Faculty Mentor

Professor Peng Zhang is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at Rutgers University. Before joining Rutgers University, she obtained her Ph.D. from Georgia Tech and then was a postdoc at Yale University. Her research lies broadly in theoretical computer science, which studies computer science by using mathematical tools. More specifically, she designs provably efficient algorithms for structured numerical problems, such as linear equations and linear programs. She is also interested in combinatorial discrepancy theory, which studies how to partition a family of items into balanced groups and aims to improve the naive random partition. Her research received the best student paper award at FOCS in 2017 and the Georgia Tech College of Computing Dissertation Award in 2019. When not working, Peng enjoys playing with her cat, hiking, and playing Tractor (the card game).