Dakai Zhu:
Curriculum Vitae
Updated: Aug. 01, 2019
NPB 3.338, UTSA
Tel: (210)458-7453
Department of Computer Science
Fax: (210)458-4437
One UTSA Circle
Email: dakai.zhu@utsa.edu
San Antonio, TX, 78249
Web: http://www.cs.utsa.edu/˜dzhu
Research Interests:
Real-Time & Embedded Systems; Cyber-Physical Systems; Parallel and Cloud Systems; Fault-Tolerance
and Dependable Computing; Power-Aware Computing; Resource Management and Scheduling Algorithms;
Educational Background
• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Dec. 2004,
University of Pittsburgh
Computer Science Department
Pittsburgh PA, USA
Dissertation:
Energy and Reliability Management in Parallel Real-Time Systems
Advisors: Prof. Rami Melhem and Prof. Daniel Moss��
• M.E. in Computer Science and Technology, Jun. 1999,
Tsinghua University
Department of Computer Science and Technology
Beijing, P.R.China
• B.E. in Computer Science and Technology, Jun. 1996,
Xi��an Jiaotong University
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Xi��an Shanxi, P.R.China
Professional Employment History
• Professor,
Sept. 2016– present
Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at San Antonio
• Associate Professor,
Sept. 2011– Aug. 2016
Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at San Antonio
• Visiting Scholar,
Jan. 2013– May 2013
Department of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh
• Assistant Professor,
Jan. 2005– Aug. 2011
Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at San Antonio
Awards and Honors
• NSF CAREER Award
2010 - 2015
��An Integrated Scheduling Framework for Multicore-Based Real-Time Embedded Systems��
• Research Achievement Award
2012
College of Science, University of Texas at San Antonio
• Service Award as the Webmaster
2009
IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems (TCRTS)
• Andrew Mellon Fellowship
2003 - 2004
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
• Compunetix Graduate Student Research Award
2001 - 2002
Department of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh
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Research Grants
• Co-PI: Intel/NSF: Cyberwell: a closed loop system using pipeline of deep learning models and EEG
based Brain Computer Interfaces in HMDs to enable personalized, real-time cybersickness reduction,
$200K, 9/1/2018 – 8/31/2019 (PI: Dr. John Quarles; Co-PIs: Dr. Yufei Huang, Dr. Pual Rad and Dr.
Dakai Zhu);
• PI: NSF, CNS-1422709: CSR: Small: Collaborative Research: Dependable Real-Time Computing on
Heterogeneous Chip Multiprocessor Systems, $230,000, 8/15/2014 – 7/31/2017 (Dr. Hakan Aydin is the
PI at GMU);
• PI: NSF, CNS-0953005: CAREER: An Integrated Scheduling Framework for Multicore-Based Real-
Time Embedded Systems, $400,000; 7/1/2010 – 6/30/2015, no cost extension to 6/30/2016
• PI: NSF, CNS-1016974: CSR: Small: Collaborative Research: Generalized Reliability-Aware Power
Management for Real-Time Embedded Systems, $185,379; 8/1/2010 – 7/31/2013, no cost extension to
6/30/2016 (Dr. Hakan Aydin is the PI at GMU);
• Co-PI: NSF, CNS-0855247: II-NEW: Enhanced Parallelization for High Performance Computing,
$227,178; 8/1/2009 – 7/31/2012 (PI: Kleanthis Psarris; Co-PIs: Ali Tosun and Qing Yi)
• PI: NSF, CNS-0720651: Collaborative Research: CSR-EHS: Towards an Integrated Framework for
Low Power Reliable Real-Time Embedded Systems, $179,983, 8/1/2007 – 7/31/2010, (Dr. Hakan Aydin
is the PI at GMU), no cost extension to 7/31/2011
• PI: UTSA, Faculty Research Award: Exploiting Chip-Multiprocessors (CMPs) in Real-Time Em-
bedded Systems, $5,000; 9/1/2007 – 8/31/2008
Best Paper Awards
• Title:
��Preference-Oriented Fixed-Priority Scheduling for Real-Time Systems��
The 12th IEEE Int��l Conference on Embedded Computing (EmbeddedCom; co-located with DASC), 2014,
(Acceptance rate: 29%)
• Title:
��Efficient Power Management Schemes for Dual-Processor Fault-Tolerant Systems��
The First Workshop on Highly-Reliable Power-Efficient Embedded Design (HARSH), with HPCA, 2013
• Title:
��Power Management for Real-Time Embedded Systems on Block-Partitioned Multi-
core Platforms��
The Int��l Conference on Embedded Software and Systems (ICESS), 2008,
(Acceptance rate: 21%)
Publications (
Note: * indicates students under my supervision;)
Total Citations: 3100+; h-index: 29 (Google Scholar, Mar. 01, 2019)
• Book Chapters and Thesis
B3.
