---
type: Academic advisor
title: Meng Zhang
description: Zhejiang University faculty member and master's advisor of Xinbao Qiao.
tags:
  - en
  - person
  - advisor
  - academic-advisor
timestamp: '2026-05-05T21:15:18+08:00'
modified: '2026-07-02T20:03:20+08:00'
content_hash: 'sha256:e3fc2253d995fdb7047157a92a3b1d378ba60d5b54aef3e7178e8d2431a0ea78'
reviewed_at: '2026-07-02T20:03:20+08:00'
review_due: '2026-12-29'
name: Meng Zhang
summary: Zhejiang University faculty member and master's advisor of Xinbao Qiao.
occupation:
  - Researcher/Assistant Professor
  - Doctoral supervisor
affiliation:
  - label: 'ZJU-UIUC Institute, Zhejiang University'
    url: /wiki/Zhejiang_University/
focus: >-
  Wireless and computer networks; edge intelligence; network economics;
  intelligent IoT
links:
  - label: Official ZJU profile
    url: 'https://person.zju.edu.cn/mengzhang'
---
**Meng Zhang** is a researcher and assistant professor at the ZJU-UIUC Institute, Zhejiang University. Zhejiang University's official personal profile lists him as a doctoral supervisor in the Zhejiang University-University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Institute and International Joint College.[^zju-profile]

## Biography

Zhang is associated in this wiki with [[Zhejiang_University|Zhejiang University]] and the master's stage of [[Xinbao_Qiao|Xinbao Qiao]]. The official ZJU profile records his role as researcher/assistant professor and doctoral supervisor, and gives his affiliation as the ZJU-UIUC Institute and International Joint College. Within Qiao's wiki, the page is used as an academic-advisor entry rather than a full independent biography.

## Research

The ZJU profile lists Zhang's research areas as wireless and computer networks, edge intelligence, network economics, and intelligent IoT. These topics form a network-systems background that is close to several labels in this wiki, including [[AI_and_Networks|AI and networks]], [[Distributed_Learning|distributed learning]], and [[Data_Centric_Machine_Learning|Data Centric ML]].

## Connection to Qiao

Zhang was Qiao's master's advisor during the Zhejiang University phase. The period is linked in this wiki to data-centric machine learning, machine unlearning, and data influence analysis. It includes work that later appears in Qiao's publication record, including [[Hessian_Free_Online_Certified_Unlearning|Hessian-Free Online Certified Unlearning]] and [[Soft_Weighted_Machine_Unlearning|Beyond Binary Erasure: Soft-Weighted Unlearning for Fairness and Robustness]].

## See also

- [[Xinbao_Qiao]]
- [[Zhejiang_University]]
- [[Machine_Unlearning]]
- [[Data_Centric_Machine_Learning|Data Centric ML]]

[^zju-profile]: Zhejiang University's official profile for [Meng Zhang](https://person.zju.edu.cn/mengzhang) lists the position, affiliation, email address, and research directions used in this article.
