Rong Zheng

Rong Zheng Assistant professor, Department of Computer Science Assistant professor of Computer Science at the University of Houston (UH), Rong Zheng is co-founder of the UH Wireless System Research Group (WiSeR), which conducts research on a variety of communication, networking and system issues in wireless networks. The group’s focus is on advancing the fundamental understanding and development of efficient, robust solutions for wireless data networks. Projects span core system building blocks, data and network management tools and services, mathematical principles, and application of wireless networks to scientific, industrial and health-care disciplines. Her research proposal, titled "Data Dissemination in Multi-hop Wireless Networks: Theory and System Design," recently earned Dr. Zheng the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. The multi-year project will address the theory and system design of data dissemination protocols, with emphasis on their applications in operational systems such as wireless sensor networks and wireless mesh networks. Dr. Zheng is a committee member of a number of international symposiums, and is an active member of the IEEE Computer Society. She holds a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.