Bio
Hi! I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Virginia.
Before joining UVA, I worked as a Research Scholar/Scientist at Princeton University. I received my Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science from Georgia Tech and my B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin - Madison.
Contact
Rice Hall Room 500. 85 Engineer’s Way. Charlottesville, Virginia 22904
Email: tcr5zr@virginia.edu
Research
My research focuses on making computer networks easier to monitor, understand, troubleshoot, and configure. I enjoy designing fast and accurate mechanisms that analyze real-world traffic and extract useful information for network practitioners. I am passionate about designing and implementing better tools and systems for next-generation applications and networks. I often use tools and mechanisms in software-defined networking (SDN), P4, and programmable data planes. I am also enthusiastic about applying new ideas to real operational networks.
News
- 03/2025: I will serve on the Technical Program Committee for USENIX NSDI 2026.
- 01/2025: In Spring 2025, I will teach CS 4457 - Computer Networks (undergrad)!
- 12/2024: Spotlight is accepted at ACM CoNEXT 2024. Congrats to Carson Kuzniar.
- 11/2024: I will serve on the Technical Program Committee member for ACM IMC 2025.
- 10/2024: Di Zhu received the ACM CoNEXT 2024 travel grant! Thank you for the generous gift, and congratulations to Di!
- 10/2024: Di Zhu will present his ongoing work, “Automating Distributed In-network Classification with Runtime Programmability,” at the ACM CoNEXT 2024 Student Workshop!
- 08/2024: Back for 2024/2025! In Fall 2024, I will teach CS 7457 - (Advanced) Computer Networks!
- 04/2024: I will serve as a Technical Program Committee member for USENIX NSDI 2025.
- 03/2024: I will serve as a Technical Program Committee member for ACM IMC 2024.
- 01/2024: Our research group website is up!
- 12/2023: “NAP: Programming data planes with Approximate Data Structures” was accepted and presented at EuroP4 2023 by Mengying (Molly) Pan!
- 10/2023: In Spring 2024, I will teach CS/ECE 4457 - Computer Networks. Looking foward to meeting our undergrads!
- 09/2023: I presented Hydra: Effective Runtime Network Verification at ACM SIGCOMM 2023.
- 08/2023: In Fall 2023, I am going to teach CS 6501 - Software-Defined Networking and Programmable Networks!
- 07/2023: I started as an assistant professor at UVA!