cooperative networks, dynamic spectrum access and management, as well as wireless sensor networks. She also participated many activities in the IETF ROHC (Robust Header Compression) WG group for TCP/IP header compression.

Dr. Zhang has received TR 100 (MIT Technology Review) world’s top young innovator award. She also received the Best Asia Pacific (AP) Young Researcher Award elected by IEEE Communication Society in year 2004. She received the Best Paper Award in Multimedia Technical Committee (MMTC) of IEEE Communication Society in 2005 and Best Paper Award for QShine 2006, IEEE Globecom 2007, and IEEE ICDCS 2008. She received the Oversea Young Investigator Award from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) in 2006.

Dr. Zhang is the Editorial Board Member of IEEE Transactions of Multimedia, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, Elsevier Computer Communications, and Elsevier Computer Networks. Dr. Zhang is the steering committee member of IEEE Transactions of Multimedia. She was also served as the Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technologies. She served as Guest Editor for special issue on wireless video in IEEE wireless Communication Magazine, special issue on Cross-layer Optimized Wireless Multimedia Communications in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC),  special issue on Wireless Sensor Networking in IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine, special issue on Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks in Elsevier Computer Networks, special issue on Wireless Mesh Networks in ACM/Springer Journal of Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET), feature topic on Advances in Wireless VoIP in IEEE Communications Magazine, and special issue on Quality-Driven Cross-Layer Design for Multimedia Communications in IEEE Transactions on Multimedia.

Dr. Zhang is CHAIR of the Multimedia Communication Technical Committee of the IEEE Communications Society. She is Chair of Technical Affairs Committee of IEEE Asia Pacific Board (APB) of IEEE Communication Society. Dr. Zhang is also a member of the Visual Signal Processing and Communication Technical Committee and the Multimedia System and Application Technical Committee of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society. She is the senior member of IEEE from 2004.

Dr. Zhang received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Wuhan University, China, in 1994, 1996, and 1999, respectively, all in computer science.

My general research interests are

• Cognitive radio networks and dynamic spectrum management
• Cooperative communication and networking
• Wireless mesh and mobile ad hoc network
• Wireless sensor networks
• Roaming/mobility across different types of wireless networks (WLAN, WPAN, WWAN, etc.)
• Multimedia delivery/distribution over p2p network
• Multimedia delivery over Internet, wireless, and wireless Internet

Currently, I am working on cognitive and cooperative networking, sensor networking, as well as efficient media streaming over p2p overlay related projects.

    More details can be found in research overview.

• Chengqi SONG (Ph.D. student): Wireless Network Security

• Ji LUO (Ph.D. student): Mobile Sensor Networking

• Dawei CHEN (Ph.D. student): Resource Management and Spectrum Measurement in Cognitive Networks

• Xing YU (Ph.D. student): Wireless Sensor Networking

• Peng LIN (Ph.D. student): Cognitive Radio Networks and Dynamic Spectrum Management

• Xiaojun FENG (Ph.D. student): Vehicular Wireless Sensor Networks

• Eric Lo (MPhil student): Cooperative MAC for Wireless Networks

• XiaoRui PAN (MPhil student): Wireless Healthcare and Sensor Networks

• Dr. Peng GUO (PostDoc): protocol design for wireless sensor networks

• Juncheng JIA (PostDoc): Cognitive Radio Networks and Dynamic Spectrum Management

• Jin ZHANG (PostDoc): Wireless Cooperative Communication and Networking

I am currently recruiting well motivated and dedicated Ph.D. students in the wireless networking (cognitive and cooperative networking), spectrum management, and sensor networks 

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• Fall 2009: COMP252: Operating System

• Fall 2009: CSIT561: Computer Networks: An Internet Perspective

Past:

• Spring 2009: COMP562: Advanced Topics in Networking

• Fall 2008: COMP561: Computer Networks

• Fall 2008: CSIT561: Computer Networks: An Internet Perspective

• Summer 2008: CSIT600: Pervasive Computing and Communication

• Spring 2008: COMP361: Computer Communication Networks I

• Spring 2008: COMP561: Computer Networks

• Fall 2007: Independent Study: Advanced Wireless Networking

• Spring 2007: COMP361: Computer Communication Networks I

• Fall 2006: COMP361: Computer Communication Networks I

• Spring 2006: COMP680H: Advanced Topics in Next-Generation Wireless Networks

• Best Paper Award for IEEE ICDCS 2008

Y. Liu, Q. Zhang, and L. Ni, "Opportunity-based Topology Control in Wireless Sensor Networks",  in IEEE ICDCS, 2008.

• Best Paper Award for IEEE Globecom 2007

J. Luo and Q. Zhang, “Relative Distance Based Localization for Mobile Sensor Networks”, in IEEE Globecom, 2007.

• Best Paper Award for QShine 2006

K. Wang, F. Yang, Q. Zhang, D. Wu, and Y. Xu, “Energy Efficient Cooperative Rate Adaptation in IEEE 802.11-based Multi-hop Networks,”  in QShine 2006.

