Haozhe Zhang
Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Zurich
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolHaozhe Zhang is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Zurich with 11 years of experience bridging practical software engineering and theoretical database research. He specializes in query optimization, incremental view maintenance, and cardinality estimation, working on provable-performance techniques under Professor Dan Olteanu. Haozhe holds a PhD and MSc in Computer Science from the University of Oxford and brings prior industry and startup experience—co‑founding HungryPanda and building full-stack systems—which informs his pragmatic approach to research. His background spans production-quality web and mobile development, database systems, and empirical evaluation, enabling him to translate theoretical insights into implementable tools. Quietly minded toward applied impact, he maintains a personal research site showcasing his papers and artifacts.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at The University of Nottingham Ningbo ChinaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of OxfordBachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at University of Nottingham
English, Chinese
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Github Skills (2)
aggregate1
optimization1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
bigzhe/tripwire
Jun 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:83 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
fdbresearch/fdbresearch.github.io
Oct 2017 - Mar 2025
Contributions:259 pushes in 7 years 6 months
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