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# Pengzhan Hao

**Position:**         Research Assistant in MOSLab  
**Education:**      Doctoral Student of SUNY at Binghamton  
**Email:**             phao3 at binghamton dot edu   

## Education

- 2017.08 -                 Ph.D. in Computer Science, Binghamton University, NY, USA  
- 2015.08 - 2017.05   M.S in Computer Science, Binghamton University, NY, USA  
- 2011.08 - 2015.06   B.E in Software Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China  

## Experience

- 2016.10 -    ***Research Assistant*** @ Mobile and Operating System Lab, Binghamton University  
  - Advised by Professor [Yifan Zhang](https://buzhangy.github.io/)
  - Edge-based distributed deep learning
    - Implemented a system for time-sensitive, edge-based distributed neural network training scenarios with state-of-the-art performance.
    - Applied empirical experiments to show potential opportunities in Edge-based/Mobile-based distributed neural network training.
    - Investigated heterogeneous-aware training tasks scheduling problem.
  - Edge Computing
    - Envision edge computing’s work-flow in end device performance(latency, traffic) improving.
    - Applied empirical experiments on different edge computing work-flow and propose/implement related solutions.
    - Design and implement an edge-based multi-tier system for decreasing bandwidth usage from endpoint mobile device.

- 2013.10 - 2014.09   ***Research Intern*** @ Advanced computer application technology engineering Research Center, Ministry of Education, China  
  - Analyzed real-time routing problem and reliable algorithm design
  - Led and developed a routing system mostly backend server program
  - Participated in vehicle internet research
  - Supervised by Juhua Pu, Zhang Xiong, Related project: Urban Computing

- 2013.10 - 2014.01   ***Research Intern*** @ Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China  
  - Analyzed mobile OS kernel and Localized portion with C language
  - Supervised by Cangzhou Yuan

## Research projects

- [EDDL: Edge-based distributed deep learning](https://github.com/CoderSherlock/dlib-exper)
- [Edge Courier: Edge-involved Cloud file synchronization service](https://github.com/bumoslab/EdgeCourier)      *Original repository(private)*
- Real time routing planner      *Original repository(private)*
  - [Map preprocessing driver](https://github.com/CoderSherlock/Project-OSCF.git)

## Publications

- **EDDL: A Distributed Deep Learning System for Resource-limited Edge Computing Environment.**  
**Pengzhan Hao**, and Yifan Zhang
The Sixth ACM/IEEE Symposium on Edge Computing (**ACM/IEEE SEC**)  
San Jose, CA, USA, 2021.  
  
- **[A Case for Web Service Bandwidth Reduction on Mobile Devices with Edge-hosted Personal Services](/static/2021-10/eta-infocom18.pdf)**  
Yongshu Bai, **Pengzhan Hao**, and Yifan Zhang
The 37th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (**IEEE INFOCOM**)  
Honolulu, HI, USA, 2018.  
  
- **[EdgeCourier: An Edge-hosted Personal Service for Low-bandwidth Document Synchronization in Mobile Cloud Storage Services](/static/2018-02/a7-hao.pdf)** **[[slide]()]**  
**Pengzhan Hao**, Yongshu Bai, Xin Zhang, and Yifan Zhang  
The 2nd ACM/IEEE Symposium on Edge Computing (**ACM/IEEE SEC**)  
San Jose, CA, USA, 2017.  
  
- **[Poster: Securing Device Inputs for Smartphones Using Hypervisor Based Approach](/static/2017-07/p169-zhang.pdf)**  
Xin Zhang, Yongshu Bai, **Pengzhan Hao**, and Yifan Zhang  
The 15th ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (**ACM MobiSys**)  
Niagara Falls, NY, USA, 2017.  
  
- **[Poster: EPS - Edge-hosted Personal Services for Mobile Users](/static/2017-07/p163-hao.pdf) [[poster](/static/2017-07/eps_poster.pdf)]**  
**Pengzhan Hao**, Yongshu Bai, Xin Zhang, and Yifan Zhang  
The 15th ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (**ACM MobiSys**)  
Niagara Falls, NY, USA, 2017.  

## Teaching

- Operating system (Graduate level)
- Operating system (Undergraduate level)
- Introduction to distributed system (Graduate level)
  
## Misc