Presenter

Zhihui Du is a research scientist at the New Jersey Institute of Technology from 2020 to now. He received the BE degree in 1992 in the computer department from Tianjin University. He received the MS and Ph.D. degrees in computer science, respectively, in 1995 and 1998, from Peking University. From 1998 to 2000, he worked at Tsinghua University as a post-doctor. From 2001 to 2019, he worked at Tsinghua University as an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Technology. His research areas include cluster system design, parallel algorithm design, parallel scientific applications. He has authored/co-authored seven books in parallel computing or related fields. As the PI, he has finished more than 20 research projects and published more than 200 papers. His work in gravitational wave data processing shared the special breakthrough prize in fundamental physics.