Xiaobo Zhou

Associate Professor, Chair
Department of Computer Science
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
CO 80918, USA
Prof. Zhou is the Chair of the Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. 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, China, 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. He was on the visiting faculty of Wayne State University during 2001-2003 and Rochester Institute of Technology in spring 2010. Dr. Zhou's research is mainly in computer network systems, more specifically, autonomic computing in data centers, cloud computing, server virtualization, scalable Internet services and architectures, and computer network security. His research was supported in part by National Science Foundation, Air Force and Army. He was a recipient of NSF CAREER Award 2009. He received the 2010-2011 University Faculty Award for Excellence in Research.

Dr. Zhou is a General Co-Chair of the ICCCN 2012, a TPC co-chair of the IEEE ICCCN 2011, a TPC vice chair of the IEEE GLOBECOM 2010, ICCCN 2009, HPCC 2008, and IEEE/IFIP EUC 2008, and the workshop general chair of the IEEE ICCCN 2010, ICCCN 2007, and IFIP EUC 2006. He served ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems and the Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing as a guest editor. He is an associate editor of Elsevier's Computer Communications and Journal of Network and Computer Applications.

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News

  • PhD research assistantships are available GRA. Self-motivation of doing quality research is required and background in computer systems is favored; GRE might be waived (if GPA > 3.3 out of 4); contact Dr. Zhou for details.

    • Interests

    Dr. Zhou's professional goal is to be an outstanding educator and researcher, excellence in scholarship, investigation, and innovation, 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. His research interests are primarily in
    • Autonomic Computing in Data Centers
    • Cloud Computing
    • Server Virtualization
    • Scalable Internet Services and Architectures
    • Computer network security

    Awards

    • The University Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, UCCS, 2011
    • CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2009
    • The Outstanding Teacher of the Year, EAS College, 2008
    • Research and Creative Work Award, UCCS, 2007
    • The Outstanding Leadership Award, IEEE ICCCN, 2007
    • The Outstanding Researcher of the Year, EAS College, 2005
    • Research and Creative Work Award, UCCS, 2005
    • Outstanding Graduate Student, Nanjing University, 1996

    Teaching

    Teaching at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
    Previous teaching at Wayne State University

    Professional Services


    Correspondence

    Postal Mail Deprtment of Computer Science
    1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, PO Box 7150
    Colorado Springs, CO 80918     		Phone: (719) 255 3493(Office)
    Email: zbo at cs.uccs.edu Fax: (719) 255 3369