Zhiqing Tang（唐志清）

Associate Professor, Ph.D. Advisor
Beijing Normal University, China.

IEEE/ACM/CCF Member
Executive Committee Member of CCF TCCOMM/TCDCS/TCPC (CCF 网络与数据通信/分布式计算与系统/普适计算专委会执行委员)

Email: zhiqingtang@bnu.edu.cn

Recruiting: We are recruiting Postdocs, Ph.Ds (Fall 2026), Masters, Research Assistants, and Undergraduates for various interesting research topics and research projects on Edge AI Systems:

  • Edge Systems (Edge-Cloud Collaboration, AI Infra, Container/Kubernetes scheduling, Resource Allocation, etc.)
  • AI (Multi-Agent Systems, Difussion Models, LLMs, RAG, Agentic RL, Multimodal, etc.).

Our team is based in the Interdisciplinary Intelligence Super Computer Center of Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai and is responsible for managing 400 A100/A800 GPUs. Please contact me if you are interested.

招收 2026 秋季入学博士研究生，有兴趣的同学请尽快与我联系！

Education

  • Ph.D., Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) (Supervised by Prof. Weijia Jia), 2015.09 - 2022.03
  • B.S., University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), 2011.09 - 2015.06

Employment

  • Associate Professor, Institute of AI and Future Networks, Beijing Normal University (BNU), 2025.07 - Present
  • Assistant Professor, Institute of AI and Future Networks, Beijing Normal University (BNU), 2022.12 - 2025.06
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, State Key Lab of Internet of Things for Smart City, University of Macau (UM) (Working with Prof. Yuan Wu), 2022.07 - 2022.12

News 🌟

  1. 2025-10-17: One paper is accepted by IEEE/ACM ICSE 2026 (CCF-A).
  2. 2025-09-16: One paper is accepted by IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (CCF-A).
  3. 2025-08-26: One paper is accepted by IEEE ICDM 2025 (CCF-B).
  4. 2025-08-05: One paper is accepted by Journal of Systems Architecture (CCF-B).
  5. 2025-07-02: One paper is accepted by ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (CCF-B).
  6. 2025-06-21: One paper is accepted by IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (CCF-A).
  7. 2025-03-30: One paper is accepted by IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (CCF-A).
  8. 2025-03-29: One paper is accepted by IEEE Transactions on Big Data (JCR-Q1).
  9. 2025-03-22: One paper is accepted by IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (JCR-Q1).
  10. 2025-03-08: One paper is accepted by ACM Computing Surveys (JCR-Q1).
  11. 2024-12-03: One paper is accepted by ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (CCF-B).
  12. 2024-11-22: One paper is accepted by IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (CCF-A).
  13. 2024-11-15: One paper is accepted by IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (CCF-A).
  14. 2024-11-02: One paper is accepted by IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (JCR-Q1).
  15. 2024-09-13: One paper is accepted by IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (CCF-A).
  16. 2024-08-27: One paper is accepted by IEEE Internet of Things Journal (JCR-Q1).
  17. 2024-07-24: One paper is accepted by IEEE Transactions on Computers (CCF-A).
  18. 2024-05-14: One paper is accepted by IEEE ICWS (CCF-B).
  19. 2024-04-15: One paper is accepted by IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (CCF-A).
  20. 2024-04-05: One paper is accepted by IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (CCF-A).

Selected Publications

Full publication list is here. (*Corresponding author)

