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Zhi Cao

Computer Science,
University of Massachusetts Boston

I am a self-motivated Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science and passionate about cutting-edge technologies. I have published papers on Edge Computing, IoT, Reinforcement Learning (RL) and computer networks. My advsior is Prof. Honggang Zhang. I received a M.S. degree and a B.S. degree in Mathematics from the Univerisity of Science and Technology Beijing. I am currently looking for an intern opportunity with a high tech company to design and develop innovative applications.

Contact:

100 Morrissey Blvd.
Science Building S-1-082
Boston, MA 02125-3393 USA

Email: ZHI.CAO001"at"cs(dot)umb(dot)edu

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/zhi-cao-888425ab

Google Scholar: scholar.google.com/citations?user=qpsewfkAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Interests

Edge Computing
Internet of Things
Deep Reinforcement Learning

Skills

Programing Languages: Python, Java, SQL, C#, PHP and CSS.
Others: TensorFlow, Numpy, OpenAI gym, Caffe, MATLAB, R, Mathematica and LATEX.

Education

Ph.D, University of Massachusetts Boston, Computer Science. Advisor: Dr. Honggang Zhang GPA: 3.9/4.0 2016.09 - present

M.S, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Mathematics. GPA: 88.5/100.0 2014.09-2016.06

B.S, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Applied Mathematics. GPA: 3.81/4.00 2010.09-2014.06

Publications

Zhi Cao, Honggang Zhang, Benyuan Liu and Bo Sheng. Revenue Sharing in Edge-Cloud Systems: A Game-theoretic Perspective. Computer Networks, under review.
Zhi Cao, Honggang Zhang, Yu Cao and Benyuan Liu. A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach to Multi-component Job Scheduling in Edge Computing. IEEE The 15th International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN), Dec 2019. [arXiv preprint]
Zhi Cao, Honggang Zhang, and Benyuan Liu. Performance and Stability of Application Placement in Mobile Edge Computing System. 37th IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), Nov 2018. [pdf]
Zhi Cao, Honggang Zhang, Benyuan Liu, and Bo Sheng. A Game-theoretic Framework for Revenue Sharing in Edge-Cloud Computing System. 37th IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), Nov 2018. [pdf]
Enlu Liu, Xiaoheng Deng, Zhi Cao, and Honggang Zhang. Design and Evaluation of A Prediction-based Dynamic Edge Computing System. IEEE Clobal Communications Conference (Globecom), Dec 2018. [pdf]
Zhiwen Wan, Xiaoheng Deng, Zhi Cao, and Honggang Zhang. Mobile Resource Aware Scheduling for Mobile Edge Environment. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), May 2018. [pdf]
Zhi Cao, Jinhu Zhao, and Liancun Zheng. Fractional Boundary-layer Flow and Heat Transfer of a Nanofluid over an Unsteady Moving Plate, Heat Transfer Research 48(17): 1531-1544(2017). [pdf]
Zhi Cao, Jinhu Zhao, Zhijiang Wang, Fawang Liu, and Liancun Zheng. MHD Flow and Heat Transfer of Fractional Maxwell Viscoelastic Nanofluid over a Moving Plate, Journal of Molecular Liquids 222(2016) 1121-1127. [pdf]

Professional Activities

Reviewer of Cluster Computing, Springer.
Reviewer of IEEE INFOCOM 2020.
Student Scholar of Grace Hopper Celebration 2019.
Student Scholar of CRA-W 2018.

Awards

Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) Scholarship, Orlando, FL. October, 2019.

CRA-W Grad Cohort Worksho pScholarship, San Francisco, CA. April, 2018

Merit Graduate Student (1%), University of Science and Technology Beijing, 2014 - 2015

The First Prize Scholarship (3%), University of Science and Technology Beijing, 2014 - 2015

Outstanding Graduates Awards (1%), University of Science and Technology Beijing, 2013 - 2014

Last update: 10/28/2019