Bio
Xianwei Zhang is a 1st year Phd graduate in the Computer Science Department at University of Pittsburgh. Currently, he has no specified area or determined advisor. His research interests lie on distributed systems/computing and his tempory advisor is Dr. Jack Lang.
Before joining Pitt, Xianwei obtained his Bachelor degree from School of Software and Microelectronics at Northwestern Polytechnical University.
Education
- Graduate, Computer Science, School of Arts & Science, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 2011.09-present
- B.Eng., Software Engineering, School of Software & Microelectronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China, 2007.09-2011.06
Experience
- Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 2011 Fall-present
- Teaching Assistant, International College, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China, 2011.03-2011.07
- Intern, Alipay Technology Inc., Hangzhou, China, 2010.08-2010.12
Honors & Awards
- 2nd Award of Key-financing Project of UnderG Thesis, NPU, 2011.06
- Outstanding graduate of NPU, NPU, 2010.12
- Highest Band prize of Tencent Technology Excellence Scholarship, NPU, 2009.10
- 1st prize at the provincial level in Chinese University Model Contest in Modeling, 2009.09
Courses
- CS2002: Research Experience in Computer Science, Daniel Mosse, Spring 2012
- CS2150: Graduate Algorithms, Kirk Pruhs, Spring 2012
- CS2210: Compiler Design, Youtao Zhang, Spring 2012
- CS2520: Wide Area Networks, Taieb Znati, Spring 2012
- CS2001: Research Topics in Computer Science, Adam J. Lee, Fall 2011
- CS2410: Computer Architecture, Sangyeun Cho, Fall 2011
- CS2510: Computer Operating Systems, Daniel Mosse, Fall 2011