Dakai Zhu, Hakan Aydin, ��Reliability-Aware Power Management for Real-Time Embedded Sys-
tems��, in the
Handbook of Energy-Aware and Green Computing, Edited by Ishfaq Ahmad and
Sanjay Ranka, Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2012
[ISBN: 9781466501164]
B2.
Dakai Zhu, Bruce R. Childers, Daniel Moss�� and Rami Melhem, ��Chap. 40: Power Aware Map-
ping of Real-Time Tasks to Multiprocessors��, in the
Handbook of Parallel Computing: Models,
Algorithms, and Applications, Edited by Sanguthevar Rajasekaran and John Reif, CRC Press, Dec.
2007
[ISBN: 1584886234]
B1.
Dakai Zhu, ��Energy and Reliability Management in Parallel Real-Time Systems��, Ph.D. disser-
tation, Department of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh, Dec. 2004
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• Refereed Journal Papers
J29. Rehana Begam*, Wei Wang and
Dakai Zhu, ��TIMER-Cloud: Time-Sensitive VM Provisioning
in Resource-Constrained Clouds��,
IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing (TCC), accepted Nov.
2017; [DOI: 10.1109/TCC.2017.2777992]
J28. Jian-Jun Han, Xin Tao,
Dakai Zhu, Hakan Aydin, Zili Shao and Laurence T. Yang, ��Multicore
Mixed-Criticality Systems: Partitioned Scheduling and Utilization Bound��,
IEEE Transactions on
Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 21-34,
Jan. 2018
[DOI:10.1109/TCAD.2017.2697955]
J27. Jian-Jun Han, Xin Tao,
Dakai Zhu and Laurence T. Yang, ��Resource Sharing in Multicore
Mixed-Criticality Systems: Utilization Bound and Blocking Overhead��,
IEEE Transactions on
Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Vol. 28, no. 12, pp. 3626-3641, Dec. 2017
[DOI:
10.1109/TPDS.2017.2677442]
J26. Yifeng Guo*,
Dakai Zhu, Hakan Aydin, Jian-Jun Han and Laurence T. Yang, ��Exploiting Pri-
mary/Backup Mechanism for Energy Efficiency in Dependable Real-Time Systems��,
Journal of
Systems Architecture (JSA), Vol. 78, pp. 68-80, Aug. 2017
[10.1016/j.sysarc.2017.06.008]
J25. Linwei Niu and
Dakai Zhu, ��Reliability-Aware Scheduling for Reducing System-Wide Energy
Consumption for Weakly Hard Real-Time Systems��,
Journal of Systems Architecture (JSA), Vol.
78, pp. 30-54, Aug. 2017
[10.1016/j.sysarc.2017.06.004]
J24. Jing Zeng, Laurence T. Yang, Man Lin, Zili Shao, and
Dakai Zhu, ��The System-level De-
sign Optimization for Security-Critical Cyber-Physical-Social Systems��,
ACM Transactions on
Embedded Computing Systems (TECS), Vol. 16, no. 2 (Article No. 39), April 2017,
[DOI:
10.1145/2925991]
J23. Mohammad A. Haque, Hakan Aydin and
Dakai Zhu, ��Joint Reliability and Energy Management
of Real-Time Applications through Task Replication on Multicore Systems��,
IEEE Transactions
on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Vol. 28, no. 3, pp 813-825, March 2017,
[DOI:
10.1109/TPDS.2016.2600595]
J22. Hang Su*,
Dakai Zhu, and Scott Brandt, ��An Elastic Mixed-Criticality Task Model and Early-
Release EDF Scheduling Algorithms��,
ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TO-
DAES), Vol. 22, no. 2 (Article No. 28), December 2016,
[DOI: 10.1145/2984633]
J21. Jing Liu, Kenli Li,
Dakai Zhu, Jianjun Han and Keqin Li, ��Minimizing Cost of Scheduling Tasks
on Heterogeneous Multicore Embedded Systems��, in
ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing
Systems (TECS), Vol. 16, no. 2 (Article No. 36), December 2016,
[DOI: 10.1145/2935749]
J20. Xiaomin Zhu, Ji Wang, Hui Guo, ¡b¿Dakai Zhu¡/b¿, Laurence T. Yang and Ling Liu,
Fault-
Tolerant Scheduling for Real-Time Workflows with Elastic Resource Provisioning in
Clouds, in
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Vol. 27, no. 12, pp.
