CV

Education

• B.S. in Mathematics, Actuarial Science and Computer Science, University of Iowa, 2015
• M.S. in Computer Science, William and Mary, 2017
• Ph.D in Computer Science, William and Mary, 2022

Work experience

• May 2022 - Aug 2022 : Ph.D. Machine Learning Intern
  • Meta Inc.
  • Core Ads Efficient
• Jan 2022 - Apr 2022: Ph.D. Machine Learning Intern
  • Instacart Inc.
  • Recomendation & Ranking
• May 2021 - Aug 2021 : Ph.D. Machine Learning Engineer Intern
  • Meta Inc.
  • News Feed Experiment & Backend (NFX)

Publications

eSGD: Communication Efficient Distributed Deep Learning on the Edge

Z Tao, Q Li. "eSGD: Communication Efficient Distributed Deep Learning on the Edge." USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Edge Computing (HotEdge 2018)

A survey of virtual machine management in edge computing

Z Tao, Q Xia, Z Hao, C Li, L Ma, S Yi, Q Li. "A survey of virtual machine management in edge computing." Proceedings of the IEEE 107 (8), 1482-1499

A survey of federated learning for edge computing: Research problems and solutions

Q Xia, W Ye, Z Tao, J Wu, Q Li. "A survey of federated learning for edge computing: Research problems and solutions." High-Confidence Computing 1 (1), 100008

PreFed: A Preconditioned Federated Learning Algorithm

Z Tao, J Wu, Q Li. "PreFed: A Preconditioned Federated Learning Algorithm." preprint (2021)

E-FedNAS: An Efficient Federated Neural Architecture Search

Z Tao, J Wu, Q Li. "E-FedNAS: An Efficient Federated Neural Architecture Search." preprint (2022)

Talks

Talk 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

March 01, 2012

Talk at UC San Francisco, Department of Testing, San Francisco, California

Tutorial 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

March 01, 2013

Tutorial at UC-Berkeley Institute for Testing Science, Berkeley CA, USA

Talk 2 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

February 01, 2014

Talk at London School of Testing, London, UK

Conference Proceeding talk 3 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

March 01, 2014

Conference proceedings talk at Testing Institute of America 2014 Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA

Teaching

Teaching experience 1

Teaching experience 2

Service and leadership

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