She is also an associate member of the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engr., a member of the School of Computational Science and Engineering, and a member of the McMaster Insitute of Research on Aging in McMaster University, Canada. Rong Zheng is a Joseph Ip Distinguished Engineering Fellow from July 1, 2015 to June 30th, 2018. She is a steering committe member of the MacData institute, which promotes collaboration among centers and researchers whose work involves different facets of data. Rong Zheng is also affiliated with the Computing Infrastructure Research Centre (CIRC).