Dr. Gengrui (Edward) Zhang, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Dr. Gengrui (Edward) Zhang is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computing Engineering, where he leads the Research Group of Distributed Computing and Systems (DISCOS). Prior to joining Concordia, he received his PhD from the University of Toronto.
Dr. Zhang's primary research goal is to design and develop high-performance, highly scalable, and highly available distributed systems. By advancing these properties, his work contributes to both theoretical foundations and the development of various distributed applications, including blockchains, cloud computing, data management, and distributed machine learning.
Dr. Zhang’s research spans the full spectrum from theoretical foundations to practical implementation. This includes rigorous mathematical modeling and analysis, the design of new algorithms and architecture, formal proofs, implementation, deployment, and evaluation. He collaborates with industry partners and is enthusiastic about applying his research innovations to address real-world challenges.