Associate Professor Zong Ziliang in Texas State University of USA Addressed a Lecture
On the afternoon of July 9th, Zong Ziliang, tenure-track associate professor of computer science and Technology at Texas State University, was invited to give a lecture entitled “Designing Green Software for Mobile Devices: Opportunities and Challenges” at School of Computer Science and Technology, Shandong University of Finance and Economics. Our teachers and students attended this lecture, which was presided by President Han Huijian.
Zong Ziliang first shared the scenery of American campus to the present students and teachers. Then he describes what is green software, why we need to develop green software and the development status of green software. Combined with the existing scientific research practice, he takes the height of apple trees as an example to illustrate the opportunities and challenges that green software design on mobile terminals will face. In the course of the lecture, Zong Ziliang discussed and communicated with the teachers and students and answered questions one by one.
Zong Ziliang, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science, Texas State University, USA, received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from The School of Computer and Software Engineering, Shandong University in 2002 and 2005 respectively. In 2008, he received his doctoral degree from the Department of Computer and Software Engineering, Auburn University, Alabama, USA and won the Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award. His research fields mainly include high performance computing, big data, energy saving software design, virtual reality and artificial intelligence high energy efficiency implementation on terminal devices. He has published more than 70 papers in high-level professional journals and international academic conferences, and has published two monographs and chapters. He is now deputy editor-in-chief of “Energy Saving and Sustainable Computing” (SCI) journals and has been invited to serve as a review member of the International High-level Conference Procedures Committee and a judge for the NSF program. He has led and participated in several research projects funded by the Natural Science Foundation of America and industry, and was awarded the University of Texas Outstanding Research Contribution and Innovation Award in 2015.
Writing: Zhang Rui