#CCF-ACCF-BOther IEEE/ACM TransactionsBest (Student) Paper
All15684
First/Corr. Author12154
  1. Layer-Aware Cost-Effective Container Updates with Edge-Cloud Collaboration in Edge Computing
    Hanshuai Cui, Zhiqing Tang*, Yuan Wu, Weijia Jia*
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2025, Accepted. (CCF-A)
  2. Enhancing LLM QoS through Cloud-Edge Collaboration: A Diffusion-based Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Approach
    Zhi Yao, Zhiqing Tang*, Wenmian Yang, Weijia Jia*
    IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (TSC), 2025, Accepted. (CCF-A)
  3. LRScheduler: A Layer-aware and Resource-adaptive Container Scheduler in Edge Computing
    Zhiqing Tang, Wentao Peng, Jianxiong Guo, Jiong Lou, Hanshuai Cui, Tian Wang, Yuan Wu, Weijia Jia
    2024 20th International Conference on Mobility, Sensing and Networking (MSN). Accepted. [Code] (Best Paper Award)
  4. Fast and Efficient Layer-aware Container Vulnerability Patching in Edge Computing
    Xuan Xie, Yuting Hu, Xinpu Chen, Yumin Lin, Zhiqing Tang*, Jianxiong Guo, Tian Wang
    2024 4th International Conference on Ubiquitous Security (UbiSec). Accepted. (Best Paper Award)
  5. Blockchain-enabled Multiple Sensitive Task-offloading Mechanism for MEC Applications
    Yang Xu, Hangfan Li, Cheng Zhang, Zhiqing Tang, Xiaoxiong Zhong, Ju Ren, Hongbo Jiang, Yaoxue Zhang
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2024, Accepted. (CCF-A)
  6. Online Layer-Aware Joint Request Scheduling, Container Placement, and Resource Provision in Edge Computing
    Zhenzheng Li, Jiong Lou, Zhiqing Tang*, Jianxiong Guo, Tian Wang, Weijia Jia*, Wei Zhao
    IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (TSC), 2024, Accepted. (CCF-A)
  7. Two-Stage Deep Energy Optimization in IRS-Assisted UAV-Based Edge Computing Systems
    Jianqiu Wu, Zhongyi Yu, Jianxiong Guo, Zhiqing Tang, Tian Wang, Weijia Jia
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2024, Early Access. (CCF-A) [DOI] [PDF]
  8. Online Container Scheduling with Fast Function Startup and Low Memory Cost in Edge Computing
    Zhenzheng Li, Jiong Lou, Jianfei Wu, Jianxiong Guo, Zhiqing Tang*, Pingshen, Weijia Jia, Wei Zhao
    IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC), 2024, Early Access. (CCF-A) [DOI] [PDF]
  9. 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, Early Access. (CCF-A) [DOI] [PDF]
  10. 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), 2024, 32(2): 1807 - 1822. (CCF-A) [DOI] [PDF]
  11. 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]
  12. 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]
  13. 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]
  14. 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]
  15. 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]
    (IEEE-CCF Services Computing Best Student Paper Award)
  16. 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]
    (IEEE-CCF Services Computing Best Student Paper Award)

For more information, please refer to: Full Publication List or Google Scholar.

Projects

Research Projects

  1. Cloud-Edge Collaborative Intelligent Task Planning and Scheduling for Computing-Power Networks (面向算力网络的云边协同智能任务规划与调度关键技术研究)
    Principle Investigator, Shandong Computer Science Center (算力互联网与信息安全教育部重点实验室), 2025.01 - 2026.12.
  2. Research on Placement, Migration, and Update Mechanism of Digital Twins in Edge Computing (边缘计算中数字孪生的放置、迁移和更新机制研究)
    Principle Investigator, Department of Education of Guangdong Province (广东省普通高校特色创新项目), 2024 - 2026.
  3. Research on Key Technologies of Lightweight Containers Supporting Edge Computing in Smart Cities (轻量化容器支撑智慧城市边缘计算的关键技术研究)
    Principle Invistigator, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Intelligent Systems and Computing (云南省智能系统与计算重点实验室开放基金), 2024 - 2025
  4. Research on Key Technologies of Cloud-Edge Collaboration for Smart Cities (面向智慧城市的云边协同关键技术研究)
    Principle Investigator, Guangxi Key Lab of Multi-source Information Mining & Security (广西多源信息挖掘与安全重点实验室开放基金), 2024 – 2026.
  5. 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.
  6. 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), 2024 - 2026.
  7. 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.
  8. 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 - 2025.
  9. 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.

