Junxue ZHANG is currently a Professor (特任教授) at the School of Computer Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). Before that, he was a Research Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Junxue obtained his Ph.D. at iSINGLab, HKUST, supervised by Prof. Kai CHEN. His research interests are building high-performance, intelligent and secure datacenter networking, with a particular focus on Networked System for LLM now. Please see his research statement for more information.
🎊 2025.04 - CEIO and DCP are accepted to SIGCOMM 2025.
🎉 2025.04 - Pallas and SwitchGNN are accepted to ATC 2025.
🪪 2025.04 - I joined USTC. Looking for Ph.D. and M.Sc. students!
🎊 2025.03 - FuseLink is accepted to OSDI 2025.
📝 2025.02 - I will serve on the TPC of ICNP 2025. Welcome to submit!
📝 2025.01 - I will serve on the TPC of NSDI 2026. Welcome to submit!
🎉 2024.12 - GREEN is accepted to NSDI 2025.
🎊 2024.11 - Sequoia is accepted to SIGMOD 2025.
📝 2024.10 - I will serve on the TPC of CoNEXT 2025. Welcome to submit!
🎉 2024.10 - SING (TACC) is accepted to ASPLOS 2025.
🎊 2024.08 - eNetSTL and Jury are accepted to EuroSys 2025.
🔥 Multiple openings are available! 🔥
• Ph.D. and M.Sc. Students: Multiple opening positions starting at Fall 2026 are available. I am currently seeking self-motivated Ph.D. and M.Sc. students to work with me. Ideal candidates should either have demonstrated research experience (e.g., published papers, participation in research projects) or be enthusiastic about producing high-quality code (e.g., taking pride in their work, contributing to open-source initiatives).
• Postdoctoral Researchers: I plan to recruit a postdoc in 2025. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in systems and networking, with a focus on datacenter networking and/or LLM. Please feel free to reach out if you are interested!
• Undergradate Students: I will recruit a number of undergraduate students from USTC. These undergraduates will work on projects under my supervision or that of my Ph.D. students. They will also receive priority consideration for admission into M.Sc. or Ph.D. programs.
📧 Please email me your CVCV should include your full education background and research/project experience. along with your English TranscriptFor non-native English speakers, scores from well-recognized tests such as CET-4/6, TOEFL, IELTS, and others are all acceptable. if you are interested!
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2024 Fall, COMP 3511 - Operating Systems (L1)
2018 - 2023, Co-founder/CTO, Clustar Technology Co., Ltd
CoNEXT 2025 PC Member
APNet 2025, 2024 PC Member
EuroSys 2023 Shadow PC Member
ICA3PP 2023 Workshop - Datacenter Networking and Applications PC Chair
FL-IJCAI 2022, FL-AAAI 2022, FL-IJCAI 2021 PC Member
I have been reviewers for the following journals:
CoNEXT 2025 Web Chair
APNet 2025, 2024 Finance Co-Chair
APNet 2023 Sponsorship Co-Chair
FATE Maintainer
Best Paper Award @ ICNP, 2023
Honorable Mention, HKUST CSE Best PhD Dissertation Award, 2021-2022
SIGCOMM 17 Travel Grants, 2017
Postgraduate Fellowship, HKUST
Google Excellent Student Scholarship, 2012
National Scholarship 2014, 2011