• Oversea Young Investigator Award from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2006

• Nominated for Best Paper Award for IEEE Trans. on Multimedia, 2005

• Best Paper Award elected by IEEE ComSoc MMTC committee, 2005

• TR 100 (MIT Technology Review) world’s top young innovator award, 2004

• Best Asia Pacific (AP) Young Researcher Award elected by IEEE ComSoc, 2004

• IEEE Senior Member, 2004 -

Selected conference papers

• D. Chen, S. Yin, Q. Zhang, M. Liu, and S. Li, “Mining Spectrum Usage Data: a Large-scale Spectrum Measurement Study”, to appear in ACM Mobicom, 2009.
• J. Jia, Q. Zhang, Q. Zhang, and M. Liu, "Revenue Generation for Truthful Spectrum Auction in Dynamic Spectrum Access", in ACM MobiHoc, 2009.
• J. Zhang and Q. Zhang, "Stackelberg Game for Utility-Based Cooperative Cognitive Radio Networks", in ACM MobiHoc, 2009.
• J. Jia, J. Zhang, and Q. Zhang, "Cooperative Relay for Cognitive Radio Networks", in IEEE Infocom 2009.
• J. Zhang and Q. Zhang, "Cooperative Network Coding-Aware Routing for Multi-Rate Wireless Networks", in IEEE Infocom 2009.
• J. Luo, D. Wang, and Q. Zhang, "Double Mobility: Coverage of the Sea Surface with Mobile Sensor Networks", in IEEE Infocom 2009
• X. Xiao, Y. Shi, Y. Gao, and Q. Zhang, "LayerP2P: A New Data Scheduling Approach for Layered Streaming in Heterogeneous Networks", in IEEE Infocom 2009.
• J. Jia and Q. Zhang, "Competitions and Dynamics of Duopoly Wireless Service Providers in Dynamic Spectrum Market", in ACM MobiHoc, 2008.
• Y. Liu, Q. Zhang, and L. Ni, "Opportunity-based Topology Control in Wireless Sensor Networks",  in IEEE ICDCS, 2008. (Best Paper Award Winner)

Selected journal papers

• X. Li, T. Jiang, Q. Zhang and L. Wang, “Binary Linear Multicast Network Coding on Acyclic Networks: Principles and Applications in Wireless Communication Networks”, to appear in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), 2009.
• Q. Zhang, J. Jia, and J. Zhang, “Cooperative relay to improve diversity in cognitive radio networks”, IEEE Communications Magazine, Volume 47, Issue 2, February 2009, pp. 111-117. (No. 1in the Top 100 papers accessed in all of IEEE Explore for July 2009)  (No.1 in the Top documents accessed in June 2009 for the IEEE Communications Magazine)
• D. Wang, Q. Zhang, and J. Liu, "Partial Network Coding: Theory and Application for Continuous Sensor Data Collection", in ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, vol. 4., no. 3, Aug. 2008.
• C. Long, B. Li, Q. Zhang, B. Zhao, B. Yang, and X. Guan, "The End-to-End Rate Control in Multiple-Hop Wireless Networks: Cross-Layer Formulation and Optimal Allocation", in IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), Vol. 26, Issue 4, pp. 719 - 731, May 2008.
• J. Jia, Q. Zhang, and X. Shen, "HC-MAC: A Hardware-constrained Cognitive MAC for Efficient Spectrum Management", in IEEE JSAC special issue on "cognitive radio - Theory and Applications", Vol. 26, Issue 1, Jan. 2008.
• Q. Zhang and Y-Q. Zhang, “Cross-Layer Design for QoS Support in Multihop Wireless Networks”, Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 96, Issue 1, Jan. 2008.

        A full list of publications can be found here ...

• Cooperation in Cognitive Radio Networks”, invited talk, XiDian University, May 2009

• Panel Discussion, “Current Trends in Wireless Networks”, IEEE Infocom 2009, April 2009.

• "Cooperative Cognitive Wireless Networking", invited talk, Huawei Wireless Symposium, Dec. 2008.

• Keynote speech, “Cognitive and Cooperative Wireless Networking”, IEEE WiCOM, Oct. 2008.

• Panel Discussion, "Next-Generation Wireless Networking: Opportunities and Challenges", ICST QShine, July 2008.

• Panel Discussion, "Cooperative Communication and Collaborative Computing", IEEE ICC, May 2008.

• Panel Discussion, "New Architectures and Disruptive Technologies for the Future Wireless Networks", ACM MobiHoc , May 2008.

• Panel discussion, "Networking in Challenging Environments: Hype or Reality", IEEE Infocom 2008, April 2008.

• Panel discussion, “Pervasive Computing: Dream or Reality?”, IEEE Percom 2008, March 2008.

• "Cognitive and Cooperative Wireless Networking", invited talk, Huawei Wireless Networking Forum, Feb. 2008.

• "Cognitive and Cooperative Wireless Networking", invited talk, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY, Nov. 2007.

• "Cognitive Networking for Efficient Spectrum Management", invited talk, George Washington University, Nov. 2007.

• Keynote talk: "Understanding the Power of Pull-based P2P Streaming Protocol: We can do even better", (slide), Peer-to-Peer Streaming and IP-TV Workshop (P2P-TV), ACM SIGCOMM, 2007.

Professional Activities

• Editorial Activities

          Steering Committee Member of IEEE Transactions on Multimedia

          Editorial Board Member of IEEE Transactions on Multimedia

          Editor of IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications 

          Editor for IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing  ......

• Conference Organization and TPC related activities

          TPC Co-Chair, IEEE Infocom 2011

          TPC Vice Chair, IEEE Globecom 2010

          Steering Committee Member, IEEE ICME

          Area TPC Chair, IEEE Infocom 2010  ......

• Community Services

          Chair of Multimedia Communication Technical Committee (MMTC) of the IEEE Communications Society

          Chair of Technical Affairs Committee for IEEE Asia Pacific Board (APB) of IEEE Communication Society Office, 2008-2010  ......

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