3501-3517 December 2016,
[DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2016.2543731]
J19. Rehana Begam*, Qin Xia,
Dakai Zhu, and Hakan Aydin, ��Preference-Oriented Fixed-Priority
Scheduling for Real-Time Systems��,
Journal of System Architecture (JSA), Vol. 69, pp. 1-14,
September 2016,
[DOI:10.1016/j.sysarc.2016.07.005]
J18. Mohammad A. Haque, Hakan Aydin and
Dakai Zhu, ��Energy-Aware Standby-Sparing for Fixed-
Priority Real-Time Task Sets��, in the
Journal of Sustainable Computing, Informatics and Systems
(SUSCOM), vol. 6, pp. 81-93, Jun. 2015
[DOI: 10.1016/j.suscom.2014.05.001]
J17. Jian-Jun Han, Man Lin,
Dakai Zhu and Laurence T. Yang ��Contention-Aware Energy Manage-
ment Scheme for NoC-based Multicore Real-Time Systems��, in
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and
Distributed Systems (TPDS), vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 691-701, Mar. 2015
[DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2014.2307866]
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J16. Yifeng Guo*, Hang Su*,
Dakai Zhu, and Hakan Aydin, ��Preference-Oriented Real-Time Schedul-
ing and Its Application in Fault-Tolerant Systems��, in the
Journal of System Architecture (JSA),
vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 127-139, Feb. 2015
[DOI: 10.1016/j.sysarc.2014.12.001]
J15. Jian-Jun Han,
Dakai Zhu, Xiaodong Wu, Laurence T. Yang and Hai Jin, ��Multiprocessor Real-
Time Systems with Shared Resources: Utilization Bound and Mapping��, in
IEEE Transactions on
Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 25, no. 11, pp. 2981-2991, Nov. 2014,
[DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2013.302]
J14. Geoffrey Nelissen, Hang Su*, Yifeng Guo*,
Dakai Zhu, Vincent Nelis and Joel Goossens, ��An
Optimal Boundary Fair Scheduling Algorithm for Sporadic Tasks in Discrete-Time Systems��, in
Real-Time Systems: The International Journal of Time-Critical Computing Systems, vol. 50, no.
4, pp. 456-508, Jul. 2014
[DOI: 10.1007/s11241-014-9201-0]
J13. Yulei Wu, Geyong Min,
Dakai Zhu and Laurence T. Yang, ��An Analytical Model for On-Chip
Interconnects in Multimedia Embedded Systems��, in
ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing
Systems (TECS) - Special Section on ESTIMedia��10, vol. 13, no. 1s, Article No. 29, Nov. 2013
[DOI: 10.1145/2536747.2536751]
J12. Baoxian Zhao, Hakan Aydin and
Dakai Zhu, ��Shared Recovery for Energy Efficiency and Relia-
bility Enhancements in Real-Time Applications with Precedence Constraints��,
ACM Transactions
on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), vol. 18, no. 2, Article no. 23 (21 pages),
March 2013
[DOI: 10.1145/2442087.2442094]
J11. Jian-Jun Han, Xiaodong Wu,
Dakai Zhu, Hai Jin, Laurence T. Yang and Jean-Luc Gaudiot,
��Synchronization-Aware Energy Management for VFI-based Multicore Real-Time Systems��,
IEEE
Transactions on Computers, Vol. 61, no. 12, pp. 1682-1696, December, 2012
[DOI: 10.1109/TC.2012.136]
J10.
