About
A Ph.D. candidate in Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington, supervised by Professor Song Jiang. He received B.E. in Software Engineering from Jiangxi University of Science and Technology in 2016 and M.E in Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 2019. His interests are in the areas of caching, indexing, and high performance key-value stores.
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π Publications
Peer-reviewed Conference
Chen Zhong, Qingqing Zhou, Yuxing Chen, Xingsheng Zhao, Kuang He, Anqun Pan, and Song Jiang, "IndeXY: A Framework for Constructing Indexes Larger than Memory". In Proceedings of the 40th IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDEβ24), Utrecht, Netherlands, May 2024. [paper] [github]
Xingsheng Zhao, Prajwal Challa, Chen Zhong, and Song Jiang, "Developing Index Structures in Persistent Memory Using Spot-on Optimizations with DRAM". In Proceedings of the15th ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE 2024), London, UK, May 2024. [paper] [github]
Sujit Maharjan, Shuaihua Zhao, Chen Zhong, and Song Jiang, "From LeanStore to LearnedStore: Using a Learned Index to Improve Database Index Search". In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on High Performance Big Data and Intelligent Systems (HDIS 2023), Macao, Macao, December 2023. Best Paper Award [paper]
Xingsheng Zhao, Chen Zhong, Song Jiang, "TurboHash: A Hash Table for Key-value Store on Persistent Memory". In Proceedings of the 16th ACM International Systems and Storage Conference (SYSTOR β23), Haifa, Israel, June 2023. [paper] [github]
Chen Zhong, Prajwal Challa, Xingsheng Zhao, Song Jiang, "Buffered Hash Table: Leveraging DRAM to Enhance Hash Indexes in the Persistent Memory". In Proceedings of the 11th IEEE Non-Volatile Memory Systems and Applications Symposium (NVMSAβ22), August, 2022. Best Paper Candidate [paper] [github]
Chen Zhong, Xingsheng Zhao, Song Jiang, "LIRS2: An Improved LIRS Replacement Algorithm". In Proceedings of the 14th ACM International Systems and Storage Conference (SYSTORβ21), June, 2021. [paper] [github]
π» Experience
- Graduate Teaching Assistant (2020-2025)
- CSE3320 Operating Systems: Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025
- CSE6350 Computer Architecture: Spring 2024
- CSE4308/CSE5360 Artificial Intelligence: Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2023
- CSE1310 Intro Programming: Summer 2021
- Graduate Research Assistant
- Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2020
- Industry Experience
- Tencent America LLC - Database Research and Development Intern (Fall 2022)
- JD.com, Inc - Research and Development Intern (2017-2018)
πΌ Services
- FAST β25: Artifact Evaluation Committee (Dec 2024)
- IEEE Transactions on Computers: Journal Reviewer (Nov 2022)