Zili Meng
Scholar

Zili Meng

Google Scholar ID: KXumTFMAAAAJ
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Computer networksVideo streaming
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
1,532
 
H-index
13
 
i10-index
18
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
15
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Received the Gold Medal of SIGCOMM 2018 SRC, Best Paper Awards from IWQoS 2021 and ICC 2020. His PhD dissertation received doctoral dissertation awards from ACM China, Chinese Institute of Electronics, and Tsinghua University. Recipient of RGC Early Career Scheme (2025), Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship (Asia), ByteDance Scholar, and Tsinghua Top Grade Scholarship.
Research Experience
  • Currently an Assistant Professor at HKUST, leading the SPARK Lab. Has published papers in top international conferences such as USENIX NSDI and ACM SIGCOMM.
Education
  • Ph.D. (Hons) from the Institute for Network Sciences and Cyberspace, Tsinghua University, advised by Prof. Mingwei Xu; B.Eng. (Hons) in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University, advised by Prof. Jun Bi (late).
Background
  • Currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering at HKUST, leading the Streaming Platform and Real-time networK (SPARK) Lab. Research interests include networked systems for interactive communications and computation, particularly in applications like videoconferencing, cloud gaming, VR, and MR.
Miscellany
  • Advised or mentored by Prof. Justine Sherry (CMU), Prof. Mohammad Alizadeh (MIT), Dr. Chen Sun (Alibaba), and Prof. Hongxin Hu (University at Buffalo). Loves honest feedback.