Dakai Zhu, Xuan Qi*, Daniel Moss�� and Rami Melhem, ��An Optimal Boundary Fair Scheduling
Algorithm for Multiprocessor Real-Time Systems��;
Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing
(JPDC), Vol. 71, pp. 1411-1425, June 2011
[DOI: 10.1016/j.jpdc.2011.06.003] Citations: 23
(Google Scholar)
J9. Xuan Qi*, and
Dakai Zhu, ��Energy Efficient Block-Partitioned Multicore Processors for Parallel
Applications��,
Journal of Computer Science and Technology, Special Issue on High-Performance
Computing for Embedded Multicore Systems, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 418-433, May 2011
[DOI:
10.1007/s11390-011-1144-5]
J8. Xuan Qi*,
Dakai Zhu and Hakan Aydin, ��Cluster Scheduling for Real-Time Systems: Utilization
Bounds and Run-Time Overhead��,
Real-Time Systems: The International Journal of Time-Critical
Computing Systems, Special Issue on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applica-
tions, vol.47, no. 3, pp. 253-284, May 2011
[DOI: 10.1007/s11241-011-9121-1]
J7. Xuan Qi*,
Dakai Zhu and Hakan Aydin, ��Global Scheduling Based Reliability-Aware Power Man-
agement for Multiprocessor Real-Time Systems��,
Real-Time Systems: The International Journal
of Time-Critical Computing Systems, Special Issue on Energy Aware Real-Time Systems, vol. 47,
no. 2, pp. 109-142, March 2011
[DOI: 10.1007/s11241-011-9117-x]
J6.
Dakai Zhu, ��Reliability-Aware Dynamic Energy Management in Dependable Embedded Real-
Time Systems��,
ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, vol. 10, no. 2, Article 26
(27 pages), December, 2010
[DOI: 10.1145/1880050.1880062]
J5. Baoxian Zhao, Hakan Aydin and
Dakai Zhu, ��On Maximizing Reliability of Real-Time Embedded
Applications under Hard Energy Constraint��,
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol.
6, no. 3, pp. 316 - 328, August 2010
[DOI: 10.1109/TII.2010.2051970]
J4.
Dakai Zhu and Hakan Aydin, ��Reliability-Aware Energy Management for Periodic Real-Time
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Tasks��,
IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 58, no. 10, pp. 1382 - 1397, IEEE Computer
Society, October 2009
[DOI: 10.1109/TC.2009.56] Citations: 101 (Google Scholar)
J3.
Dakai Zhu, Rami Melhem and Daniel Moss��, ��Energy Efficient Redundant Configurations for Real-
Time Parallel Reliable Servers��,
Real-Time Systems: The International Journal of Time-Critical
Computing Systems vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 195 - 221, Kluwer Academic Publishers, April 2009
[DOI:
10.1007/s11241-009-9067-8]
J2.
Dakai Zhu, Daniel Moss�� and Rami Melhem, ��Power Aware Scheduling for AND/OR Graph in
Real-Time Systems��,
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 15, no. 9, pp.
849-864, IEEE Computer Society, September 2004
[DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2004.45] Citations:
68 (Google Scholar)
J1.
Dakai Zhu, Rami Melhem and Bruce R. Childers, ��Scheduling with Dynamic Voltage/Speed
Adjustment Using Slack Reclamation in Multi-Processor Real-Time Systems��,
IEEE Transactions
on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 14, no. 7, pp. 686-700, IEEE Computer Society, July
2003
[DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2003.1214320] Citations: 386 (Google Scholar)
• Refereed Conference Papers
C47. Hamidreza Moradi*, Wei Wang and
Dakai Zhu, ��Adaptive Performance Modeling and Prediction
of Applications in Multi-Tenant Clouds��, in the
Proc. of the 21st IEEE Int��l Conference on High
Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC), 2019
C46. Rehana Begam*, Hamidreza Moradi*, Wei Wang and
Dakai Zhu, ��Flexible VM Provisioning
for Time-Sensitive Applications with Multiple Execution Options��, in the
Proc. the 2018 IEEE
International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD), San Francisco, CA, Jul. 2-7, 2018
C45. Jianjun Han, Wen Cai and
Dakai Zhu, ��Resource-Aware Partitioned Scheduling for Heterogeneous
Multicore Real-Time Systems��, in the
Proc. the 55th Design Automation Conference (DAC), San
Francisco, CA, Jun. 24-28, 2018
C44. Sam Silvestro, Timothy Yuen, Corey Crosser,
Dakai Zhu, Turgay Korkmaz and Tongping Liu,
��A User Space-based Project for Practicing Core Memory Management Concepts��, in the
Proc.
of ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), Baltimore, MD, Feb.
