Zhiqing Tang（唐志清）

Assistant Professor,
Beijing Normal University, China.

Email: zhiqingtang@bnu.edu.cn

Zhiqing Tang is an Assistant Professor in the Advanced Institute of Natural Sciences at Beijing Normal University. He received the PhD degree in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2022, supervised by Prof. Weijia Jia. He was a Postdoc in the State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City at University of Macau, working with Prof. Yuan Wu.

His current research interests include edge computing, internet of things, edge intelligence, container scheduling, and resource scheduling.

Education

  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) 
    • Ph.D., Department of Computer Science and Engineering, 2015.09 - 2022.03
  • University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) 
    • B.S., School of Information and Communication Engineering, 2011.09 - 2015.06

Employment

  • Assistant Professor, Institute of AI and Future Networks, Beijing Normal University (BNU), 2022.12 - Present
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City, University of Macau (UM), 2022.07 - 2022.12
  • Research Assistant, Institute of AI and Future Networks, Beijing Normal University (BNU), 2020.10 - 2022.07
  • Research Assistant, State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City, University of Macau (UM), 2018.07 - 2020.07

Publications

Published (*Corresponding author)

  1. Latency-Aware Container Scheduling in Edge Cluster Upgrades: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach
    Hanshuai Cui, Zhiqing Tang*, Jiong Lou, Weijia Jia*, Wei Zhao
    IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (TSC), 2024, Accepted. (CCF-A)
  2. Joint Resource Overbooking and Container Scheduling in Edge Computing
    Zhiqing Tang, Fangyi Mou, Jiong Lou, Weijia Jia, Yuan Wu, Wei Zhao
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2024, Early Access. (CCF-A) [DOI] [PDF]
  3. Efficient Serverless Function Scheduling in Edge Computing
    Jiong Lou, Zhiqing Tang, Xinyu Lu, Shijing Yuan, Jie Li, Weijia Jia, Chentao Wu
    2024 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC). Accepted. (CCF-C) [PDF]
  4. Startup-aware Dependent Task Scheduling with Bandwidth Constraints in Edge Computing
    Jiong Lou, Zhiqing Tang*, Weijia Jia*, Wei Zhao, Jie Li
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2024, 23(2): 1586 - 1600. (CCF-A) [DOI] [PDF]
  5. Multi-user Layer-aware Online Container Migration in Edge-assisted Vehicular Networks
    Zhiqing Tang, Fangyi Mou, Jiong Lou, Weijia Jia, Yuan Wu, Wei Zhao
    IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN), 2023, Early Access. (CCF-A) [DOI] [PDF]
  6. Joint Task Scheduling and Container Image Caching in Edge Computing
    Fangyi Mou, Zhiqing Tang*, Jiong Lou, Jianxiong Guo, Wenhua Wang, Tian Wang
    2023 19th International Conference on Mobility, Sensing and Networking (MSN). Accepted. (CCF-C) [PDF]
  7. Cost-Effective Scheduling for Dependent Tasks with Tight Deadline Constraints in Mobile Edge Computing
    Jiong Lou, Zhiqing Tang*, Songli Zhang, Weijia Jia*, Wei Zhao, Jie Li
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2023, 22(10): 5829 - 5845. (CCF-A) [DOI] [PDF]
  8. Online Container Scheduling for Low-Latency IoT Services in Edge Cluster Upgrade: A Reinforcement Learning Approach
    Hanshuai Cui, Zhiqing Tang*, Jiong Lou, Weijia Jia*
    2023 IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC). IEEE, 2023: 1-6. [DOI] [PDF]
  9. Energy-efficient Joint Task Assignment and Migration in Data Centers: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach
    Jiong Lou, Zhiqing Tang*, Weijia Jia*
    IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM), 2023, 20(2): 961 - 973. (JCR-Q2) [DOI] [PDF]
  10. Pricing Model for Dynamic Resource Overbooking in Edge Computing
    Zhiqing Tang, Fuming Zhang, Xiaojie Zhou, Weijia Jia, Wei Zhao
    IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing (TCC), 2023, 11(2): 1970 - 1984. (JCR-Q1) [DOI] [PDF]
  11. Layer Dependency-aware Learning Scheduling Algorithms for Containers in Mobile Edge Computing
    Zhiqing Tang, Jiong Lou, Weijia Jia
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2023, 22(6): 3444 - 3459. (CCF-A) [DOI] [PDF]
  12. Efficient Container Assignment and Layer Sequencing in Edge Computing
    Jiong Lou, Hao Luo, Zhiqing Tang*, Weijia Jia*, Wei Zhao
    IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (TSC), 2023, 16(2): 1118 - 1131. (CCF-A) [DOI] [PDF]
  13. Representation and Reinforcement Learning for Task Scheduling in Edge Computing
    Zhiqing Tang, Weijia Jia, Xiaojie Zhou, Wenmian Yang, Yongjian You
    IEEE Transactions on Big Data (TBD), 2022, 8(3): 795-808. (JCR-Q1) [DOI] [PDF]
  14. Efficient Instance Reuse Approach for Service Function Chain Placement in Mobile Edge Computing
    Songli Zhang, Weijia Jia, Zhiqing Tang, Jiong Lou, Wei Zhao
    Computer Networks (CN), 2022: 109010. (CCF-B) [DOI] [PDF]
  15. Dependent Task Offloading for Multiple Jobs in Edge Computing
    Zhiqing Tang, Jiong Lou, Fuming Zhang, Weijia Jia
    2020 29th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN). IEEE, 2020: 1-9. (CCF-C) [DOI] [PDF]
  16. WiFind: Driver fatigue detection with fine-grained Wi-Fi signal features
    Weijia Jia, Na Ruan, Hongjian Peng, Zhiqing Tang, Wei Zhao
    IEEE Transactions on Big Data (TBD), 2020, 6(2): 269-282. (JCR-Q1) [DOI] [PDF]
  17. Online Joint Scheduling of Delay-Sensitive and Computation-Oriented Tasks in Edge Computing
    Fuming Zhang, Zhiqing Tang, Jiong Lou, Weijia Jia
    2019 15th International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN). IEEE, 2019: 303-308. (CCF-C) [DOI] [PDF]
  18. Migration Modeling and Learning Algorithms for Containers in Fog Computing
    Zhiqing Tang, Xiaojie Zhou, Fuming Zhang, Weijia Jia, Wei Zhao
    IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (TSC), 2019, 12(5): 712-725. (CCF-A) [DOI] [PDF]
  19. A Dynamic Resource Overbooking Mechanism in Fog Computing
    Fuming Zhang, Zhiqing Tang, Mincheng Chen, Xiaojie Zhou, Weijia Jia
    2018 IEEE 15th International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS). IEEE, 2018: 89-97. (CCF-C) [DOI] [PDF]

