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Overview

Zhen Xiao is affiliated with Peking University in China and has contributed extensively to research in computer science and engineering. Their work primarily spans areas including computer networks and communications, artificial intelligence, electrical and electronic engineering, information systems, and statistical and nonlinear physics.

The scientist's main research topics focus on reinforcement learning in robotics, caching and content delivery, ferroelectric and negative capacitance devices, cloud computing and resource management, IoT and edge/fog computing, blockchain technology applications and security, and complex network analysis techniques.

Zhen Xiao has published papers in several key venues, including:

  • Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
  • Proceedings of the Thirty-First International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
  • IEEE INFOCOM 2022 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Zhen Xiao are:

  • "Neighborhood Cognition Consistent Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning," 2020, Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
  • "Learning Agent Communication under Limited Bandwidth by Message Pruning," 2020, Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
  • "Learning multi-agent communication with double attentional deep reinforcement learning," 2020, Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
  • "Reward Design in Cooperative Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning for Packet Routing," 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Fast and Fine-grained Autoscaler for Streaming Jobs with Reinforcement Learning," 2022, Proceedings of the Thirty-First International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence

Frequent collaborators with Zhen Xiao include:

  • Hangyu Mao
  • Zhibo Gong
  • Zhengchao Zhang
  • Ni Yan
  • Zhenxing Hu

Zhen Xiao's research integrates aspects of multi-agent reinforcement learning, network communication efficiency, and scalable computing systems. Their contributions address challenges in resource management and communication limitations across distributed systems and networks.

Best Publications

  • Dynamic Resource Allocation Using Virtual Machines for Cloud Computing Environment

    Zhen Xiao;Weijia Song;Qi Chen

  • Bimodal multicast

    Kenneth P. Birman;Mark Hayden;Oznur Ozkasap;Zhen Xiao

  • Measurements, analysis, and modeling of BitTorrent-like systems

    Lei Guo;Songqing Chen;Zhen Xiao;Enhua Tan

  • BGP routing stability of popular destinations

    Jennifer Rexford;Jia Wang;Zhen Xiao;Yin Zhang

  • Adaptive Resource Provisioning for the Cloud Using Online Bin Packing

    Weijia Song;Zhen Xiao;Qi Chen;Haipeng Luo

  • Improving MapReduce Performance Using Smart Speculative Execution Strategy

    Qi Chen;Cheng Liu;Zhen Xiao

  • A performance study of BitTorrent-like peer-to-peer systems

    L. Guo;S. Chen;Z. Xiao;E. Tan

  • Overload protection for SIP servers

    Arup Acharya;Erich M. Nahum;John Michael Tracey;Xiping Wang

  • Computing on the edge: a platform for replicating internet applications

    Michael Rabinovich;Zhen Xiao;Amit Aggarwal

  • The stretched exponential distribution of internet media access patterns

    Lei Guo;Enhua Tan;Songqing Chen;Zhen Xiao

  • Understanding Instant Messaging Traffic Characteristics

    Zhen Xiao;Lei Guo;J. Tracey

  • LIBRA: Lightweight Data Skew Mitigation in MapReduce

    Qi Chen;Jinyu Yao;Zhen Xiao

  • Twinkle: A fast resource provisioning mechanism for internet services

    Jun Zhu;Zhefu Jiang;Zhen Xiao

  • Delving into internet streaming media delivery: a quality and resource utilization perspective

    Lei Guo;Enhua Tan;Songqing Chen;Zhen Xiao

  • Characterization of a large web site population with implications for content delivery

    L. Bent;M. Rabinovich;G. M. Voelker;Z. Xiao

  • Automatic Scaling of Internet Applications for Cloud Computing Services

    Zhen Xiao;Qi Chen;Haipeng Luo

  • Analysis of multimedia workloads with implications for internet streaming

    Lei Guo;Songqing Chen;Zhen Xiao;Xiaodong Zhang

  • Monitoring for replica placement and request distribution

    Claudia Canali;Alexandre Gerber;Stephen Fisher;Michael Rabinovich

  • Learning Agent Communication under Limited Bandwidth by Message Pruning

    Hangyu Mao;Zhengchao Zhang;Zhen Xiao;Zhibo Gong

  • Neighborhood Cognition Consistent Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

    Hangyu Mao;Wulong Liu;Jianye Hao;Jun Luo

  • System and method for streaming media objects

    Songqing Chen;Lei Guo;Zhen Xiao;Xiaodong Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Rabinovich
Michael Rabinovich Case Western Reserve University
Lei Guo
Lei Guo Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Xiaodong Zhang
Xiaodong Zhang The Ohio State University
Kenneth P. Birman
Kenneth P. Birman Cornell University
Songqing Chen
Songqing Chen George Mason University
Yennun Huang
Yennun Huang Research Center for Information Technology Innovation, Academia Sinica
Rittwik Jana
Rittwik Jana Google (United States)
Amy R. Reibman
Amy R. Reibman Purdue University West Lafayette
Hongbo Jiang
Hongbo Jiang Hunan University

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