21-24, 2018
C43. Rehana Begam*, Wei Wang and
Dakai Zhu, ��Virtual Machine Provisioning for Applications
with Multiple Deadlines in Resource-Constrained Clouds��, in the
Proc. of the 19th IEEE Int��l
Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC), Bangkok, Thailand,
Dec. 18-20, 2017
C42. Abhishek Roy, Hakan Aydin and
Dakai Zhu, ��Energy-Efficient Primary/Backup Scheduling Tech-
niques for Heterogeneous Multicore Systems��, in the
Proc. of the 8th Int��l Green and Sustainable
Computing Conference (IGSC), Orlando, FL, Oct. 23-25, 2017
C41. Abhishek Roy, Hakan Aydin and
Dakai Zhu, ��Energy-Aware Standby-Sparing on Heterogeneous
Multicore Systems��, in the
Proc. of the 54th Design Automation Conference (DAC), Austin, TX,
Jun. 18-22, 2017
C40. Abhishek Roy, Hakan Aydin and
Dakai Zhu, ��On Task Period Assignment in Multiprocessor
Real-Time Control Systems��, in the
Proc. of the 24th International Conference on Real-Time
Networks and Systems (RTNS), Brest, France, Oct. 19-21, 2016
C39. Jian-Jun Han, Xin Tao,
Dakai Zhu and Hakan Aydin, ��Criticality-Aware Partitioning for Mul-
ticore Mixed-Criticality Systems��, in the
Proc. of the 45th International Conference on Parallel
Processing (ICPP), Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 16-19, 2016.
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C38. Hang Su*, Peng Deng,
Dakai Zhu, and Qi Zhu, ��Fixed-Priority Elastic Mixed-Criticality Systems:
Schedulability Analysis and Performance Optimization��, in the
Proc. of the IEEE International
Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA), Daegu,
South Korea, Aug. 17-19, 2016, IEEE Computer Society.
C37. Hang Su*, Jiafeng Zhu, Masood Mortazavi, Guangyu Shi and
Dakai Zhu, ��Zero-Penalty Schedul-
ing: A Container-based Map/Reduce Tasks Execution Infrastructure in Hadoop Scheduler��, in the
Proc. of the 15th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (CIT),
Liverpool, UK, Oct. 26-28, 2015, IEEE Computer Society.
C36. Hang Su*,
Dakai Zhu and Jiafeng Zhu, ��On the Implementation of RT-FAIR Scheduling Frame-
work in Linux��, in the
Proc. of the 14th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing
and Communications (IUCC), Liverpool, UK, Oct. 26-28, 2015, IEEE Computer Society.
C35. Rehana Begam* and
Dakai Zhu, ��Time-Sensitive Virtual Machines Provisioning and Resource
Allocation in Clouds�� (
invited paper), in the
Proc. of the 17th IEEE International Conference on
High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC), New York, USA, Aug. 24-26, 2015,
IEEE Computer Society.
C34. Rehana Begam*,
Dakai Zhu and Hakan Aydin, ��Preference-Oriented Fixed-Priority Scheduling
for Real-Time Systems��, in the
Proc. of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Embedded
Computing (EmbeddedCom), co-located with DASC, Dalian, China, Aug. 24-27, 2014,IEEE Com-
puter Society.
(Acceptance rate: 29%) Best Paper Award
C33. Hang Su*, Nan Guan and
Dakai Zhu, ��Service Guarantee Exploration for Mixed-Criticality Sys-
tems��, in the
Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing
Systems and Applications (RTCSA), Chongqing, China, Aug. 20-22, 2014, IEEE Computer Society.
(Acceptance rate: 23%)
C32. Mohammad A. Haque, Hakan Aydin and
Dakai Zhu, ��Real-Time Scheduling under Fault Bursts
with Multiple Recovery Strategy��, in the
Proc. Of the 20th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Tech-
nology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), Berlin, Germany, April 15-17, 2014, IEEE Computer
Society.
(Acceptance rate: 20%)
C31. Hang Su*,
Dakai Zhu and Daniel Mosse, ��Scheduling Algorithms for Elastic Mixed-Criticality
Tasks in Multicore Systems��, in the
Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Embedded
and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA), Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 19-21, 2013,
IEEE Computer Society.
(Acceptance rate: 30%)
C30. Yifeng Guo*,
Dakai Zhu and Hakan Aydin, ��Generalized Standby-Sparing Techniques for Energy-
Efficient Fault Tolerance in Multiprocessor Real-Time Systems��, in the
Proc. of the IEEE Inter-
national Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA),
Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 19-21, 2013, IEEE Computer Society.
(Acceptance rate: 30%)
C29. Mohammad A. Haque, Hakan Aydin and
Dakai Zhu, ��Energy Management of Standby-Sparing
Systems for Fixed-Priority Real-Time Workloads��, in the
Proc. Of the Second International Green
Computing Conference (IGCC), Arlington, VA, June 27-29, 2013, IEEE Computer Society.
