Recent Publications

o   S. Wang, C. Wei, X. Zhou, L. Zhang, Y. Wang, ″Dependency-aware Network Adaptive Scheduling of Data-Intensive Parallel Jobs″, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), IEEE Computer Society Press, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 515-529, March 2019.

o   L. Zhang, J. Wolfer, D. Surma, ″Reinventing a Digital Design Course: Migrating Electronics Instruction from Physics to CS and Using Problem-Based Learning″, The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 33, No. 2, December 2017.

o   S. Wang, X. Zhou, L. Zhang, C. Jiang, ″Network-Adaptive Scheduling of Data-Intensive Parallel Jobs in Clusters″, Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC 2017), Columbus, Ohio, July 2017.

o   S. Tang, Y. Zhang, L. Zhang, Y. Rong, ″Special Issue: Spectrum-Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks″, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks (IJDSN), Hindawi, Vol. (2015), January 2015.

o   L. Zhang, ″DORA: Distributed Cognitive Random Access of Unslotted Markovian Channels under Tight Collision Constraints″, Proceedings of the 22th International Conference on Computer Communication Networks (ICCCN), Track on Cognitive, Cellular, and Heterogeneous Wireless Networks (CCHN), Nassau, Bahamas, July-August, 2013. [PDF]

o   S. Tang, Y. Xie, L. Zhang, C. Tang ″Analysis of TDOA Based Radar Target Positioning in LOS and NLOS Environments″, International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing (IJWMC), Inderscience, Vol.6, No.4, pp.313-320, 2013.

o   S. Muppala, X. Zhou, L. Zhang and G. Chen, ″Regression Based Resource Provisioning for Session Slowdown Guarantees in Multi-tier Internet Servers″, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC), Elsevier, Vol. 72, No. 2, pp. 362-375, February 2012.

o   L. Zhang, Y. Cheng, and X. Zhou, ″Enhanced Statistics-based Rate Adaptation for 802.11 Wireless Networks″, Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA), Elsevier, Vol. 34, Issue 5, pp. 1695-1706, September 2011.

o   T. Chantem, J. Yi, S. Hong, X. Hu, C. Poellabauer, and L. Zhang, ″An Online Holistic Scheduling Framework for Energy-Constrained Wireless Real-Time Systems″, Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA), Toyama, Japan, August 2011.

o   J. Yi, C. Poellabauer, and L. Zhang, ″Mobi-Sync: Configurable Time Synchronization for Mobile Multihop Networks″, Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Computer Communication Networks (ICCCN), Maui, Hawaii, August 2011.

o   J. Yi, C. Poellabauer, X. Hu, and L. Zhang, ″Minimum Bandwidth Reservations for Periodic Streams in Wireless Real-Time Systems″, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing(TMC), IEEE Computer Society Press, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 379-390, April 2011.

o   H. Jaffar, X. Zhou, L. Zhang, DIBS: A Dual Interval Bandwidth Scheduling Algorithm for Short-term Differentiation, International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems, Taylor and Francis, Vol. 26, Issue 3, pp. 165-178, 2011.

o   S. Muppala, X. Zhou, L. Zhang, ″Regression Based Multi-tier Resource Provisioning for Session Slowdown Guarantees″, Proceedings of the 29th IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), Albuquerque, New Mexico, December 2010.

o   J. Yi, C. Poellabauer, X. Hu, T. Chantem, and L. Zhang, ″Dynamic Channel Reservations for Wireless Multihop Communications″, Refereed Poster in the 16th ACM Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom), Chicago, Illinois, September 2010.

o   T. Chantem, X. Hu, C. Poellabauer, J. Yi, and L. Zhang, ″Network-Aware, Energy-Conscious, Fair Service for Real-Time Applications on Multiprocessor SoC, Refereed Work-in-Progress at the 30th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), Washington, DC, December 2009. (The work was also invited to appear in ACM SIGBED Review, Vol. 17, No.1, January 2010)

o   J. Yi, C. Poellabauer, X. Hu, J. Simmer, and L. Zhang, ″Energy-Conscious Co-Scheduling of Tasks and Packets in Wireless Real-Time Environments″, Proceedings of the 15th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), San Francisco, CA, April 2009.

