Zhishan Guo

Department of Computer Science,
North Carolina State University
Email: zguo32[at]ncsu[dot]edu
Postal Address: 2262 EB II, 890 Oval Dr, Raleigh, NC

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at NC State University. I am a co-founder and the lead of the CPS Focus Group and a faculty of the Operations Research (OR) Graduate Program. My research interests lie in real-time scheduling theory, machine learning theory, and their applications to Cyber-Physical Systems.

Ph.D., Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2016. (advisor: Prof. Sanjoy K. Baruah)
M. Phil., Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. (advisor: Prof. Jun Wang)
B. E., Computer Science and Technology (with Honor), Tsinghua University, 2009.
High School Diploma, National Talented Class in Science Olympiad, Ministry of Education, High School Attached to Tsinghua University, 2005. (~80 selected from >22,500,000 nationwide, all with direct admission to Tsinghua Univ. or Peking Univ., with the exemption from National College Entrance Examination)

Real-Time Systems
Neural Networks and Machine Learning
Applications to Intelligent Systems
Two 12-minute seminars about my recent research efforts in general (July 2020) and on scheduling (April 2022), and one hour-long OR seminar (Jan 2024, pass:Q3?+z5#y)

Outstanding Paper Award, RTAS 2025.
Humboldt Fellow, 2024.
Carla Savage Award, Dept. of CSC, NCSU, 2024.
ACM SIGBED CAREER Award, 2023.
Best Paper Award, RTSS 2023.
Reach for the Stars Award, UCF, 2022.
Best Industry Solution Award, RTSS 2021.
Best Paper Award, EMSOFT 2020.
Best Student Paper Award, RTSS 2019.
Outstanding Paper Award, RTSS 2019.
Outstanding (Faculty) Undergraduate Teaching Award, Dept. of CS, UNC-CH, 2014-2015.

I review about 40 papers per year, as PC/Senior PC member in conferences (including RTSS, RTAS, EMSOFT, AAAI, DAC, etc.) and editor/reviewer for journals (such as IoTJ, TPDS, TNNLS, TECS, TC, TII, TCAD, TCPS, TIME, TNSE, TETCI, etc.). I actively serve in research communities (mainly IEEE TCRTS and ACM SIGBED) as a member of the executive committee, subcommittees, organization roles in conferences, and editorial roles for journals. I also frequently serve on NSF panels and review proposals in the industry and academia.