Beichuan Zhang

Assistant Professor
Computer Science Department
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721

Office: Gould-Simpson 723
Voice: 520-621-4817
Fax: 520-621-4246
Email:
I joined the Computer Science Department at the Univeristy of Arizona in 2005. I received my PhD and MS from UCLA in 2003, and BS from Peking University, China in 1995. Before coming to Arizona, I spent two years as a postdoc at USC/ISI-East and UCLA. My research area is computer networks in general. I have been working on Internet routing architectures and protocols, green networks, routing security, and Internet content distribution. I received the Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS) in 2005.

Research

Publications

Teaching

  • CSc630 Advanced Topics in Internet Research
  • CSc525 Principles of Computer Networking
  • CSc425 Computer Networks

    • Personal

    I used to play soccer a lot with my soccer buddies in Los Angeles, Bay Area, Virginia, and Arizona. From 1996 to 2007, I competed in the Grand Tournament of North American Chinese Soccer League on every Labor Day weekend for 11 years, mostly with team Silicon Valley Tigers. It was a great time. After moving to Tucson, I played with team Red Army in the Tucson Metro Soccer League for 4 years. We reached division finals 3 times and won the title of 2008-09 season. The trophy is displayed in the Miss Saigon restaurant at Speedway and Campbell, as one of my teammates works there. Tucson is great for soccer: many fields and players for pickup games, several leagues for formal games, and no rain or snow. However, after a couple of injuries in the last season, I decided that it was enough for my knees and ankles. So I quit soccer completely :-(

    Nowadays I play badminton twice a week with the Tucson Badminton Club and the UA Badminton Club, if I don't travel and my daughter allows me. Except being indoors, badminton is as much fun as soccer, in different ways though. I've been learning it from online turorials, youtube videos, and fellow players. My current goal is to get out of the group stage in local tournaments.