o   L. Zhang, Y. Cheng, and X. Zhou, ″Rate Avalanche: Effects on the Performance of Multi-rate 802.11 Wireless Networks″, Journal of Simulation Modeling, Practice and Theory, Elsevier, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 487-503, March 2009. [PDF]

o   X. Zhou, D. Ippoliti, and L. Zhang, ″Fair Bandwidth Sharing and Delay Differentiation: Joint Packet Scheduling with Buffer Management,″ Computer Communications, Elsevier, Vol. 31, No. 17, pp. 4072-4080, November 2008.

o   L. Zhang, Y. Cheng, and X. Zhou, ″RADAR: Rate-Alert Dynamic RTS/CTS Exchange for Performance Enhancement in Multi-rate Wireless Networks″, Proceedings of IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC), Shanghai, China, December 2008. [PDF]

o   D. Rajan, C. Poellabauer, X. Hu, L. Zhang, and K. Otten, ″Wireless Channel Access Reservation for Embedded Real-time Systems,″ Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software (EMSOFT), pp. 129-138, ACM Press, Atlanta, GA, October 2008. [PDF]

o   L. Zhang, Y. Cheng, X. Zhou, ″Rate Avalanche: The Performance Degradation in Multi-rate 802.11 WLANs,″ Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE/ACM International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), DPDNS workshop, IEEE Computer Society Press, Miami, FL, April 2008. [PDF]

o   H. Jaffar, X. Zhou, L. Zhang, ″DIBS: Dual Interval Bandwidth Scheduling for Short-term Differentiation, ″ Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE/ACM International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), PMEO-UCNS workshop, IEEE Computer Society Press, Miami, FL, April 2008.

o   J. Yi, C. Poellabauer, X. Hu, D. Rajan, and L. Zhang, ″Cooperative Network and Energy Management for Reservation-based Wireless Real-Time Environments,″ Refereed Work-in-Progress at the 14th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), St. Louis, MO, April 2008. [PDF]

o   L. Zhang, Q. Cheng, Y. Wang, and S. Zeadally, ″A Novel Distributed Sensor Positioning System Using the Dual of Target Tracking,″, IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. 57, No. 2, pp. 246-260, February 2008. [PDF}

o   D. Ippoliti, X. Zhou, L. Zhang, ″Packet Scheduling for Fair Bandwidth Sharing and Delay Differentiation,″ Proceedings of 16th IEEE International Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), IEEE Communication Society Press, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, August 2007.[PDF]

o   L. Zhang, X. Zhou, and Q. Cheng ″Landscape-3D: A Robust Localization Scheme for Sensor Networks over Complex 3D Terrains,″ Proceedings of  31st Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), pp. 239-246, IEEE Computer Society Press, Tampa, FL, November 2006. [PDF]

o   L. Zhang and Q. Cheng ″Landscape(T): A Robust and Low-cost Sensor Positioning System Using the Dual of Target Tracking,″ Poster Proceedings of  IEEE/ACM International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS), San Francisco, CA, June 2006.[PDF]    

o   L. Zhang and S. Zeadally, ″Enabling End-to-end QoS over Hybrid Wired-Wireless Networks,″ Wireless Personal Communications (WPC) Journal,  Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 167-185, Springer, 2006. [PDF]

o   L. Zhang, Q. Cheng, Y. Wang, and S. Zeadally, ″Landscape: A High Performance Distributed Positioning Scheme for Outdoor Sensor Networks,″ Proceedings of IEEE/ACM International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob), Montreal, Canada, August 2005.[PDF]

o   L. Zhang and S. Zeadally, ″HARMONICA: Enhanced QoS Support with Admission Control for IEEE 802.11 Contention-based Access,″ Proceedings of 10th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), Toronto, Canada, May 2004. (Extended version in WCMC journal [PDF])

o   S. Zeadally and L. Zhang, ″Enabling Gigabit Network Access to End Users,″ Proceedings of the IEEE, Special Issue on Gigabit Wireless, Vol. 92, No. 2, pp. 340-353, February 2004. [PDF]