I am Longtao Zhang (εΌ΅ιΎι), a third-year Ph.D. student at the CS Department, Florida State University, under the supervision of Prof. Kai Zhao.
π¬ Research Interests
- High Performance Computing
- Data Compression
- Algorithms and Data Structures
π° Recent News
Apr. 2026
π One first-author paper OPAL about on-demand progressive lossy compression is accepted by HPDC'26
Feb. 2026
π One paper GPZ about GPU-accelerated lossy compression for particles is accepted by ICS'26
May 2025
βοΈ I will join Argonne National Laboratory as a visiting student
Apr. 2025
π One paper about progressive lossy compression is accepted by HPDC'25
Oct. 2024
π One first-author paper LCP about lossy compression for particles is accepted by SIGMOD'25
π Publications
HPDC'26
OPAL: On-demand Progressive Accelerated Scientific Lossy Compression
ICS'26
GPZ: GPU-Accelerated Lossy Compressor for Particle Data
π Education Background
Aug. 2023 - Present
Ph.D. Student at Florida State University
Aug. 2019 - Jun. 2023
B.Eng. Student at Hunan University
π Selected Awards
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Deanβs Award for Doctoral Excellence at Department of Computer Science at Florida State University
April, 2025 -
Research Assistant Award at Department of Computer Science at Florida State University
April, 2025
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Florida State University Programming Contest, Tallahassee
First Place Nov. 2023 -
CCPC National Invitational Contest, Xiangtan
Gold Medal, Third Place May 2023 -
ICPC Regional, Hangzhou
Silver Medal Dec. 2022 -
ICPC Regional, Hefei
Silver Medal Nov. 2022 -
CCPC Regional, Weihai
Silver Medal Nov. 2022
π Paper Review
Subreviewer: CCGRID(2024), ICDCS(2025)

