Weiyi (Max) Zhang

Assistant Professor
The Department of Computer Science
College of Science & Mathematics
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND 58105, USA

Office: IACC 258B2D
Tel : (701) 231-8555
Fax
: (701) 231-8255
Email: Weiyi.Zhang@ndsu.edu
URL: http://cs.ndsu.edu/~wzhang/



About Me
I am an assistant professor at Computer Science Department, North Dakota State University. Before joining NDSU, I earned my Ph.D. degree from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Arizona State University. I was a member of the Optimization and Networking Research Laboratory, which is headed by Professor Guoliang Xue. My Erdos Number is 3.

I have more than 30 refereed papers published/accepted in my research areas, including papers in prestigious conferences and journals such as IEEE INFOCOM, ACM MobiHoc, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking,ACM Wireless Networks, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology and IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. I have been serving as a reviewer or a technical committee chair/member for many internationally reputable journals and conferences, such as IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, OSA Journal of Optical Networking, Elsevier Journal of Computer Networks, IEEE GLOBECOM and IEEE ICC.

Research Interests Research Assistant Positions Available for Graduate Students

Selected Publications

Weiyi Zhang, Xiaojiang Du, Kendall Nygard and Tie Wang;
Self-protecting Networking using Dynamic p-cycle Construction within Link Capacity Constraint; [PDF]
IEEE ICC'2009: IEEE International Conference on Communications; (acceptance ratio 35%)
Accepted for publication.

Weiyi Zhang, Jun Kong, Kendall Nygard and Ming Li;
Adaptive Configuration of Pervasive Computing System with QoS Consideration; [PDF]
IEEE CCNC'2009: 6th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference;
10-13 Jan. 2009, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Weiyi Zhang, Guoliang Xue, Jian Tang, and Krishnaiyan Thulasiraman;
Dynamic Wavelength Routing in WDM Networks under Multiple Signal Quality Constraints; [PDF]
IEEE Globecom'2008: IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference;
Nov. 30 2008-Dec. 4 2008, New Orleans, LA, USA.

Guoliang Xue and Weiyi Zhang;
Multiconstrained QoS routing: Greedy is good; won BEST PAPER AWARD [PDF]
IEEE Globecom'2007: IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference;
Washington, DC, November 26-30, 2007

Weiyi Zhang, Guoliang Xue, Jian Tang, and Krishnaiyan Thulasiraman;
Faster Algorithms for Constructing Recovery Trees Enhancing QoP and QoS; [PDF]
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking;
Vol. 16 (2008), pp. 642-655.

Guoliang Xue, Weiyi Zhang, Jian Tang, and Krishnaiyan Thulasiraman;
Polynomial Time Approximation Algorithms for Multi-Constrained QoS Routing; [PDF]
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking;
Vol. 16 (2008), pp. 656-669.

Guoliang Xue, Arunabha Sen,Weiyi Zhang, Jian Tang, and Krishnaiyan Thulasiraman;
Finding a Path Subject to Many Additive QoS Constraints; [PDF]
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking;
Vol. 15(2007), pp. 201-211.

Guoliang Xue, Weiyi Zhang, Jian Tang, and Krishnaiyan Thulasiraman;
An Improved Algorithm for Optimal Lightpath Establishment on a Tree Topology; [PDF]
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Optical Communications and Networking series;
Vol. 24, No. 8, 2006, pp. 45--56.

Weiyi Zhang, Guoliang Xue, and Satyajayant Misra;
Fault-tolerant Relay Node Placement in Wireless Sensor Networks: Problems and Algorithms; [PDF]
IEEE INFOCOM'2007: IEEE Conference on Computer Communications; (acceptance ratio:18%)
Anchorage, Alaska, May 6-12, 2007.

Jian Tang, Guoliang Xue, and Weiyi Zhang;
Maximum Throughput and Fair Bandwidth Allocation in Multi-channel Wireless Mesh Networks; [PDF]
IEEE INFOCOM'2006: IEEE Conference on Computer Communications; (acceptance ratio:18%)
Barcelona, Catalunya, SPAIN, April 23-29, 2006.

Weiyi Zhang, Guoliang Xue, Jian Tang, and Krishnaiyan Thulasiraman;
Linear Time Construction of Redundant Trees for Recovery Schemes Enhancing QoP and QoS; [PDF]
IEEE INFOCOM'2005: IEEE Conference on Computer Communications; (acceptance ratio:17%)
Miami, FL, March 13-17, 2005.
pp. 2702-2710.

Jian Tang, Guoliang Xue, and Weiyi Zhang;
Interference-Aware Topology Control and QoS Routing in Multi-Channel Wireless Mesh Networks; [PDF]
MobiHoc'2005: ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing; (acceptance ratio:14%)
Urbana-Champaign, IL, May 25-28, 2005.
pp. 68-77.

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Teaching

In Fall 2008, I will be teaching course
CSci477/677: Object Oriented Systems
Lectures: TR 9:30AM-10:45AM, IACC 106

Spring 2008
CSci 785: Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing
Lectures: TR 9:30AM-10:45AM, Stevens Hall 210

Fall 2007
CSci 714: Software Project Planning and Estimation
Lectures: MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM, IACC 106



Professonal Activities

Technical Program Committee Member Official reviewer for Membership