Ph.D. Students Supervised (Michigan State University)

Vernon Rego (June 1985), Modeling and Analysis of Token-Passing Computer Networks, now a full professor with the Department of Computer Science, Purdue University.

Chong-Wei Xu (May 1986), Dynamic Process Migration for Load Balancing in Distributed Systems, now a full professor with the Department of Computer Science, Georgia Southern University.

Thomas B. Gendreau, (May 1987), A Unified Environment for Distributed Computing, now an associate professor with the Department of Computer Science, University of Wisconsin, Lacrosse.

Ching-Farn E. Wu (August 1987), Application of Logical Circuit Representation to CMOS Circuit Design and Verification, now a senior MTS with IBM Watson Research Center.

Taieb Znati (May 1988), Design and Analysis of Local Area Network Protocols for Distributed Real-time Applications, now a full professor with the Department of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh and US NSF Division Director.

Chung-Ta King (June 1988), Pipelined Data Parallel Algorithms: Concept, Design, and Modeling, now a full professor with the Department of Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan.

Bruce McMillin (June 1988), Reliable Parallel Processing: The Application Oriented Paradigm, now a full professor with the Department of Computer Science, University of Missouri at Rolla.

Youran Lan (July 1988), Interprocessor Communication in Distributed-Memory Multiprocessors, was an associate professor with the Department of Computer Science, University of Missouri at Columbia (passed away in 2002).

Jiann Liao (June 1989), Verification of MOS Circuits at the Switch Level, now a senior engineer with Integrated Device Technology, San Jose, CA.

Xian-He Sun (May 1990), Parallel Computation Models: Representation, Analysis, and Applications, now Professor and Chair with the Department of Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL.

Carl B. Erickson (May 1991), Design and Evaluation of a Hierarchical Bus Multiprocessor, now an associate professor with the Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, Sweden.

Xiaola Lin (December 1991), Multicast Communication in Multicomputer Networks, now full professor with the School of Information Science and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, China.

Honda Shing (January 1992), A Conflict-Free Memory Design for Shared-Memory Multiprocessors, now co-founder and CTO of Intervideo Corp., San Jose, California.

Ten-Hwan Tzen (February 1992), Advanced Loop Optimization: Dependence Uniformization and Trapezoid Self-Scheduling, now manager of C++ compiler group at Microsoft Corporation, Washington.

Jayashree Ramanathan (July 1992), Data Placement in Shared-Virtual-Memory Multiprocessors with Non-Uniform Memory Access Times, now manager at IBM, Austin, Texas.

Christopher J. Glass (July 1992), Designing Maximally Adaptive Algorithms for Wormhole Routing: The Turn Model (received the Outstanding Paper honor at the 1992 International Symposium on Computer Architecture), now with Pharmacia & Upjohn Corp., Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Arun K. Nanda (September 1992), A Framework for Multiprocessor Performance Characterization and Calibration (received the Outstanding Paper Award at the 1992 International Conference on Parallel Processing), now manager at Microsoft Corp., Washington.

Hong Xu (October 1994), Compilation-Time Data Decomposition Optimization for Data Parallel Programs, now Director of Engineering at Cisco Systems Inc., San Jose, CA.

Stephen W. Turner (January 1995), Processor Scheduling in a Distributed-Memory Computing Environment (received the Best Student Paper Award at Supercomputing'94), now an associate professor with the Department of Computer Science, University of Michigan at Flint.

Edgar T. Kalns (May 1995), Scalable Data Redistribution Services for Distributed-Memory Machines, now Entrepreneurial Computer Scientist, SRI International, San Francisco.

Chi-Ming Chiang (May 1995), Multicasting in Multistage Interconnection Networks, now Director of Product Development, Delta Electronics, Inc., Taiwan.

Yew-Huey Liu (August 1996), A Framework for Distributed Web Services (received the Outstanding Paper Award at the 1996 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems), now MTS at IBM Watson Research Center.

