Data Freshness in Information-update Systems: Modeling, Scheduling, and Tradeoffs.

Brief Biography: Zhongdong Liu is a final-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech. He received his B.S. degree in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics with honors from Northeast Forestry University in 2016. His research interests are in the modeling, analysis, control, and optimization of complex network systems. His specific area of focus lies in analyzing and improving data freshness within real-time applications and services through the development of efficient scheduling algorithms. Zhongdong's research has been featured in notable publications, including IEEE INFOCOM, Proceedings of ICCCN (as an invited paper), IEEE Internet of Things Journal, and IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking.