Curriculum Vitae                                            

Teaching

• EENG-755-W01, Computer Networks, Spring 2010
• CSCI-690-W01, Computer Networks, Spring 2010
• CSCI-370-W01, Introduction to Computer Networks, Spring 2010
• CSCI-310-W02, C and Unix, Spring 2010
• CSCI-230-W01, Discrete Structures, Fall 2009
• CSCI-180-W01, Programming II, Fall 2009
• CSCI-120-W01, Programming I, Fall 2008
• EENG-480-W01, Computer Network Designs, Spring 2008 

Education

• Ph.D. Computer Science, The University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA, 2005 
• M.S. Electrical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China, 1999
• B.S. Electrical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China, 1992

Experience

• Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, New York Institute of Technology, Sept. 2005 ~
• Research/Teaching Assistant, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2001-2005
• Senior Lecturer,  Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China, 1992-2001

Research Interests

• Optical Networks: Design and evaluation of architectures and protocols for optical packet and burst switched networks; contention resolution and quality of service (QoS) provisioning for photonic packet switched networks; analytical performance evaluation methods
• Wireless Networks: Protocol design and performance evaluation in mobile and ad hoc networks and sensor networks
• Grid Computing: Design and analysis routing framework for supporting emerging high-performance grid computing in all-optical networks

Publications

Journal Publications

• Tao Zhang, Kun Yang, and Hsiao-Hwa Chen, “Topology Control for Service-Oriented Wireless Mesh Networks”, IEEE Wireless Communications, Volume 16, Issue 4, Pages: 64-71, August, 2009. (pdf)

• Xiaodong Huang, Qingya She. Tao Zhang, Kejie Lu, and Jason P. Jue, "Modeling and Performance Analysis of Small Group Multicast with Deflection Routing in Optical Burst Switched Networks", IEEE Journal of Selected Areas on Communications (JSAC), Volume 26, Issue 3, Pages: 74-86, April, 2008. (pdf)
• Tao Zhang, Kejie Lu, and Jason P. Jue, ``Shared Buffering in Optical Packet-Switched Networks,'' IEEE Journal of Selected Areas on Communications (JSAC), VOL. 24, NO. 4, Pages 118-127, April, 2006. (pdf)
• Tao Zhang, Kejie Lu, and Jason P. Jue, "Differentiated Contention Resolution for QoS in Photonic Packet-Switched Networks," IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology (JLT), VOL. 22, NO. 11, Pages 2523-2535, 2004. (pdf)
• Tao Zhang, Qin Wu, and Xinqiang Yang, ``The Topological Method about Transfer-functions of Sealed Network,'' Journal of Wuhan University of Science and Technology  (Natural Science Edition), VOL. 23, NO. 1, pages 87-89, 2000, China.
• Tao Zhang, Xinqiang Yang, and Qin Wu, ``Indefinite Cut-set-admittance Matrix and Its Applications,'' Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, NO. 6, pages 21-23,1999, China.
• Tao Zhang, Xinqiang Yang, and Qin Wu, ``Indefinite Cut-set-admittance Matrix and Network Functions,'' Journal of Wuhan Yejin University of Science and Technology (Natural Science Edition), VOL. 22, NO. 3, pages 300-302,1999, China.
• Tao Zhang, Xinqiang Yang, and Qin Wu, ``Double-tree-branch Cutset and Indefinite Cut-set-admittance Matrix,'' Journal of Wuhan Food Industry College, NO. 2, pages 83-86,1999, China.

Conference Publications

• Kejie Lu, Shengli Fu, Yi Qian, and Tao Zhang, “On the Security Performance of Physical-Layer Network Coding”, ICC' 09, Dresden, Germany, June 14-18, 2009. (pdf)
• Kejie Lu, Tao Zhang, Yi Qian, and Shengli Fu, "A Novel Topology Control Scheme for Future Wireless Mesh Networks", IEEE Globecom 2008, New Orleans, Dec. 1-3, 2008. (pdf)
• Kejie Lu, Tao Zhang, Yi Qian, Shengli Fu, and Ayat Jafari, "Performance of a novel topology control scheme for future wireless mesh networks", MILCOM 2008, San Diego, California, Nov. 17-19, 2008. (pdf)
• Kejie Lu, Shengli Fu, Tao Zhang, and Yi Qian, "On the Design of Future Wireless Ad Hoc Networks", IEEE Globecom 2007, Washington, D.C., USA, Nov. 26-30, 2007. (pdf)
• Tao Zhang, Kejie Lu, Gaoxi Xiao, and S. Q. Zheng, "" Design Principles and Formulation for Optical SMART Networks", MILCOM 2007, invited paper, Orlando, Florida, USA, Oct. 29-31, 2007. (pdf)
• Kejie Lu, Tao Zhang, and Ayat Jafari, "An Anycast Routing Scheme for Supporting Emerging Grid Computing Applications in OBS in Networks," Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)  2007, Glasgow, UK, June 24-28, 2007. (pdf)
• Kejie Lu, Tao Zhang, Shengli Fu, Yi Qian, Ashwin Gumaste, and S. Q. Zheng, "A Design Principle for Future High-Speed Networks," IEEE INFOCOM 2007 High Speed Networks Workshop, Alaska, May 6-12, 2007. (pdf)
• Xiaodong Huang, Qinya She, Tao Zhang, Kejie Lu, and Jason P. Jue, "Small Group Multicast with Deflection Routing in Optical Burst Switched Networks," International Workshop on Optical Burst/Packet Switching (WOBS 2006), in conjunction with BroadNets 2006 in San Jose, CA, on Oct. 2nd, 2006. (pdf)
• Marc De Leenheer, Farid Farahmand, Kejie Lu, Tao Zhang, Pieter Thysebaert, Bruno Volckaert, Filip De Turck, Bart Dhoedt, Piet Demeester, and Jason P. Jue, "Anycast Algorithms Supporting Optical Burst Switched Grid Networks," in Proc International Conference on Networking and Services (ICNS'06), Silicon Valley, July 16-18, 2006.  (pdf)
• Tao Zhang, Kejie Lu, and Jason P. Jue, ``An Analytical Model for Shared Fiber Delay Line Buffers in Asynchronous Optical Packet and Burst Switches,'' in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2005, Vol. 3, pp. 1636-1640, Seoul, Korea, May 2005. (pdf)
• Tao Zhang, Kejie Lu, and Jason P. Jue, ``Architectures and Performance of Fiber Delay Line Buffers in Packet-Based Multifiber Optical Networks,'' OFC 2005, OME74, Anaheim, California, 6 Mar.-11 Mar. , 2005. (pdf)
• Kejie Lu, Gaoxi Xiao, Jason P. Jue, Tao Zhang, Shenli Yuan, and Imrich Chlamtac, ``Blocking Analysis of Multifiber Wavelength-Routed Networks,'' IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (Globecom) 2004, Vol. 3, pages 1958-1962, Dallas, Texas, December 2004. (pdf)
• Tao Zhang, Kejie Lu, and Jason P. Jue, ``Differentiated Contention Resolution for QoS in Photonic Packet-Switched Networks," Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2004, Vol. 3, pages 1599-1603, Paris, France, June 2004. (pdf)

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