Research Interests

Network measurement, Internet topology and routing.

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I obtained my Ph.D degree in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland, advised by Prof. Neil Spring. I also work extensively with Prof. Dave Levin and Prof. Bobby Bhattacharjee.

I am interested in measuring the Internet: its topology, performance and dynamic nature. Specifically, my dissertation research focuses on understanding the interactions between interdomain routing and IP anycast, and improving the performance and reliability of critical anycast-based Internet infrastructure that affects millions of gloabl Internet users. I also work on security and privacy problems around Internet routing.

Before joining UMD, I received my B.Eng. degree from the Department of Electronic Engineering at Tsinghua University in 2012.


Publications Google Scholar

  1. Internet Anycast: Performance, Problems and Potential.
    Zhihao Li, Dave Levin, Neil Spring, Bobby Bhattacharjee
    ACM SIGCOMM 2018.
  2. DeTor: Provably Avoiding Geographic Regions in Tor.
    Zhihao Li, Stephen Herwig, Dave Levin
    USENIX Security 2017
  3. Longitudinal Analysis of Root Server Anycast Inefficiencies.
    Zhihao Li, Dave Levin, Neil Spring, Bobby Bhattacharjee
    Technical Report,2017
  4. Anomaly Detection on D-root.
    Zhihao Li, Dave Levin, Bobby Bhattacharjee, Neil Spring
    DINR Workshop 2016
    (DNS and Internet Naming Research Directions)
  5. UAv6: Alias Resolution in IPv6 Using Unused Addresses.
    Ramakrishna Padmanabhan*, Zhihao Li*, Dave Levin, Neil Spring
    PAM 2015
    (Passive and Active Measurement Conference)
  6. Alibi Routing.
    Dave Levin, Youndo Lee, Luke Valenta, Zhihao Li, Victoria Lai, Cristian Lumezanu, Neil Spring, Bobby Bhattacharjee
    ACM SIGCOMM 2015

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