Biography

I am an Associate Professor 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 network for AI, cloud computing, software defined networking, network function virtualization and data center networks.


Experience


Education


Selected Projects

1. 实时业务驱动的自适应资源预测与调度优化研究,腾讯犀牛鸟基金,2024-2025,在研,主持;


2. 面向AI大模型的算网融合资源调度研究,广西数字基础设施重点实验室开放课题,2024-2026,在研,主持;


3. 基于可编程网络的分布式训练在网加速研究,国家自然科学基金面上项目,2024-2027,在研,主持;


4. 中国科学院青年创新促进会会员专项经费,中国科学院,2023-2026,在研,主持;


5. 面向云AI训练的资源调度技术合作项目,华为公司合作项目,2024-2025,在研,主持;


6. 自定义VPC下多Kubernetes集群网络互联,神州信息合作项目,2024-2024,已结题,主持;


7. 突发流场景下软件定义数据中心动态资源优化研究,国家自然科学基金青年项目,2022-2024,在研,主持;


8. 广域RDMA智算网络关键算法和架构项目,华为公司合作项目,2024-2025,在研,核心骨干;


9. NaaS分布式QoS优化算法技术合作项目,华为公司合作项目,2023-2024,已结题,核心骨干;


10. 东数西算Regionless调度技术合作项目,华为公司合作项目,2023-2024,已结题,核心骨干;


11. 基于可编程交换机的分布式模型训练加速研究,之江实验室开放课题,2022-2024,已结题,核心骨干;


12. 面向应用的下一代云网络技术,华为公司合作项目,2022-2023,已结题,核心骨干;


13. Cloud Fabric网络关键技术研究二期,华为公司合作项目,2021-2022,已结题,核心骨干;


14. Cloud Fabric网络关键技术研究,华为公司合作项目,2020-2021,已结题,核心骨干;


Selected Awards

2023,     Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award, CAS (中国科学院优秀博士学位论文)


2023,     Member of Youth Innovation Promotion Association, CAS (中国科学院青年创新促进会会员)


2022,     First prize of Anhui Provincial Natural Science Award,(安徽省自然科学奖一等奖)


2022,     Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award of the Chinese Institute of Electronics,(中国电子学会优秀博士学位论文)


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,     Excellent 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 (中国科学院院长优秀奖)


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)


Selected Publications

[ICNP'24] Jiawei Liu, *Gongming Zhao, , *Hongli Xu, Baoqing Wang, Peng Yang, Chun-Jen Chung, Min Chen, Xuwei Yang, "HifiCNet: High-fidelity Cloud Network Validation Platform at Scale by Hybrid Architecture"(CCF B类) [PDF]
[ICNP'24] Jin Fang, *Gongming Zhao, *Hongli Xu, Luyao Luo, Zhen Yao, An Xie, "Non-Idle Machine-Aware Worker Placement for Efficient Distributed Training in GPU Clusters"(CCF B类) [PDF]
[ToN'24] Yuhang Qiu, *Gongming Zhao, Hongli Xu, He Huang, Chunming Qiao, "PARING: Joint Task Placement and Routing for Distributed Training with In-network Aggregation"(CCF A类) [PDF]
[ToN'24] Peng Yang, *Hongli Xu, Gongming Zhao, Qianyu Zhang, Jiawei Liu, Chunming Qiao, "ALEPH: Accelerating Distributed Training with eBPF-based Hierarchical Gradient Aggregation"(CCF A类) [PDF]
[ToN'24] Jiawei Liu, *Gongming Zhao, Hongli Xu, Peng Yang, Baoqing Wang, Chunming Qiao, "Toward a Service Availability-Guaranteed Cloud Through VM Placement"(CCF A类) [PDF]
[IWQoS'24] Jianfeng Bao, *Gongming Zhao, *Hongli Xu, Haibo Wang, Peng Yang, "InGo: In-Network Aggregation Routing with Batch Size Adjustment for Distributed Training"(Acceptance Rate: 24.8%, CCF B类) [PDF]
[IWQoS'24] Luyao Luo, *Gongming Zhao, *Hongli Xu, Chun-Jen Chung, Liguang Xie, "SMART: Dual-channel Southbound Message Delivery in Clouds with Rate Estimation"(Acceptance Rate: 24.8%, CCF B类) [PDF]
[IWQoS'24] Jingzhou Wang, *Gongming Zhao, Hongli Xu, Haibo Wang, "Leaf: Improving QoS for Reconfigurable Datacenters with Multiple Optical Circuit Switches"(Acceptance Rate: 24.8%, CCF B类) [PDF]
[ToN'24] Jin Fang, *Hongli Xu, Gongming Zhao, Zhuolong Yu, Bingchen Shen, Liguang Xie, "Accelerating Distributed Training with Collaborative In-network Aggregation" (CCF A类) [PDF]
[WWW'24] Jiawei Liu, Yutong Zhai, *Gongming Zhao, *Hongli Xu, Jin Fang, Zhen Zeng, Ying Zhu, "InArt: In-Network Aggregation with Route Selection for Accelerating Distributed Training "(Acceptance Rate: 20.2%, CCF A类) [PDF]
[ComNet'24] Huaqing Tu, *Gongming Zhao, Hongli Xu, Chunming Qiao, "Programmable Device Deployment for Efficient Network Function Offloading " (CCF B类) [PDF]


