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Qizhen Zhang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto, focusing on data management and computer systems networking. His research interests lie in bridging cloud data processing systems with data center networks to tackle emerging challenges. With a background that includes a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, Qizhen has contributed significantly to areas such as cloud-native system design, federated learning, and memory-disaggregated database management systems. He has actively shared his findings through multiple publications in high-impact conferences like SIGMOD and VLDB, and is involved in mentoring graduate students in his laboratory, Far Data Lab. His innovative work aims to improve resource efficiency in cloud infrastructure and data processing systems, integrating network awareness into system design.
University of Toronto • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Teaching and researching data management and cloud data processing systems.
Department of Sociology