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Dr. Ziliang Zong

  • Professor - Computer Science

Biography and education

Dr. Zong is a Professor of the Computer Science Department and the recipient of the 2015 Texas State University Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities. He received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering from Auburn University in 2008 with the Distinguished Dissertation Award.

Research Interests

  • Zong, Ziliang. “Energy Efficient Deep Learning” NVIDIA Equipment Grant. (Funded: 2016). Grant.
  • Zong, Ziliang (Principal). From Data to Sustainability: A Global Analysis of Carbon Intensity for Green Cloud Computing, Texas State Center for Analytics and Data Science, Institutional (Higher Ed), $6000. (Funded: January 2024 - December 2024). Grant.
  • Zong, Ziliang. REU Supplemental Award, NSF, Federal, $16000. (Funded: May 2022 - August 2023). Grant.
  • Yuan, Yihong (Principal), Zong, Ziliang (Co-Principal). Improve the Prediction of Urban Fire Incidents through Machine Learning and Spatial Point Pattern Analysis, Microsoft, Inc., Private / Foundation / Corporate, $15000. (Submitted: October 2021, Funded: November 2021 - October 2022). Grant.
  • Zong, Ziliang (Principal). REU Supplemental Award, NSF, Federal, $16000. (Funded: May 2020 - May 2021). Grant.
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  • Sambaraju, S., Boman, J., Wu, H., & Zong, Z. (2025). Mitigating Syntax and Logic Errors in LLM Based Code Generation via XML-Structured Prompts.
  • Nasrin, A., Chen, D., & Zong, Z. (2025). Cloud Power Meter: Bridging the Gap in Power Measurement for Heterogeneous Cloud. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1109/TSUSC.2025.3607207
  • Trentini, J., Liu, V., Peng, Y., & Zong, Z. (2025). Advancing Large Language Models in Code Generation: USACO Benchmark and Bug Mitigation Insights.
  • Tuttle, J. F., Chen, D., Nasrin, A., Soto, N., & Zong, Z. (2024). Can LLMs Generate Green Code - A Comprehensive Study Through LeetCode.
  • Nasrin, A., Chen, D., Soto, N., & Zong, Z. (2024). Promoting Green Coding in VS Code with GCPM: A Power Model for Heterogeneous Processors.
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities, Texas State University. August 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Best Research Paper Award, Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA). 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Excellence in Service Award, College of Science and Engineering, Texas State University. August 25, 2017
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities, Texas State University. August 24, 2015
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Distinguished PhD Dissertation Award, Auburn University. June 1, 2010
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  1. Member

    Green Software Foundation

  2. Chair

    Policy Committee

  3. Member

    Green Software Foundation

  4. Member

    Connected Infrastructure for Education, Demonstration, and Applied Research (CIEDAR)

  5. Member

    Personnel Committee

  6. Member

    ACM ICPC Programming Contest Committee

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