[TON'23] Qianyu Zhang, *Gongming Zhao, *Hongli Xu, Peng Yang, "XAgg: Accelerating Heterogeneous Distributed Training through XDP-Based Gradient Aggregation "(CCF A类) [PDF]
[TON'23] Luyao Luo, *Gongming Zhao, Hongli Xu, Zhuolong Yu, Liguang Xie, "Achieving Cost Optimization for Tenant Task Placement in Geo-distributed Clouds "(CCF A类) [PDF]
[ComNet'23] Jin Fang, *Gongming Zhao, *Hongli Xu, Huaqing Tu, Haibo Wang, "Reveal: Robustness-Aware VNF Placement and Request Scheduling in Edge Clouds " (CCF B类) [PDF]
[TON'23] Gongming Zhao, Jingzhou Wang, *Yangming Zhao, Hongli Xu, Liusheng Huang, Chunming Qiao, "Segmented Entanglement Establishment with All-Optical Switching in Quantum Networks "(CCF A类) [PDF]
[TON'23] Gongming Zhao, Jingzhou Wang, *Hongli Xu, Yangming Zhao, Xuwei Yang, He Huang, "Joint Request Updating and Elastic Resource Provisioning With QoS Guarantee in Clouds "(CCF A类) [PDF]
[IWQoS'23]Jin Fang, *Gongming Zhao, Hongli Xu, Zhuolong Yu, Bingchen Shen, Liguang Xie, "GOAT: Gradient Scheduling with Collaborative In-Network Aggregation for Distributed Training "(CCF B类) [PDF]
[TON'23] Qianyu Zhang, *Gongming Zhao, Liguang Xie, Hongli Xu, Zhuolong Yu, Yangming Zhao, Chunming Qiao, Liusheng Huang, Ying Xiong, "Scalable and Robust East-West Forwarding Framework for Hyperscale Clouds "(CCF A类) [PDF]
[TPDS'23] Gongming Zhao, Jiawei Liu, Yutong Zhai, *Hongli Xu, Huang He, "Alleviating the Impact of Abnormal Events Through Multi-Constrained VM Placement "(CCF A类) [PDF]
[TON'23] Jin Fang, *Gongming Zhao, Hongli Xu, Changbo Wu, Zhuolong Yu, "GRID: Gradient Routing with In-network Aggregation for Distributed Training "(CCF A类) [简介] [PDF]
[INFOCOM'23] Gongming Zhao, Jingzhou Wang, *Hongli Xu, Zhuolong Yu, Chunming Qiao, "COIN: Cost-Efficient Traffic Engineering with Various Pricing Schemes in Clouds "(Acceptance Rate: 252/1312=19.2%,CCF A类 ) [PDF]
[INFOCOM'23] Luyao Luo, *Gongming Zhao, *Hongli Xu, Zhuolong Yu, Liguang Xie, "TanGo: A Cost Optimization Framework for Tenant Task Placement in Geo-distributed Clouds "(Acceptance Rate: 252/1312=19.2%,CCF A类 ) [PDF]


[TPDS'22] Huaqing Tu, *Gongming Zhao, Hongli Xu, Xianjin Fang, "Tenant-Grained Request Scheduling in Software-Defined Cloud Computing " (CCF A类) [简介] [PDF]
[ComNet'22] Huaqing Tu, *Gongming Zhao, *Hongli Xu, Yangming Zhao, Yuhang Qiu, "RoNS: Robust Service Request Scheduling in Multi-Tenant Clouds " (CCF B类) [简介] [PDF]
[SECON'22] Xingpeng Fan, *Gongming Zhao, Huaqing Tu, *Hongli Xu, 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 ) [简介] [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]
[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 ) [简介] [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 ) [简介] [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 ) [简介] [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) [简介] [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) [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) [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) [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]


[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]
[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]