Teaching

• EENG-755-W01, Computer Networks, Spring 2013
• EENG-491-W02, Senior Design Projects, Spring 2013
• CSCI-345-W01, Computer Networks, Spring 2013
• CSCI-310-W02, C and Unix, Spring 2013
• CSCI-185-W01, Programming II, Fall 2012
• EENG-480-W01, Computer Network Designs, Fall 2012 
• CSCI-125-W01, Programming I, Fall 2012
• EENG-755-W01, Computer Networks, Spring 2012
• CSCI-690-W01, Computer Networks, Spring 2011
• CSCI-230-W01, Discrete Structures, Fall 2009

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

• Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, New York Institute of Technology, September 2011 ~ Present
• Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, New York Institute of Technology, September 2005 - September 2011
• Research/Teaching Assistant, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2001-2005

Research Interests

• 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
• 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

External Research Grant

• NSF TUES Grant (Award: DUE-1044596): $134,794, October 1, 2011 - September 30, 2014, PI, project title: "Enhancing the Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum by Integrating Applications of Wireless Technology"

Journal and Magazine Publications

• Tao Zhang, Kejie Lu, Shengli Fu, Yi Qian, Wang Liu, and Jianping Wang, "Improving the Capacity of Large-Scale Wireless Networks with Network Assisted-Coding Schemes,'' IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, VOL. 11, NO. 1, Pages 88 - 96, January 2012. (pdf)

• Xianzhong Xie, Bo Rong, Tao Zhang, and Weijia Lei, “Improving Physical Layer Multicast by Cooperative Communications in Heterogeneous Networks,” IEEE Wireless Communications, Volume 18, Issue 3, Pages: 58-63, June, 2011. (pdf)

• Tao Zhang, “A Framework for Fiber Delay-Line Buffers in Packet-Based Asynchronous Multifiber Optical Networks (PAMFONET),” International Journal of Communication Systems, April 26, 2011 (online).

• Shengli Fu, Kejie Lu, Tao Zhang, Yi Qian, and Hsiao-Hwa Chen, "Cooperative Wireless Networks Based on Physical Layer Network Coding," IEEE Wireless Communications, Volume 17, Issue 6, Pages: 86-95, Dec. 2010. (pdf)

• 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)

Conference Publications

• Wang Liu, Kejie Lu, Jianping Wang, Yi Qian, Tao Zhang, and Liusheng Huang, "Capacity of Distributed Content Delivery in Large-Scale Wireless Ad Hoc Networks," IEEE INFOCOM 2012, Orlando, FL, USA, March 25-30, 2012. (pdf)
• Shengli Fu, Tao Zhang, and Michael Colef, "Secrecy in Two-Way Relay Systems," in Proceedings of IEEE Globecom 2010, Miami, FL, USA, Dec. 6-10, 2010. (pdf)
• Kejie Lu, Wang Liu, Jianping Wang, Tao Zhang, Shengli Fu, "Achieving the Capacity Bounds of Multicast in Large-Scale Wireless Networks," in Proceedings of IEEE ISIT 2010, Page(s): 2328 - 2332, Austin, Texas, Jun. 13-18, 2010. (pdf)
• Tao Zhang, Kejie Lu, Ayat Jafari, Shengli Fu, and Yi Qian, "On the Capacity Bounds of Large-Scale Wireless Network with Physical-Layer Network Coding Under the Generalized Physical Model," in Proceedings of IEEE ICC 2010 - Workshop on Cooperative and Cognitive Mobile Networks, Captown, South Africa, May 23-27, 2010. (pdf)
• Kejie Lu, Shengli Fu, Yi Qian, and Tao Zhang, “On the Security Performance of Physical-Layer Network Coding”, in Proceedings of 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", in Proceedings of 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", in Proceedings of 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", in Proceedings of 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", in Proceedings of 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," in Proceedings 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," in Proceedings of 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," in Proceedings of 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 Proceedings of 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,'' in Proceedings of 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,'' in Proceedings of 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," in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2004, Vol. 3, pages 1599-1603, Paris, France, June 2004. (pdf)

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