Wenjian Qiao (September 1997), Network Routing and Planning in Switch-based Networks, now MTS at IBM Research Triangle Park, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Natawut Nupaiorj (May 1998), Multicast Communication: From Platform-Independent Modeling to Platform-Dependent Tuning (received the Outstanding Paper Award at the 1996 International Conference on Parallel Processing), now an assistant professor with the Department of Computer Science at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

Wei-Kuo Liao (December 1999), Bounded-Cell-Loss-Ratio Flow Control and Reliable ABR Multicast, now an assistant professor with the Department of Communication Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Xipeng Xiao (April 2000), Providing QoS in the Internet (received the 1997 ACM Best Graduate Research Contest Award), now Director of Marketing, Huawei Europe, Germany

Fan Du (August 2001), Supporting Real-Time and Multimedia Applications in Wireless Networks, now MTS at Green Packet Network Inc., San Jose, CA.

Yong Chen (May 2002), CoStore: A Storage Cluster Architecture Using Network Attached Storage Devices, now MTS at Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Washington.

Vibhavasu Vuppala (May 2002), Virtual Network Ports, now Vice President of Information Technology, QGS Inc., Michigan.

Pei Zheng (May 2003), A Cluster Architecture Supporting Network Emulation, now Manager and Senior Software Architect, i-Mate, Seattle, Washington.

Yunhao Liu (July 2004, co-supervised with Prof. Li Xiao), Building Efficient and Secured Peer-to-Peer Systems, now Professor and Dean of Software College, Tsing Hua University, Beijing, China.

Abhishek P. Patil (July 2005, co-supervised with Prof. Abdol Esfahanian), Overlay Multicast in MANETs, now Senior Wireless Engineer, Corp. R&D Systems division, Qualcomm, San Diego, CA

Hongbo Zhou (July 2005, co-supervised with Prof. Matt Mutka), Autoconfiguration and Security for Wireless Networks, now an associate professor with the Department of Computer Science, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA.

Feng Zhu (June 2006, co-supervised with Prof. Matt Mutka), Secure and Private Service Discovery in Pervasive Computing Environments, now an assistant professor with the Department of Computer Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL.

Ph.D. Students Supervised (HKUST)

Yanmin Zhu (July 2007), Low-Power Event Detection and Wakeup Scheduling in Wireless Sensor Networks, first Research Associate at Imperial College London, now Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

Jian Ma (July 2007), The Impact of Radio Signal Strength on the Design of Wireless Sensor Networks, now Vice President of Quantitative Research in Equity Derivatives Group, J.P. Morgan, Hong Kong

Yunhuai Liu (August 2008), Probabilistic Topology Control in Wireless Sensor Networks (received the 2008 IEEE ICDCS Outstanding Paper Award), now Deputy Director and Associate Researcher of IoT Lab, The Third Research Institute of Ministry of Public Security, Shanghai, China

Quanbin Chen (August 2008), General Clustering Framework in Wireless Sensor Networks, now Manager, HSBC, Hong Kong

Yiyang Zhao (April 2010), Localization and Tracking Based on RFID Technologies, now Postdoc Researcher, Tsinghua University, Beijing

Dian Zhang (May 2010), Localizing Transceiver-free Objects: The RF-Based Approaches, now Assistant Professor at Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China

Yanyan Yang (June 2010), Channel Assignment and Its Applications in Wireless Networks, now Financial Analyst, Deutsche Bank AG, London, UK

Kaishun Wu (June 2011), Communication over Interference in Wireless Networks (received the 2012 Hong Kong Young Scientist Award), now Research Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Siyuan Liu (August 2011), Incomplete Data Analysis in Smart City Applications, now Research Scientist at Carnegie Mellon University.

Hoi-Lun Ngan (September 2012), Resource Optimization in Wireless Communication Systems: From Worthless to Valuable, now Equity Derivatives Developer at Royal Bank of Scotland Group,  Hong Kong.

Wuman Luo (December 2012), Efficient Algorithms for Frequent Path Finding and Similarity Join in Massive Multi-dimensional Datasets, now Research Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Haoyu Tan (December 2012), An Efficient Storage System for Big Trajectory Data, now Research Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Xiaonan Guo (August 2013), From Localization to Floor Plan Identification, now Research Associate at Singapore Management University

Jiansu Pu (August 2013, co-supervised with Prof. Huamin Qu), Visual Summarization and Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Data, now Research Associate at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Ph.D. Students Co-Supervised at Other Universities

Hongzi Zhu (January 2009), On New-Generation Intelligent Transportation Information Services Using Vehicular Sensor Networks, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, now Assistant Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Huajian Mao (May 2013), Research on Key Technologies of Mobile Storage and Spatial Temporal Data Analysis in Cloud Environment, National University of Defense Technology, now Research Associate, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China