Peixiang Zhao

Peixiang Zhao is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Florida State University (FSU). He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and completed his M.S. and B.S. at Peking University. His research focuses on data/network science, database systems, and graph analytics, with particular emphasis on managing and analyzing large-scale networked data. His work has been supported by AFOSR-YIP, ARO-YIP, NSF, and industry grants. He advises several doctoral and master’s students and teaches courses like Advanced Data Mining and Advanced Database Systems. His research group explores topics such as graph query optimization, graph summarization, and scalable computation in dynamic graph streams.

Education:

• Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012)
• M.S., Computer Science, Peking University (2004)
• B.S., Computer Science, Peking University (2001)

Research Interests:

• Graph query processing and optimization
• Graph summarization and learning
• Scalable computation in dynamic graph streams
• Data-intensive systems and analytics

Awards:

• AFOSR-YIP (2021)
• ARO-YIP (2020)

Teaching: CAP5778 Advanced Data Mining, COP5725 Advanced Database Systems.