Fang Zhou


Research Scientist
Meta
Email: zhou dot 1250 at osu.edu

About me

Hello. I am Fang Zhou. I'm a Research Scientist at Meta. I graduated from The Ohio State University in 2021. My advisor is Dr. Yang Wang.
My research interests include performance analysis, distributed systems, and cloud computing.
My CV can be found here.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, 2021. The Ohio State University. Advisor: Dr. Yang Wang.
  • Master of Science in Computer Science, 2015. Auburn University. Advisor: Dr. Weikuan Yu.
  • Master of Engineering in Computer Science and Technolgoy, 2012. Harbin Institute of Technology. Advisor: Dr. Debin Zhao
  • Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Technology, 2010. Central South University.

Publications

  • "Owl: Scale and Flexibility in Distribution of Hot Content", Jason Flinn, Xianzheng Dou, Arushi Aggarwal, Alex Boyko, Francois Richard, Eric Sun, Wendy Tobagus, Nick Wolchko, and Fang Zhou, in OSDI 2022.
  • "A Study of Database Performance Sensitivity to Experiment Settings", Yang Wang, Miao Yu, Yujie Hui, Fang Zhou, Yuyang Huang, Rui Zhu, Xueyuan Ren, Tianxi Li, and Xiaoyi Lu, in VLDB 2022.
  • "Sixiang Ma, Fang Zhou, Mike Bond, and Yang Wang. Finding Unsafe Heterogeneous Configurations in Cloud Systems", Sixiang Ma, Fang Zhou, Mike Bond, and Yang Wang, in EuroSys 2021.
  • "wPerf: Generic Off-CPU Analysis to Identify Bottleneck Waiting Events", Fang Zhou, Yifan Gan, Sixiang Ma, and Yang Wang, in OSDI 2018.
  • "wPerf: Identifying Critical Waiting in Multi-threaded Applications", Fang Zhou, in SOSP SRC 2017.
  • "SFMapReduce: An optimized MapReduce framework for Small Files", Fang Zhou, Hai Pham, Hao Zou, Jianhui Yue, and Weikuan Yu, in NAS 2015.
  • "Design of an Ultrasonic Detecting System Based on LabVIEW", Changyun Miao, Fang Zhou, Chunqing Ye, and Jing Liu, in CISP 2009
  • "Research on Application of RS-RBF Information Fusion in Gas Monitoring", Hua Fu, Dan Zhao, and Fang Zhou, Transducer and Microsystem Technologies, 2009. (In Chinese Version)

Honors and rewards

  • Nomination of OSU Graduate Associate Teaching Award, 2020
  • Runner-up for Annual Student Research Competition in CSE Department, 2019
  • Travel Grants: OSDI 2020, SOSP 2019, OSDI 2018, SOSP 2017, and SOSP SRC 2017.
  • Selected for Poster Round in SOSP SRC 2017.
  • Woltosz Fellowship at Auburn University, 2013 - 2015.
  • Scholarship at Harbin Institute of Technology, 2010 - 2012.
  • Scholarship at Central South University, 2006 - 2010.
  • Outstanding Freshman Scholarship at Central South University, 2006.