Bo Zhao

Bo Zhao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Aalto University, leading the Aalto Data-Intensive System group (ADIS). His research focuses on building efficient data-intensive systems across multiple layers, from scalable machine learning systems to distributed data management systems.

Research Focus:

• Scalable machine learning systems
• Distributed data processing
• Hardware-software co-design
• Quantum computing systems
• High-performance computing

Current Projects:
AthenaRL (scalable RL systems), LARA (quantum ML algorithms), FlexMoE (efficient mixture-of-experts systems). His group develops systems enabling ML deployment across hardware from quantum computers to mobile devices.

Education & Career:
PhD from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Previously at Queen Mary University of London, Imperial College London, and Amazon Web Services. Research published in SOSP, VLDB, USENIX ATC.