Professor Portrait

Dr. Bo Sheng

Professor

Undergraduate Program Director

Department of Computer Science
University of Massachusetts Boston

About

I am a Full Professor and Undergraduate Program Director in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts Boston. I received my Ph.D. from College of William and Mary and my B.S. from Nanjing University (China), both in Computer Science.

My research interests include collaborative AI, edge computing, mobile computing, cloud computing, cyber security, and wireless networks.

News

May 28, 2026

Congratulations, Class of 2026!

This week I attended the College of Science and Mathematics Honor Convocation, the University's Graduate Commencement, and the University's Undergraduate Commencement. Congratulations to all graduates!

Recent Courses

  • Spring 2026

    CS480: Introduction to Quantum Computing (Canvas)

  • Fall 2025

    CS446: Introduction to Internetworking (Canvas)

    CS646: Computer Communication Networks (Canvas)

Research Areas

  • Collaborative AI

    Collaborative sensing, Federated learning, Mobile and edge AI, Wireless communications

  • Mobile Computing and Edge Computing

    Internet of things, Security and privacy, Wireless networks, Sensor networks / RFID

  • Cloud Computing

    Big data analytics, Resource management, Data center storage, Data center networking, Security

Ph.D. Students

Current Students

Allen Yang

Allen Yang

4th Year

Xiangtao Fu

Xiangtao Fu

1st Year

Alumni

Publications

[HPCC '25] PECO: Probabilistic Evaluation-based Client Selection forFederated Learning with Overlapping Clients

Allen Yang, Shiyue Hou, Yiming Xie, Bo Sheng, Ningfang Mi

The 27th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications,Exeter, UK, 2025(Acceptance rate: 30%)

[ICNC '25] DCTCP-FQ: Enhancing Fairness and Convergence in Data Center Congestion Control

Haoyu Wang, Xiaoqian Zhang, Allen Yang, Bo Sheng

International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications,Honolulu, HI, USA, 2025(Acceptance rate: 30%)

[TCC '24] Learning-Based Dynamic Memory Allocation Schemes for Apache Spark Data Processing

Danlin Jia, Li Wang, Natalia Valencia, Janki Bhimani, Bo Sheng, Ningfang Mi

IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, 2024

[IPDPS '23] SRC: Mitigate I/O Throughput Degradation in Network Congestion Control of Disaggregated Storage Systems

Danlin Jia, Yiming Xie, Li Wang, Xiaoqian Zhang, Allen Yang, Xuebin Yao, Mahsa Bayati, Pradeep Subedi, Bo Sheng, Ningfang Mi

The 37th IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium,St. Petersburg, FL, USA, 2023(Acceptance rate: 25.7%)

Office Hours

Fall 2025

  • Tuesday and Thursday: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Or by appointment

Location

McCormack Hall
Room M-3-201-23
100 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02125