Zhishan Guo

Associate professor,

Department of Computer Science,
North Carolina State University
Email: zguo32[at]ncsu[dot]edu
Postal Address: 1240 RE4, 909 Capability Drive, Raleigh, NC

Short Bio

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 member of the Operations Research (OR) Graduate Program, Robotics Initiative, and xGI Initiative. My research interests lie in real-time scheduling theory, machine learning theory, and their applications to Cyber-Physical Systems. I am also the Vice President of OSCE.AI (one of the best educational startups in 2026) and ConsultFlow.

Education

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 the National College Entrance Examination)

Research Interests

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

Honors and Awards

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.

My google scholar page

Service

My service role mainly lies in the real-time systems, CPS, and embedded systems communities. I have served on the Executive Committee of the IEEE Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems (TCRTS) since 2021 and as Secretary/Treasurer of ACM SIGBED since 2025. My journal editorial service includes roles as Associate Editor for IEEE Internet of Things Journal and Leibniz Transactions on Embedded Systems. I have served in key conference organization roles, including Program Chair / Co-Chair / Vice-Chair for IEEE RTSS, HiPC, SIES, RTNS, and track chair for DAC. Additionally, I regularly serve on (senior) program committees for flagship venues (including RTSS, RTAS, EMSOFT, ECRTS, AAAI, and DAC). I also frequently serve as an NSF panelist and proposal reviewer across industry and academia.