Teaching Reform Projects

  1. The Role of Large-Scale AI Models in the Digital Transformation of Education and Case Studies on Implementation Pathways (人工智能大模型在教育数字化转型中的作用及其实现路径案例研究)
    Principle Invistigator, Guangdong Assiciation of Higher Education (广东省高等教育学会“十四五”规划2024年度高等教育研究课题), 2024 - 2026.
  2. Research on Digital Course Resource Development Based on RLHF-Enabled LLM for Education (基于RLHF的教学大模型数字化课程资源建设研究)
    Principle Invistigator, Beijing Normal University (北京师范大学教学建设与改革项目), 2024 - 2026.
  3. Exemplary Ideological and Political Education in "Information Processing Technology" Course (信息处理技术-课程思政示范课堂)
    Principle Invistigator, Beijing Normal University (北京师范大学教学建设与改革项目), 2024 - 2026.

Awards and Honors

  • 2025-10-24 Young Science and Technology Talent Cultivation Program of Guangdong Provincial Association for Science and Technology
  • 2025-10-17 Invited Speaker of IEEE ICCT 2025
  • 2025-07-26 Outstanding Executive Committee Member of CCF Distributed Computing and Systems Committee
  • 2025-07-12 Deputy Secretary-General of the Macao Technology and Cultural Exchange Association
  • 2025-04-19 Best Service Award of IEEE SCECS 2025
  • 2025-04-19 Best Oral Presentation Award of IEEE SCECS 2025
  • 2024-12-30 Best Paper Award of UbiSec 2024
  • 2024-12-21 Best Paper Award of IEEE MSN 2024
  • 2024-11-09 CCF TCCOMM Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Nomination Award
  • 2024-11-09 ACM China Council Rising Star (Zhuhai Chapter)
  • 2024-10-23 Excellence in Reviewing Award for Elsevier Computer Networks
  • 2024-09-14 IEEE-CCF Services Computing Best Student Paper Award (2 papers)

Research Experience

Reviewer

  • IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
  • IEEE Transactions on Services Computing
  • IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
  • IEEE Transactions on Computers
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing
  • IEEE Transactions on Big Data
  • IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering
  • IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing
  • IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
  • IEEE INFOCOM
  • IEEE ICDCS
  • IEEE VTC2024-Spring
  • IEEE VTC2024-Fall
  • ACM Communications of the ACM
  • ACM Web Conference (WWW)
  • Computer Networks
  • Journal of Systems Architecture
  • Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing
  • Future Generation Computer Systems
  • Expert Systems With Applications
  • The Journal of Supercomputing
  • Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications
  • Computer Engineering (计算机工程)
  • China Communications (中国通讯)
  • Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems
  • Data Intelligence
  • Cluster Computing
  • Computing

TPC Member

  • IEEE VTC2025-Spring
  • IEEE Globecom 2024, 2025
  • 2024 IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC)
  • International Conference on Ubiquitous Communication (Ucom 2024)
  • IEEE INFOCOM ICCN 2024

Teaching

Course Instructor

  • 10310170971, Deep Learning, Beijing Normal University, Fall 2023/Fall 2024/Fall 2025
  • POA21182601, Reinforcement Learning, Beijing Normal University, Fall 2023/Fall 2024
  • AIE33520571, Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics, Beijing Normal University, Fall 2024/Fall 2025
  • GEN04221, Fundamentals of Information Processing, Beijing Normal University, Fall 2024/Fall 2025

Teaching Assistant

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

Group Members

Ph.D.

