Biography

I am an Associate Researcher at the School of Computer Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), and a member of the USTC-INT Group. I received my Ph.D. in the School of Computer Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), supervised by Prof. Liusheng Huang and Prof. Hongli Xu. I was a visiting student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo (UB), supervised by Prof. Chunming Qiao during Feb. 2019 - Apr. 2020, and received my Bachelor degree from >Shandong University (SDU) in 2015.

My research interests include cloud computing, software defined networking, network function virtualization and data center networks.


Education


Publications


[ComNet'22] Huaqing Tu, Gongming Zhao, Hongli Xu, Yangming Zhao, Yuhang Qiu, "RoNS: Robust Service Request Scheduling in Multi-Tenant Clouds " (CCF B类) [PDF]
[SECON'22] Xingpeng Fan,Gongming Zhao, Hongli Xu, Huaqing Tu, He Huang, "MASCOT: Mobility-Aware Service Function Chain Routing in Mobile Edge Computing " (CCF B类) [PDF]
[ToN'22] Gongming Zhao, Luyao Luo, Hongli Xu, Chun-Jen Chung, Liguang Xie, "Southbound Message Delivery with Virtual Network Topology Awareness in Clouds " (CCF A类) [PDF]
[ICDCS'22] Gongming Zhao, Jingzhou Wang, Yangming Zhao, Hongli Xu, Chunming Qiao, "Segmented Entanglement Establishment for Throughput Maximization in Quantum Networks " (Acceptance Rate: 114/573=19.9%,CCF B类) [PDF]
[ToN'22] Hongli Xu, Peng Xi, Gongming Zhao, Jianchun Liu, Chen Qian, Liusheng Huang, "SAFE-ME: Scalable and Flexible Policy Enforcement in Middlebox Networks " (CCF A类) [PDF]
[NetSciQCom'22] Chunming Qiao, Yangming Zhao, Gongming Zhao, Hongli Xu, "Quantum Data Networking for Distributed Quantum Computing: Opportunities and Challenges " [PDF]
[NSDI'22] Qianyu Zhang, Gongming Zhao, Hongli Xu, Zhuolong Yu, Liguang Xie, Yangming Zhao, Chunming Qiao, Ying Xiong, Liusheng Huang, "Zeta: A Scalable and Robust East-West Communication Framework in Large-Scale Clouds "(Acceptance Rate: 50/298=16.7%,CCF A类) [PDF]
[INFOCOM'22] Luyao Luo, Gongming Zhao, Hongli Xu, Liguang Xie, Ying Xiong, "VITA: Virtual Network Topology-aware Southbound Message Delivery in Clouds "(Acceptance Rate: 225/1129=19.9%,CCF A类) [PDF]
[INFOCOM'22] Jingzhou Wang, Gongming Zhao, Hongli Xu, Yangming Zhao, Xuwei Yang, He Huang, "TRUST: Real-Time Request Updating with Elastic Resource Provisioning in Clouds "(Acceptance Rate: 225/1129=19.9%,CCF A类) [PDF]
[INFOCOM'22] Yangming Zhao, Gongming Zhao, Chunming Qiao, "E2E Fidelity Aware Routing and Purification for Throughput Maximization in Quantum Networks "(Acceptance Rate: 225/1129=19.9%,CCF A类) [PDF]
[ToN'22] Huaqing Tu, *Gongming Zhao, *Hongli Xu, Yangming Zhao, Yutong Zhai, "A Robustness-Aware Real-Time SFC Routing Update Scheme in Multi-Tenant Clouds "(CCF A类) [PDF]


[ToN'21] Jingzhou Wang, *Gongming Zhao, *Hongli Xu, Yutong Zhai, Qianyu Zhang, He Huang, Yongqiang Yang, "A Robust Service Mapping Scheme for Multi-Tenant Clouds "(CCF A类) [简介] [PDF]
[TCOMM'21] Xuwei Yang, *Hongli Xu, Xiwen Yu, Chen Qian, *Gongming Zhao, He Huang, "Cooperative Flow Statistics Collection with Per-Switch Cost Constraint in SDNs "(CCF B类) [简介] [PDF]
[TPDS'21] Gongming Zhao, *Hongli Xu, Yangming Zhao, Chunming Qiao, Liusheng Huang, "Offloading Tasks with Dependency and Service Caching in Mobile Edge Computing "(CCF A类) [简介] [PDF]
[IWQoS'21] Yutong Zhai, *Gongming Zhao, *Hongli Xu, Yangming Zhao, Jiawei Liu, Xingpeng Fan, "Towards Robust Multi-Tenant Clouds Through Multi-Constrained VM Placement "(CCF B类 short paper) [PDF]
[IWQoS'21] Huaqing Tu, *Gongming Zhao, *Hongli Xu, Yangming Zhao, Yutong Zhai, "Robustness-Aware Real-Time SFC Routing Update in Multi-Tenant Clouds "(CCF B类 short paper) [PDF]
[INFOCOM'21] Jingzhou Wang, *Gongming Zhao, *Hongli Xu, He Huang, Luyao Luo, Yongqiang Yang, "Robust Service Mapping in Multi-Tenant Clouds "(Acceptance Rate: 252/1266=19.9%,CCF A类) [简介] [PDF]


