Binhai Zhu

Infobox Union
name=Binhai Zhu
office=Montana State University - Bozeman
website=http://www.cs.montana.edu/bhz/

Binhai Zhu (born in 1966) is a Professor in Computer Science at Montana State University.

He obtained his BS degree in Computer Science at Shandong University in 1986, received Master of Science degree in Computer Science at York University in Toronto, Canada in 1991, and completed his PhD in Computer Science at McGill University in 1994. He did his post-doc training at Los Alamos National Laboratory during 1994-1996. Since 1996, he has been teaching at universities in Hong Kong, Canada and USA.

His research focuses on algorithms design and analysis, especially in computational geometry and computational biology (since 2004).He is best known for the jump-and-walk algorithm designed and analyzed by him and his colleagues. The algorithm is the first sublinear geometric algorithm (with proven theoretical performance) and has been used in many famous software packages. His other major contribution is in map labeling, where he is still working on and aiming at more realistic and useful algorithms/models.

Binhai Zhu is a champion ping-pong player, having won the following championships:
# 1992. McGill University, Men's Singles Runner-up
# 1996. Albuquerque Team Tournament, 2nd Place (after this tournament, ranked 1805 by USATT in 1996)
# 1998. City University of Hong Kong (Staff Section), Men's Doubles 3rd Place (with Ken Law)
# 2000/2001. Montana State University, Men's Doubles Runner-up (with Lei Meng)
# 2002. Big Sky (Montana) State Games, Open Singles Silver Medalist
# 2003. Big Sky (Montana) State Games, Open Singles Bronze Medalist (using a completely different style)
# 2004. Big Sky (Montana) State Games, Open Singles Silver Medalist
# March, 2005. 2nd Annual Forrest Gump Ping-Pong Tournament, Helena, MT, Advanced-group Singles Runner-up (News)
# July, 2005. Big Sky (Montana) State Games, Open Doubles Silver Medalist (with Mike Neeley)
# July, 2006. Big Sky (Montana) State Games, Open Singles Bronze Medalist
# July, 2007. Big Sky (Montana) State Games, Open Singles Silver Medalist
# July, 2007. Big Sky (Montana) State Games, Open Doubles Silver Medalist (with Ben Savelli)

He also has won the following awards:
# 1993. McGill University, Men's Singles Champion

# 1994. McGill University, Men's Singles Champion

# 1995. Los Alamos National Laboratory and Los Alamos County, Men's Singles Champion (first ever Chinese winner!)

# 1997. City University of Hong Kong (Staff Section), Men's Doubles Champion (with Gary Kan)

# 2000/2001. Montana State University, Men's Singles Champion

# 2001/2002. Montana State University, Men's Singles Champion

# 2001/2002. Montana State University, Men's Doubles Champion (with Lei Meng)

# 2002/2003. Montana State University, Men's Singles Champion

# 2002/2003. Montana State University, Men's Doubles Champion (with Lei Meng)

# 2003/2004. Montana State University, Men's Singles Champion

# 2003/2004. Montana State University, Men's Doubles Champion (with Lei Meng)

# 2004/2005. Montana State University, Men's Singles Champion