Peng Zhang

Peng Zhang is a professor with 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 Chinese University of Hong Kong (2009) and Yale University (2011-2012). His research interests include network verification, network simulation, and network synthesis.

Recent Papers
Yihan Dang
Hao Li
Ze Xia
Jiajun Luan
, and  Peng Zhang
Proceedings of USENIX NSDI'26
Ze Xia
Hao Li
Jinyu Fu
Xin Wan
Yihan Dang
Danfeng Shan
Li Chen
, and  Peng Zhang
Proceedings of USENIX NSDI'26
Dan Wang Peng Zhang Zhenrong Gu
Weibo Lin
Shibiao Jiang
Zhu He
Xu Du
Longfei Chen
Jun Li
, and 
Xiaohong Guan
Proceedings of IEEE/ACM ASE'25
Zechun Li Peng Zhang Yichi Zhang , and 
Hongkun Yang
Proceedings of USENIX NSDI'25
Outstanding Paper Award
More Papers
Service
Program Committee
  • ACM SIGCOMM (2026)
  • USENIX NSDI (2026, 2025)
  • IEEE INFOCOM (2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021)
  • IEEE ICNP (2024)
Organization Committee
  • APNET (2026, 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 Students, 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