I am Longtao Zhang (張龍韜), a Ph.D. candidate at Florida State University, under the supervision of Prof. Kai Zhao. I am also a visiting student at Argonne National Laboratory, advised by Sheng Di and Franck Cappello.
🔬 Research Interests
- High Performance Computing
- Data Compression
- Algorithms and Data Structures
📰 Recent News
May 2026
✈️ I am selected to attend the Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing (ATPESC) 2026
Apr. 2026
🎉 One first-author paper OPAL about on-demand progressive lossy compression is accepted by HPDC'26
Feb. 2026
🎉 One paper GPZ about GPU-accelerated lossy compression for particles is accepted by ICS'26
May 2025
✈️ I will join Argonne National Laboratory as a visiting student
Apr. 2025
🎉 One paper about progressive lossy compression is accepted by HPDC'25
Oct. 2024
🎉 One first-author paper LCP about lossy compression for particles is accepted by SIGMOD'25
📄 Publications
HPDC'26
OPAL: On-demand Progressive Accelerated Scientific Lossy Compression
ICS'26
GPZ: GPU-Accelerated Lossy Compressor for Particle Data
🎓 Education Background
Aug. 2023 - Present
Ph.D. Student at Florida State University
Aug. 2019 - Jun. 2023
B.Eng. Student at Hunan University
🏆 Selected Awards
Apr. 2025
🏆 Dean's Award for Doctoral Excellence
- Naaman Franklin Faile Jr. Graduate Fellowship ($3,000/year for 3 years)
Department of Computer Science, Florida State University
- Naaman Franklin Faile Jr. Graduate Fellowship ($3,000/year for 3 years)
Department of Computer Science, Florida State University
Apr. 2025
🏆 Research Assistant Award
Department of Computer Science, Florida State University
Department of Computer Science, Florida State University
Nov. 2023
🥇 First Place, Florida State University Programming Contest, Tallahassee
May 2023
🥇 Gold Medal (3rd Place), CCPC National Invitational Contest, Xiangtan
Dec. 2022
🥈 Silver Medal, ICPC Regional, Hangzhou
Nov. 2022
🥈 Silver Medal, ICPC Regional, Hefei
Nov. 2022
🥈 Silver Medal, CCPC Regional, Weihai
📝 Paper Review
Subreviewer: CCGRID(2024), ICDCS(2025)