For more information, please go to my Google Scholar page.

Projects

  1. Online Container Scheduling and Resource Optimization for Digital Twin Edge Networks (面向数字孪生边缘网络的容器调度和资源优化研究)
    Principle Investigator, National Natural Science Foundation of China (国家自然科学基金委青年科学基金项目), 2024 – 2026.
  2. Intelligent Container Scheduling based on Storage Sharing in Edge Computing (边缘计算中基于存储共享的容器智能调度研究)
    Principle Investigator, Department of Education of Guangdong Province (广东省普通高校青年创新人才项目), 2023 - 2025.
  3. Lightweight Layer-sharing Container Scheduling in the Industrial Internet (工业互联网中基于存储共享的轻量化容器调度研究)
    Principle Investigator, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Software Engineering (云南省软件工程重点实验室开放基金), 2023 - 2024.
  4. Layer-aware Cloud-Edge Collaborative Container and Resource Scheduling (基于层共享的云边协同容器和资源调度)
    Principle Investigator, Shandong Computer Society (山东计算机学会省重点实验室联合开放基金), 2023 - 2025.
  5. Container Scheduling and Resource Allocation in Edge Computing (面向边缘计算的容器调度和资源管理)
    Principle Investigator, Beijing Normal University (北京师范大学引进人才启动经费), 2023 - 2025.

Research Experience

Reviewer

  • IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
  • IEEE Transactions on Services Computing
  • IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
  • IEEE Transactions on Big Data
  • IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • IEEE INFOCOM
  • IEEE ICDCS
  • ACM Communications of the ACM
  • Computer Networks
  • Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing
  • Future Generation Computer Systems
  • The Journal of Supercomputing
  • Computer Engineering (计算机工程)
  • Data Intelligence

TPC Member

  • IEEE Globecom 2024 NGNI
  • IEEE INFOCOM ICCN 2024

Teaching

  • Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics, Beijing Normal University, Fall 2024
  • Information Processing Technology, Beijing Normal University, Fall 2024
  • Deep Learning, Beijing Normal University, Fall 2023
  • Reinforcement Learning, Beijing Normal University, Fall 2023

Teaching Assistant

  • Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Beijing Normal University, Fall 2023
  • Modern Mobile Communications and Computing, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2018

Research Interests

  • Edge computing
  • Internet of Things
  • Container scheduling
  • Resource scheduling

Group Members

Ph.D.

  1. Fangyi Mou, since 2022, UIC, co-supervised
  2. Hanshuai Cui, since 2022, BNU, co-supervised
  3. Zhenzheng Li, since 2022, BNU, co-supervised
  4. Xubin Wang, since 2022, UIC, co-supervised
  5. Zhi Yao, since 2023, BNU, co-supervised
  6. Zhensheng Wang, since 2023, BNU, co-supervised

Master

  1. Jianfei Wu, since 2023, BNU, co-supervised

Research Assistant

  1. Kun Zhou, since 2023, BNU, co-supervised
  2. Jinhao Sheng, since 2024, BNU, supervised
  3. Wentao Peng, since 2024, BNU, supervised

Undergraduate

  1. Jiajie Yin, since 2023, BNU, supervised
  2. Min Rao, since 2023, BNU, supervised
  3. Yuting Hu, since 2023, BNU, supervised
  4. Xinpu Chen, since 2023, BNU, supervised
  5. Yumin Lin, since 2023, BNU, supervised
  6. Mengjie Liu, since 2024, BNU, supervised

Alumni

  • Jiong Lou, Ph.D., 2020 - 2023, co-supervised, Research Assistant Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Last Update: 2024-04-11