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Xiaodong Zhang

Xiaodong Zhang

Xiaodong Zhang

Professor, Computer Science and Engineering

zhang.574@osu.edu

Dreese Laboratories
2015 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210

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Biography

Xiaodong Zhang is a University Distinguished Scholar and the Robert M. Critchfield Professor in Engineering, He joined the Ohio State University in 2006 as the Chair of the Computer Science and Engineering Department. Prior to the current position, he was the Lettie Pate Evans Professor and the Chair of the Computer Science Department at the College of William and Mary. He was Program Director on High Performance Computing in the National Science Foundation, 2001-2003. 

To recognize his long term service and accomplishments as the CSE Department Chair at Ohio State (2006-2018), he received an Excellence in Education Leadership Award from the Lutron Foundation in 2018.    

Xiaodong Zhang received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he received Distinguished Engineering and Applied Science Alumni Award in 2011. 

Expertise

Xiaodong Zhang's research is in the areas of  data management in computer and distributed systems. He is known for his significant contributions to the advancement of computer systems and architecture through his academic research, which has influenced several core technologies in production systems. His research impact has been recognized by ACM Microarchitecture Test of Time Award in 2020,  VLDB Endowment Test of Time Award in 2024, and IEEE Data Engineering Impact Award in 2025.

He was named IEEE Fellow (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) for contributions to computer memory systems in 2009, and ACM Fellow (The Association for Computing Machinery) for contributions to data and memory management in distributed systems in 2012.