معرفی
Dr. Jia Zhang is the Inaugural Robert H. Dedman Jr. Endowed Department Chair and Professor of Computer Science at Southern Methodist University (SMU Lyle School of Engineering). She holds the Cruse C. and Marjorie F. Calahan Centennial Chair in Engineering and has a courtesy appointment in the Department of Operations Research and Engineering Management. Her research focuses on applying machine learning, natural language processing, and information retrieval to data science infrastructure, particularly scientific workflows, provenance mining, software discovery, knowledge graphs, cloud computing, immune AI, and applications in earth science and healthcare.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago
- M.S. in Computer Science, Nanjing University
- B.S. in Computer Science, Nanjing University
Dr. Zhang's work emphasizes data science infrastructure and machine learning for scientific workflows and knowledge graphs. Her recent publications highlight deep learning, graph neural networks, and optimization algorithms in cloud computing, cybersecurity, and environmental applications. Key trends include spatiotemporal modeling, hybrid neural architectures, and AI-driven service ecosystems.
Scientific Awards:
- Best Paper Awards IEEE SCC (2011, 2017)
- Best Student Paper Awards IEEE ICWS (2014, 2018), IEEE ICCC (2018)
- Distinguished Paper Award ICSOC (2023)
- First Outstanding Service Award IEEE Technical Committee on Services Computing (2016)
She has secured over $5 million in federal grants (as PI) and $11 million as PI/Co-PI from NSF, NASA, NIH, UTSW, Ericsson, SAP, and Google. Her lab (Caruth Hall 308) actively recruits research assistants. She previously served as a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University, Northern Illinois University, and Nanjing University, and worked in industry as a software architect.
