Weishan Zhang

(email: wzhang23@gmu.edu)

I am currently a PhD student with Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at George Mason University, advised by Professor Zhi (Gerry) Tian. I recevied my B.S. degree in Electronic Science and Technology from University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, in 2018. My general interests are in the areas of distributed machine learning and private information retrieval.

Research Interests

• Machine Learning: Communication optimization of distributed machine learning.

• Private Information Retrieval: Information-theoretical private information retrieval.

Professional Activities

Teaching experience

• Teaching assistant for Digital Electronics, GMU, Fall, 2018.

• Teaching assistant for Digital Electronics, GMU, Spring, 2019.

• Teaching assistant for Linear Electronics, GMU, Spring, 2019.

• Teaching assistant for Introduction to Engineering, GMU, Fall, 2018.