Yongle Zhang

Yongle Zhang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Purdue University, joining in Spring 2021. His research focuses on systems software, particularly improving reliability and availability in complex distributed systems through failure detection and diagnosis. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto and has prior degrees from Shandong University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

**Education:**

• Ph.D., University of Toronto, Computer Engineering (2020)
• Master, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2013)
• Bachelor, Shandong University, Computer Science (2010)

**Research Interests:**
His work addresses challenges in distributed systems, including root cause diagnosis in cloud environments, diagnosable software design, and concurrency bugs in persistent memory applications. Recent projects include analyzing live debugging activities in production systems and detecting cross-system interaction failures.

**Awards & Grants:**

• SIGOPS Dennis M. Ritchie Thesis Award (2021)
• Meta 2022 Systems Research Award
• NSF Core Grant (2021)

**Advising & Labs:**
Advises PhD and Master’s students in distributed systems research (e.g., Shangshu Qian, Panchapakesan Chitra Sruthi). Leads a lab focused on production system reliability, with collaborations on cloud infrastructure and failure analysis tools.