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Xiaodong Zhang

Computer Science · The Ohio State University

Established · publishing since 2000Rising activity

Publications

10

Citations

23

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

27

Publishing since 2000

Research summary
AI-generated

Xiaodong Zhang's recent work explores how to repurpose ray tracing hardware (specialized graphics processing components originally built for rendering realistic images) to speed up computational tasks like spatial indexing, distance calculations, graph search, and data joins. This research bridges computer graphics hardware and systems/database performance, aiming to make certain large-scale data and graph computations faster and more efficient.

Ray tracing hardware accelerationSpatial indexing and spatial joinsGraph algorithms (search, counting)High-performance computing systemsLow-latency data communication (RDMA/networking)

Publication activity is recent and growing, with no recorded output before 2024 and an increasing number of publications in 2024-2026.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.4/year recently
171819202122232024: 2 publications242025: 4 publications4252026: 1 publication26
Publishes in
  • Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems×1
  • IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems×1
  • ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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