  1. Fangyi Mou, since 2022, BNBU, co-supervised
  2. Hanshuai Cui, since 2022, BNU, co-supervised
  3. Zhenzheng Li, since 2022, BNU, co-supervised
  4. Zhi Yao, since 2023, BNU, co-supervised
  5. Haiyang Huang, since 2024, BNU, co-supervised
  6. Fanshuai Meng, since 2025, BNU, co-supervised
  7. Qianli Ma, since 2025, BNU, co-supervised

Master

  1. Wentao Peng, since 2024, BNBU, co-supervised
  2. Siming Lou, since 2024, BNU, co-supervised
  3. Songyu Zhou, since 2025, BNU, co-supervised
  4. Jie Gao, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  5. Yuqing Bo, since 2025, supervised
  6. Shuang Li, since 2025, supervised

Research Assistant

  1. Xinyuan Yang, since 2025, BNU
  2. Zaichen Shen, since 2025, BNU
  3. Jican Qin, since 2025, BNU

Undergraduate

  1. Zhifei Xu, since 2024, BNU, supervised
  2. Tao Liu, since 2024, BNU, supervised
  3. Aiji Liang, since 2024, BNU, supervised
  4. Yimin Lu, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  5. Manjing Wen, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  6. Jiahui Chen, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  7. Ziqiao Lang, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  8. Dingxi Chen, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  9. Weihao Chen, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  10. Liting Chen, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  11. Size Li, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  12. Kuan Yan, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  13. Yinyi Feng, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  14. Zilan Huang, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  15. Yuzheng Wu, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  16. Ruixian Li, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  17. Wanting Liao, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  18. Qiongye Li, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  19. Yiyang Wang, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  20. Zeyin Chen, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  21. Manli Zhou, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  22. Xia Li, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  23. Dazhi Zhou, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  24. Shiyou Xu, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  25. Yiran Lan, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  26. Jinxi He, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  27. Jiawang Liu, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  28. Fei Liu, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  29. Hongrui Liang, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  30. Shiyao Lin, since 2025, BNU, supervised
  31. More pending update...

Alumni

Research Assistant

  1. Jinhao Sheng, Research Assistant, 2024 ~ 2025, BNU, supervised
  2. Haohang Song, Research Assistant, 2025 ~ 2025, BNU, supervised

Undergraduate

  1. Ruihan Qin, 2024 ~ 2025, BNU, supervised
  2. Boxuan Huang, 2024 ~ 2025, BNU, supervised
  3. Shuai Li, 2024 ~ 2025, BNU, supervised
  4. Mingyu Li, 2024 ~ 2025, BNU, supervised
  5. Luxin Liao, 2024 ~ 2025, BNU, supervised
  6. Xinyu Bai, 2024 ~ 2025, BNU, supervised, moved to Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, UCAS, Hangzhou, as Master
  7. Jiayi He, 2024 ~ 2025, BNU, supervised, moved to Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, as Master
  8. Xingdan Wang, 2024 ~ 2025, BNU, supervised, moved to Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, as Master
  9. Juanen Li, 2024 ~ 2025, BNU, supervised, moved to Tsinghua University, Beijing, as Ph.D
  10. Yao Chen, 2024 ~ 2025, BNU, supervised
  11. Huanheng Su, 2024 ~ 2025, BNU, supervised
  12. Yingzi Han, 2024 ~ 2025, BNU, supervised, moved to Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, as Master
  13. Chenkai Ding, 2024 ~ 2025, BNU, supervised
  14. Yongkang Fan, 2024 ~ 2025, BNU, supervised
  15. Lanxue He, 2024 ~ 2025, BNU, supervised
  16. Teng Wang, 2024 ~ 2025, BNU, supervised
  17. Zibo Huang, 2024 ~ 2025, BNU, supervised
  18. Haolin Zhang, 2024 ~ 2025, BNU, supervised
  19. Yuting Hu, 2023 ~ 2025, BNU, supervised, moved to The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, as Master
  20. Xuan Xie, 2023 ~ 2025, BNU, supervised, moved to The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, as Master
  21. Mengjie Liu, 2023 - 2024, BNU, supervised, moved to Peking University, Beijing, as Master
  22. Jiajie Yin, 2023 - 2024, BNU, supervised, moved to Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, as Master
  23. Xinpu Chen, 2023 - 2024, BNU, supervised, moved to Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, as Master
  24. Yumin Lin, 2023 - 2024, BNU, supervised
  25. Min Rao, 2023 - 2024, BNU, supervised

Friendly Links

  1. Jiong Lou, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai

Last Update: 2025-10-26