Xiaodong Zhang (computer scientist)

Xiaodong Zhang
Alma materBeijing University of Technology (BS)
University of Colorado Boulder (MS, PhD)
Known forInterleaved memory
LIRS and other caching methods
RCFile and big data systems
Hardware acceleration
AwardsIEEE Fellow (2009)
Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Colorado Boulder (2011)
ACM Fellow (2012)
ACM Microarchitecture Test of Time Award (2020)
VLDB Endowment Test of Time Award (2024)
IEEE Data Engineering Impact Award (2025)
Scientific career
FieldsData management
Memory systems
Storage systems
High-performance computing
InstitutionsUniversity of Texas at San Antonio
Rice University
College of William & Mary
National Science Foundation
The Ohio State University
Doctoral advisorRobert B. Schnabel
Other academic advisorsRalph J. Slutz

Xiaodong Zhang is a computer scientist and academic. He is a University Distinguished Scholar and Robert M. Critchfield Professor in Engineering at The Ohio State University. His research focuses on data management in computer memory, storage, and distributed systems. Zhang is also a founding member of the Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF) and a member of its board of directors.