Associate Professor, Fowler School of Engineering
Email: zhao@chapman.edu
EDUCATION/TRAINING
1999 - 2005
Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, the Center for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Louisiana, Lafayette (Mentor: Prof. M. Bayoumi, IEEE Fellow)
1983 - 1987
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Dept. of Electric and Information, Zhejiang University
RESEARCH/TEACHING INTERESTS
Dr. Zhao's research interests center around energy-efficient Register files, machine learning accelerators for AI applications using approximate computing, and computing in memory, based on his extensive research on flip-flop/latch design. He is using 22nm technology in his research. He has served as an NSF panelist several times since 2023. More information about his research can be found here.