Xiaobo Zhou

Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, CO 80933, USA
Dr. Zhou is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science. He is the director of Distributed and Internet Systems Lab, and the director and co-founder of PhD in Engineering with a focus in security degree program. He obtained BS, MS, and PhD degrees in computer science from Nanjing University, in 1994, 1997, and 2000, respectively. He was a visiting scientist in 1999 and a postdoctorate research associate in 2000 at the Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing, University of Paderborn, Germany. From January 2001 to August 2003, he was a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, Wayne State University, Detroit. Dr. Zhou's research was supported in part by National Science Foundation, Army Medical Research, and Air Force Research Lab. He was awarded "The Outstanding Researcher of the Year 2005" and "The Outstanding Teacher of the Year 2008" of the College of Engineering and Applied Science.
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Announcement

  • One Graduate Research Assistant position is available beginning Fall 2008. The GRA will be registered for the new program of PhD in Engineering with a focus in Security (Program Description). OS and networking background is expected. Apply by contacting with Prof. Zhou directly with your resume and representative publications (if any).
  • Call for workshop proposals, the 18th IEEE Int'l Conf. on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), San Francisco, August 2009.
  • Call for papers, ACM Trans. on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems (TAAS) special issue on "Self-adaptive and Self-Organizing Wireless Networking Systems" (CFP in PDF), submission deadline July 31 2008.

    Goal

    Dr. Zhou's professional goal is to be an outstanding educator and researcher, excellence in scholarship, investigation, innovation, and practical developments, contributing to the fast-developing computer and information technology. He is committed to high-quality education and research that lead to the discovery, advancement, and application of knowledge.

    Interests

    Dr. Zhou's research interests are primarily in
    • Internet Services and Architectures
    • End-to-End Quality-of-Service
    • Computer Networks and Security

    Teaching

    Teaching at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
    Previous teaching at Wayne State University
    • CSC 4100/ECE 4680, Computer Architecture and Design: Win'01
    • CSC 4100, Computer Architecture and Design: SS'01, Fall'01, Win'02, SS'02, Fall'02, Win'03, SS'03
    • CSC 3100, Computer Organization and Assembly Language: Fall'01, Win'02, Fall'02
    • CSC 1050, Introduction to C & Unix: Win'03

    Professional Services

    • Panelist, National Science Foundation
    • Grant Proposal Reviewer, Swiss National Science Foundation
    • Advisory Editorial Board: Computer Communiations, Elsevier, Journal of Autonomic and Trusted Computing
    • Guest Editor, a special issue of ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems (TAAS) on Self-adaptive and Self-Organizing Wireless Networking Systems.
    • Guest Editor, a special issue of Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC) for Security in Grid and Distributed Systems, Elsevier.
    • Guest Editor, a special issue of Computer Communications (ComCom) for Wirelss Mesh Networks, Elsevier.
    • Guest Editor, a special issue of Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA) for Distributed Denial-of-Service and Intrusion Detection, Elsevier.
    • Program Vice Chair, 18th IEEE Int'l Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN-2009), San Francisco, August 2009.
    • Program Vice Chair, IEEE HPCC-08, The 10th IEEE Int'l Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, Sep 25-27, 2008, Dalian, China.
    • Program Vice Chair, IEEE EUC-08, The 5th IEEE/IFIP Int'l Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing, December 17-20, 2008, Shanghai, China.
    • Program Vice Chair, ATC 2007, the 4th Int'l conference on autonomic and trusted computing (ATC-2007), July 11-13, 2007, Hong Kong.
    • Program Vice Chair, ICWN 2005 Int'l Conference on Wireless Networks, June 2005, Las Vegas, USA.
    • Workshops Chair, ICCCN 2007 Workshops, the 16th IEEE Int'l Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, Aug 13-16, 2007, Honolulu, USA.
    • Workshops Chair, EUC'2006 Workshops, Int'l Conference on Embeded and Ubiquitous Computing, Aug 1-4, 2006, Seoul.
    • Founding Program Co-Chair, SSN'2005, The 1st IEEE International Workshop on Security in Systems and Networks (SSN'05), in conjunction with IEEE/ACM IPDPS, April 2005, Denver, USA.
    • General Co-Chair, SSN'2006, the 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Security in Systems and Networks (SSN'06), April 2006, Rhode Island, Greece.
    • General Co-Chair, SecUbiq-05 The 1st International Workshop on Security in Ubiquitous Computing Systems.
    • Program Committee member, ICDCS 2008, IPCCC 2008, WoWMoM-2008, AINA-2008, ICC 2007, ICCCN 2007, SAC 2007, UbiSafe-07, AINA'2007, MDC'06, UIC'06, ICPP-HPSEC'06, TACS'06, ICCCN 2005, EUC 2005, MSN 2005, UISW2005, MASS-WSNS'05, ICPP-HPSEC05, ICPADS-SNDS2005, IPDPS-PDSEC2005, ISPA 2005, ICDCS-MDC2005, PMEO-PDS 2005, ISPA 2004, CIT 2004, BIOT 2004
    • Guest Scientist, System Computing Research Institute
    • Guest Member, Cluster and Internet Computing Laboratory, Wayne State University
    • Textbook Reviewer, Modern Processor Design, McGraw Hills Publisher
    • Textbook Reviewer, Network Design, Pearson Education
    • Textbook Reviewer, Computer Networks, Pearson Education
    • Textbook Reviewer, Introduction to Computer Systems and Networks, Pearson Education
    • Textbook Reviewer, Network Cryptography, Addison Wesley Publisher
    • Textbook Reviewer, Computer Architecture and Organization, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, MA
    • Journal Reviewer for IEEE Trans. on Computers (TC), IEEE Trans. on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC), Computer Communications (ComCom), International Journal of Communications and Networks (JCN), International Journal of Computers and Applications (JACTA), Journal of Computer Science and Technology (JCST)
    • Member, IEEE Computer Society
    • Member, IEEE Services Computing Community

    Correspondence

    Postal Mail Deprtment of Computer Science
    1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, PO Box 7150
    Colorado Springs, CO 80933-7150     		Phone: (719) 262 3493(Office)
    Email: zbo@cs.uccs.edu Fax: (719) 262 3369