Peng Zhang
Peng Zhang is a professor with the School of Computer Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU). Before joining XJTU, Peng Zhang received his B.E. degree from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 2008, and Ph.D. degree from Tsinghua University (with honor) in 2013, both in computer science. He was a visiting researcher at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2009) and Yale University (2011-2012). His research interests include network verification, network simulation, and network synthesis.
Selected Publications
Jinchao Ma, Ran Shu, Danfeng Shan, Wenxue Cheng, Jinnuo Du, Zhixiong Niu,
Peng Zhang
, and Yongqiang Xiong
Jinchao Ma
, Ran Shu
, Danfeng Shan
, Wenxue Cheng
, Jinnuo Du
, Zhixiong Niu
,
Peng Zhang
, and Yongqiang Xiong
Proceedings of USENIX NSDI '27
Proceedings of NeurIPS '26
Proceedings of ACM SIGOPS ATC '26
Proceedings of ACM SIGOPS ATC '26
Yongzheng Zhang, Yaxuan Lin, Haoxian Chen, Ruize Ma, Amirmohammad Nazari, Mukund Raghothaman, and
Peng Zhang
Yongzheng Zhang
, Yaxuan Lin
, Haoxian Chen
, Ruize Ma
, Amirmohammad Nazari
, Mukund Raghothaman
, and
Peng ZhangProceedings of ACM SIGCOMM '26
Proceedings of ACM SIGCOMM '26
Ning Kang
,
Peng Zhang
,
Jianyuan Zhang
,
Hao Li
,
Dan Wang
,
Zhenrong Gu
, Weibo Lin, Shibiao Jiang, Zhu He, Xu Du, Longfei Chen, Jun Li, and Xiaohong Guan
Weibo Lin
, Shibiao Jiang
, Zhu He
, Xu Du
, Longfei Chen
, Jun Li
, and Xiaohong Guan
Proceedings of ACM FSE '26
Proceedings of FME FM '26
Proceedings of USENIX NSDI '26
Proceedings of USENIX NSDI '26
Community Award
Dan Wang
,
Peng Zhang
,
Zhenrong Gu
, Weibo Lin, Shibiao Jiang, Zhu He, Xu Du, Longfei Chen, Jun Li, and Xiaohong Guan
Weibo Lin
, Shibiao Jiang
, Zhu He
, Xu Du
, Longfei Chen
, Jun Li
, and Xiaohong Guan
Proceedings of IEEE/ACM ASE '25
IEEE Transactions on Networking 2025
Dan Wang
,
Peng Zhang
, Wenbing Sun, Wenkai Li,
Xing Feng
,
Hao Li
, Jiawei Chen, Weirong Jiang, and Yongping Tang
Wenbing Sun
, Wenkai Li
,
Xing Feng
,
Hao Li
, Jiawei Chen
, Weirong Jiang
, and Yongping Tang
Proceedings of ACM SIGCOMM '25
Proceedings of APNet '25
Proceedings of USENIX NSDI '25
Outstanding Paper Award
Proceedings of ACM SIGCOMM '24
Best Paper Honorable Mention
Proceedings of ACM HotNets '24
Proceedings of ACM CoNEXT '23
Proceedings of IEEE ICNP '23
Proceedings of USENIX NSDI '23
Proceedings of ACM SIGCOMM '22
Proceedings of USENIX NSDI '22
Proceedings of USENIX NSDI '21
Peng Zhang
, Fangzheng Zhang, Shimin Xu, Zuoru Yang,
Hao Li
, Qi Li, Huanzhao Wang, Chao Shen, and Chengchen Hu
Fangzheng Zhang
, Shimin Xu
, Zuoru Yang
,
Hao Li
, Qi Li
, Huanzhao Wang
, Chao Shen
, and Chengchen Hu
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
Proceedings of ACM HotNets '20
Proceedings of USENIX NSDI '20
Proceedings of ACM CoNEXT '20
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
Proceedings of IEEE ICDCS '18
Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM '17
Proceedings of ACM/IEEE ANCS '16
Poster Session of ACM SIGCOMM '16
Proceedings of ACM CoNEXT '16
Service
Program Committee
- ACM SIGCOMM (2026)
- USENIX NSDI (2026, 2025)
- IEEE INFOCOM (2027, 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021)
- IEEE ICNP (2024)
Organization Committee
- APNet (Poster co-Chair 2026, Sponsor co-Chair 2025)
- ACM SIGCOMM FMANO Workshop (PC co-Chair 2026, PC co-Chair 2025)
Editorial Board
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Series on Network Softwarization & Enabler
Work Experiences
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Professor, 2013.7 - now
Education
Tsinghua University
Ph.D. in Computer Science, 2008.9 - 2013.7
Yale University
Visiting Student, 2011.9 - 2012.9
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Visiting Student, 2009.11 - 2010.2
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
B.E. in Computer Science, 2004.9 - 2008.6
Awards & Honors
Community Award, USENIX NSDI 2026
Outstanding Paper Award, USENIX NSDI 2025
Best Paper Honorable Mention, ACM SIGCOMM 2024
K. C. Wong Scholar, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 2017
Young Talent Support Award, CCF, 2017