Dr. Zhao, born on September 12, 1953 in Xian, Shaanxi, China, came to the United States in 1982. He received a diploma in physics from Shannxi Normal University in 1977, MSc and Ph.D. in computer and information science from University of Massachusetts in 1983 and 1986 respectively. In all his life, Dr. Zhao is devoted to teaching and research. He served as lecturer, Shaanxi Normal University (1977-82); assistant professor, Amherst College (1986-88), senior lecturer, Adelaide University in Australia (1988-90); associate professor (1996-97); professor (1997- ), Texas A&M University; and chair, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University until 2001. Currently, Dr. Zhao is Associate Vice President for Research, Texas A&M University.
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Dr. Zhao's current research interest includes secured real-time computing and communication, distributed operating systems, databases, and fault tolerant systems. He has played critical leadership roles in projects NetEx and NetCamo. His research group has been recognized by various awards and prizes, including the outstanding paper award from the IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems in 1992, the best paper award from the IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics Conference in 1997, an award on technology transfer from the Defense Advanced Research Program Agency (DARPA) in 2002, and the 2nd prize in the international ACM student research contest in 2002.
Dr. Zhao has published over 180 papers in journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters and is an inventor for two U.S. patents. He is editor, Journal of Computer Systems and Software (1992- ); guest editor for a special issue on security in parallel and distributed computing systems for the IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems ; and editor of the IEEE Transactions on Computers (1992 and 1996).
Dr. Zhao is very active in his professional field. He is Member, IEEE; panelist, National Science Foundation (1993- ); program and general chairs of the IEEE Real-Time Technology and Applications Symposia (1995, 1996, 1999, 2000); co-program chair of the IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems ( 2001); and co-general chair of the IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (2003).
One of his contributions in recent years is the founding of the Dragon Star Program. It is an organized volunteer effort to provide timely and comprehensive training in computer science and engineering to Chinese graduate students on selected research subjects in China. The program began in 2002. Six distinguished professors in the United States were selected and dispatched to China to teach six courses at the graduate level. More than 500 students and faculty members attended Dragon Star classes. The 2003 program will commence in May 2003. The 2003 program will be expanded to eight courses. Dr. Zhao is married to Li Chen
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