Xiao Zhang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Computer and Information Science
Xiao Zhang
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Computer and Information Science
[email protected]
212 Computer and Information Science Building | 4901 Evergreen Road | Dearborn, MI 48128
schedule Thursday from 1 PM to 3 PM
link https://www.zhangxiao.me

Teaching Areas:

Computer and Information Science, Data Science

Research Areas:

Computing and Networks, Data Science, Machine Learning, Optimization, and Intelligent Systems

Biography and Education

Education

Ph.D., Michigan State University

M.S., Northwestern Polytechnical University  

B.E., Taiyuan University of Technology

Teaching and Research

Courses Taught

Selected Publications

  1. Xiao Zhang, Li Xiao, Matt W. Mutka, IEEE ICNP 2024, HoloCube: 3D Opitcal IoT Connections via Software Defined Pepper's Ghost.
  2. Hanqing Guo, Guangjing Wang, Bocheng Chen, Yuanda Wang, Xiao Zhang, Xun Chen, Qiben Yan, Li Xiao, ACM MobiCom 2024, WavePurifier: Purifying Audio Adversarial Examples via Hierarchical Diffusion Models.
  3. Xiao Zhang, Li Xiao, Matt W. Mutka, ACM SIGCOMM 2024, POSTER: Holographic Optical Tag enabled Omnidirectional IoT Connection.
  4. Xiao Zhang, James Mariani, Li Xiao, and Matt W. Mutka, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (ToSN) 2024, Exploiting Fine-grained Dimming with Improved LiFi Throughput.
  5. David Hunt, Shaocheng Luo, Amir Khazraei, Xiao Zhang, Spencer Hallyburton, Tingjun Chen, Miroslav Pajic, IEEE ICRA 2024, RadCloud: Real-Time High-Resolution Point Cloud Generation Using Low-Cost Radars for Aerial and Ground Vehicles.
  6. Xiao Zhang, Griffin Klevering, Juexing Wang, Li Xiao, and Tianxing Li, ACM MobiSys 2023, RoFin: 3D Hand Pose Reconstructing via 2D Rolling Fingertips.
  7. Xiao Zhang, Griffin Klevering, Xinyu Lei, Yiwen Hu, Li Xiao, and Guan-Hua Tu, ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR) 2023, The Security in Optical Wireless Communication: A Survey.
  8. Juexing Wang, Guangjing Wang, Xiao Zhang, Li Liu, Huacheng Zeng, Li Xiao, Zhichao Cao, Lin Gu, and Tianxing Li, Ubicomp 2023, PATCH: A Plug-in Framework Of Non-blocking Inference For Distributed Multimodal System.
  9. Xu Zhou, Xinyu Lei, Cong Yang, Yichun Shi, Xiao Zhang, and Jingwen Shi, IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoTJ) 2023, Handling Data Heterogeneity for IoT Devices in Federated Learning: A Knowledge Fusion Approach.
  10. Xiao Zhang, Griffin Klevering, James Mariani, Li Xiao, and Matt Mutka, IEEE/ACM IWQoS 2023, Boosting Optical Camera Communication via 2D Rolling Blocks.
  11. Xiao Zhang, Griffin Klevering, and Li Xiao, IEEE WoWMoM 2023, PoseFly: On-site Pose Parsing of Swarming Drones via 4-in-1 Optical Camera Communication.
  12. Xiao Zhang, Hanqing Guo, James Mariani, and Li Xiao, ACM MobiCom 2022, U-Star: An Underwater Navigation System based on Passive 3D Optical Identification Tags.
  13. Xiao Zhang, James Mariani, Li Xiao, and Matt Mutka, IEEE SECON 2022, LiFOD: Lighting Extra Data via Fine-grained OWC Dimming.
  14. Xiao Zhang, Griffin Klevering, Li Xiao, ACM SenSys 2022, POSTER: Exploring Rolling Shutter Effect for Motion Tracking with Objective Identification.
  15. Xiao Zhang, Li Xiao, IEEE MASS 2020, Effective Subcarrier Pairing for Hybrid Delivery in Relay Networks.

Awards and Recognition

  • 2023, 2021, 2019 Graduate Office Fellowship, MSU
  • 2023 Dissertation Completion Fellowship, MSU
  • 2022 Graduate Travel Fellowship, MSU
  • 2019 Student Travel Grant, NSF-mmWaveRCN
  • 2016, 2017, 2018, Postgraduate Scholarship, NPU
  • 2016 Outstanding Graduate, TUT
  • 2015 President Scholarship, Top 10, TUT
  • 2013, 2014, National Encouragement Scholarship, China