Zhen Zhang, Professor

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M.S., Mathematics, Nan'kai University, Tianjin, 1980
Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, Cornell University, 1984

Research Interests: Information Theory, Coding Theory, Data Compression and Storage, Network Coding, Combinatorics, and Applied Probability Theory.

Dr. Zhang received his Habilitation in Mathematics in 1988 at Bielefeld University. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, and joined USC in August 1988.

Full-time positions: Nan'kai University, Tianjin, 1981-1982; Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany, 1986-1988; University of Southern California, 1988-.

Selected Publications:

  1. Z. Zhang and T. Berger, "New Results for Binary Multiple Descriptions", IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. IT-33, No. 4, pp. 502-522, 1987.
  2. R. Ahlswede and Z. Zhang, "An Identity in Combinatorial Extremal Theory", Advances in Mathematics, Vol. 80, No. 2, pp. 137-151, April 1990.
  3. Z. Zhang, "Linear Inequalities for Covering Codes: Part I - Pair Covering Inequalities", IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 573-582, May 1991.
  4. Z. Zhang and V.K. Wei, "An On-Line Universal Lossy Data Compression Algorithim via Continuous Codebook Refinement", IEEE Trans. on Information Theory, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 803-821, May 1996.
  5. Z. Zhang, E. Yang and V. K. Wei, "The Redundancy of Source Coding with a Fidelity Criterion", IEEE Trans. on Information Theory, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 71-91, Jan. 1997.
  6. Z. Zhang and R. W. Yeung, "On Characterization of Entropy Function via Information Inequalities", IEEE Trans. on Inform. Theory, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 1440-1452, July, 1998.

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