Dr. Zhou is a Professor of Computer Science at University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. He served as Interim Dean of College of Engineering and Applied Science from July 2017 to June 2019, and Chair of Department of Computer Science from 2011 to 2016. He directs Distributed, Sustainable, and Cloud Computing Systems (DISCO) Lab. His research lies broadly in computer network systems, more specifically, cloud computing, distributed systems and datacenters, BigData parallel processing, autonomic and sustainable computing, scalable Internet services, and computer networks. His research was supported in part by US National Science Foundation (NSF). He was a recipient of NSF CAREER Award 2009, and the University Faculty Award for Excellence in Research 2011. He was the Faculty Marshal of the University Commencement Winter 2011.