[ToN'20] Jianchun Liu, *Hongli Xu, Gongming Zhao,Chen Qian ,Xingpeng Fan, Xuwei Yang ,He Huang , "Incremental Server Deployment for Software-Defined NFV-enabled Networks "(CCF A类) [简介] [PDF]
[TPDS'20] Gongming Zhao, *Hongli Xu, Jingyuan Fan, Liusheng Huang, Chunming Qiao, "Achieving Fine-Grained Flow Management Through Hybrid Rule Placement in SDNs "(CCF A类) [简介] [PDF]
[INFOCOM'20] Gongming Zhao; *Hongli Xu; Yangming Zhao, Chunming Qiao, Liusheng Huang; "Offloading Dependent Tasks in Mobile Edge Computing with Service Caching "(Acceptance Rate: 268/1354=19.8%,CCF A类) [简介] [PDF]
[INFOCOM'20] Jianchun Liu, *Hongli Xu, Gongming Zhao, Chen Qian, Xingpeng Fan, Liusheng Huang, "Incremental Server Deployment for Scalable NFV-enabled Networks "(Acceptance Rate: 268/1354=19.8%,CCF A类) [简介] [PDF]
[INFOCOM'20] Gongming Zhao, *Hongli Xu, Jingyuan Fan, Liusheng Huang, Chunming Qiao, "HiFi: Hybrid Rule Placement for Fine-Grained Flow Management in SDNs " (Acceptance Rate: 268/1354=19.8%,CCF A类) [简介] [PDF]
[ICCCBDA'20] Juncheng Ge, Gongming Zhao, Xuwei Yang, "Joint Consolidated Middleboxes and Virtual Switch Deployment and Routing for Load Balancing in Software-Defined Network " [PDF]


[ICNP'19] Gongming Zhao, Hongli Xu, Jianchun Liu, Chen Qian, Junchen Ge, Liusheng Huang, "SAFE-ME: Scalable and Flexible Middlebox Policy Enforcement with Software Defined Networking ", 2019 IEEE 27th International Conference on Network Protocols, Chicago, USA, October 2019. (Acceptance Rate: 30/212=14.2%,CCF B类). [PDF]


[TST'18] Gongming Zhao, Liusheng Huang, Ziqiang Li, Hongli Xu, "Hybrid routing by joint optimization of per-flow routing and tag-based routing in software-defined networks ", Tsinghua Science and Technology, 2018, 23(4): 440-452. [PDF]
[TON'18] Gongming Zhao, Hongli Xu, Shigang Chen, Liusheng Huang, Pengzhan Wang, "Joint optimization of flow table and group table for default paths in SDNs ", IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 2018, 26(4): 1837-1850. (CCF A类) [PDF]
[JSAC'18] Xuwei Yang, Hongli Xu, Liusheng Huang, Gongming Zhao, Peng Xi, Chunming Qiao, "Joint Virtual Switch Deployment and Routing for Load Balancing in SDNs ", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2018, 36(3): 397-410. (CCF A类) [PDF]
[TON'18] Hongli Xu, He Huang, Shigang Chen, Gongming Zhao, "Achieving high scalability through hybrid switching in software-defined networking ", IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 2018, 26(1): 618-632. (CCF A类) [PDF]


[ICNP'17] Gongming Zhao, Hongli Xu, Shigang Chen, Liusheng Huang, Pengzhan Wang, "Deploying default paths by joint optimization of flow table and group table in sdns ", 2017 IEEE 25th International Conference on Network Protocols, Toronto, Canada, October 2017. (Acceptance Rate: 39/209=18.6%,CCF B类). [PDF]
[WASA'17] Gongming Zhao, Liusheng Huang, Ziqiang Li, Hongli Xu, "Load-Balancing Software-Defined Networking Through Hybrid Routing ", 2017 Springer International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications, Guilin, China, June 2017. [PDF]
[ICC'17] Gongming Zhao, Liusheng Huang, Zhuolong Yu, Hongli Xu, Pengzhan Wang, "On the effect of flow table size and controller capacity on SDN network throughput ", 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Paris, France, May 2017. [PDF]
[ICCSN'17] Ziqiang Li, Liusheng Huang, Hongli Xu, Gongming Zhao, "Segment routing in hybrid software-defined networking ", 2017 IEEE 9th International Conference on Communication Software and Networks, Guangzhou, China, May 2017. [PDF]
[INFOCOM'17] Hongli Xu, He Huang, Shigang Chen, Gongming Zhao, "Scalable software-defined networking through hybrid switching ", 2017 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, Atlanta, USA, May 2017. (Acceptance Rate: 292/1395=20.9%,CCF A类) [PDF]

Awards


2022,     Huawei Spark Award, (华为“火花奖”)


2020,     "Mozi special allowance for outstanding youth" of USTC, (中国科大“墨子杰出青年特资津贴”)


2020,     Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award of USTC, (中国科大优秀博士毕业论文)


2020,     Outstanding Graduate Award of of USTC, (中国科大优秀毕业生)


2020,     Excellent Award of President Scholarship, CAS (中科院院长优秀奖)


2019,     National Scholarship for Doctoral Students (博士研究生国家奖学金)


2018,     Joint Ph.D Student Scholarship granted by China Scholarship Council (国家公派联合培养博士研究生)


2017,     National Scholarship for Master Students (硕士研究生国家奖学金)


2013,     National Scholarship for Undergraduate Students (本科生国家奖学金)