I'm Jiang Zhu and I am Technical Leader at Cisco Systems Inc. where I help build the next-generation service platforms for rich media. I started my career in the telecommunication industry in 2000 and spent over 10 years on writing software for routers and switches as well as media streaming servers and distributed databases. I enjoy coding in C/C++, analyzing network protocols and hacking Linux kernel. I also love doing networking research in various fields including content-aware distribution networks, network virtualizations and network economics. I like reading research papers which helps me write my own.
I was born in Beijing, China and spent 20+ years there. I love the city very much. My dad is an artist and I was raised to become a painter or a photographer when I was very little. Well, my dad was pretty disappointed when I touched a computer for the first time at the age of 8 and decided to deviate from the planned route. My childhood dream job was to become a system software engineer. It seems I have realized that goal already.
Besides drawing and other artistic activities, I enjoy various sports in my spare time: softball, swimming, badminton, to name a few. I also love going to museums and planetariums with my wife - we could spend hours there just as if we were little kids.
