Zhuangdi Zhu
Assistant Professor at George Mason University
Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZhuangdi Zhu is an Assistant Professor of Cyber Security Engineering at George Mason University and a PhD-trained computer scientist with 12 years of experience applying machine learning to real-world systems. He blends academic research with industry practice from roles at Microsoft, Facebook, Google, IBM and internships focused on ML, signal processing, and cloud virtualization. His open-source contributions to high-profile OpenStack projects (Nova and Tempest) reflect hands-on expertise in backend reliability, testing automation, and cloud compute robustness. Comfortable moving between prototypes and production, he has tackled problems from real-time gesture recognition to high-frequency crypto market prediction, often emphasizing maintainable code and rigorous evaluation. Based in Virginia, he combines teaching, research, and engineering to bridge cybersecurity, ML, and cloud infrastructure in both scholarly and operational contexts.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science , Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Michigan State University
Github Skills (20)
api-rest10
debug10
python10
back-end-development10
pest10
openstack10
temper10
service-design10
rest-api10
service-provider10
tempo10
rest-test10
test-automation10
api-testing10
testing9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
openstack/tempest
Sep 2013 - Sep 2014
OpenStack Testing (Tempest) of an existing cloud. Mirror of code maintained at opendev.org.
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:8 commits in 11 months
Contributions summary:Zhuangdi primarily contributed to the testing infrastructure of the OpenStack Tempest project. Their work involved writing and modifying tests for various Nova APIs, including those related to host information, VM lock/unlock operations, aggregate updates, and diagnostics. The user also updated testing frameworks and adapted existing tests to cover new functionality, ensuring comprehensive testing coverage for the compute services within the OpenStack environment.
testingcloud-foundryinfrastructurecloudopendev
openstack/nova
May 2014 - Aug 2015
OpenStack Compute (Nova). Mirror of code maintained at opendev.org.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Zhuangdi primarily focused on bug fixes and code improvements within the OpenStack Nova compute service. Their contributions include addressing issues related to virtual interface ordering, exception handling for volume-related errors, and resolving a VM leak during resizing operations in the VMware environment. Furthermore, the user removed a duplicate method from the codebase, demonstrating a focus on code maintainability.
novaopendevopenstackcompute
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