C28. Mohammad A. Haque, Hakan Aydin and
Dakai Zhu, ��Energy-Aware Task Replication to Manage
Reliability for Periodic Real-Time Applications on Multicore Platform��, in the
Proc. Of the Sec-
ond International Green Computing Conference (IGCC), Arlington, VA, June 27-29, 2013, IEEE
Computer Society.
C27. Hang Su* and
Dakai Zhu, ��An Elastic Mixed-Criticality Task Model and Its Scheduling Algo-
rithm��, in the
Proc. of the Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), Grenoble, France,
Mar. 18-22, 2013, IEEE Computer Society.
(Acceptance rate: 16%) Citations: 35 (Google
Scholar)
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C26. Baoxian Zhao, Hakan Aydin and
Dakai Zhu, ��Energy Management under General Task-Level
Reliability Constraints��, in the
Proc. of the 18th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and
Applications Symposium (RTAS), Beijing, China, Apr. 16-19, 2012, IEEE Computer Society.
(Ac-
ceptance rate: 24%) Citations: 24 (Google Scholar)
C25. Mohammad A. Haque, Hakan Aydin and
Dakai Zhu, ��Energy-Aware Standby-Sparing Technique
for Periodic Real-Time Applications��, in the
Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Com-
puter Design (ICCD), Amherst, MA, Oct. 9-12, 2011. IEEE Computer Society.
(Acceptance
rate: 28%)
C24. Yifeng Guo*,
Dakai Zhu and Hakan Aydin, ��Reliability-Aware Power Management for Parallel
Real-Time Applications with Precedence Constraints��, in the
Proc. Of the Second International
Green Computing Conference (IGCC), Orlando, FL, July 25-28, 2011. IEEE Computer Society.
(Acceptance rate: 31%)
C23. Baoxian Zhao, Hakan Aydin and
Dakai Zhu, ��Generalized Reliability-Oriented Energy Man-
agement for Real-Time Embedded Applications��, in the
Proc. of the 48th Design Automation
Conference (DAC), San Diego, CA, June 5-10, 2011, ACM.
(Acceptance rate: 23%) Citations:
26 (Google Scholar)
C22. Xuan Qi*,
Dakai Zhu and Hakan Aydin, ��Global Reliability-Aware Power Management for Mul-
tiprocessor Real-Time Systems��, in the
Proc. of the 16th IEEE International Conference on Em-
bedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA), Macau SAR, China, August
23 - 25, 2010. IEEE Computer Society.
(Acceptance rate: 38%)
C21. Xuan Qi*,
Dakai Zhu and Hakan Aydin, ��A Study of Utilization Bound and Run-Time Overhead
for Cluster Scheduling in Multiprocessor Real-Time Systems��, in the
Proc. of the 16th IEEE Inter-
national Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA),
Macau SAR, China, August 23 - 25, 2010. IEEE Computer Society.
(Acceptance rate: 38%)
C20. Yifeng Guo*, Fanxin Kong,
Dakai Zhu, Ali Tosun and Qingxu Deng, ��Sensor Placement for
Lifetime Maximization in Monitoring Oil Pipelines��, in the
Proc. of the IEEE/ACM First Inter-
national Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS), Stockholm, Sweden, April 12-16, 2010,
ACM.
(Acceptance rate: 28%) Citations: 26 (Google Scholar)
C19. Baoxian Zhao, Hakan Aydin and
Dakai Zhu, ��Enhanced Reliability-Aware Power Management
through Shared Recovery Technique��, in the
Proc. of the IEEE/ACM International Conference
on Computer Aided Design (ICCAD), pages 63–70, San Jose, CA, November 2-5, 2009, ACM.
(Acceptance rate: 26%) Citations: 31 (Google Scholar)
C18.
Dakai Zhu, Yifeng Guo* and Ali Tosun, ��Multi-Path Planning for Mobile Element to Prolong
the Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks��, in the
Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on
Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA), pages 41–50, Beijing,
China, August 24 - 26, 2009, IEEE Computer Society.
(Acceptance rate: 31%)
C17.
Dakai Zhu, Hakan Aydin and Jian-Jia Chen, ��Optimistic Reliability Aware Energy Management
for Real-Time Tasks with Probabilistic Execution Times��, in the
Proc. of the IEEE Real-Time
Systems Symposium (RTSS), pages 313–322, Barcelona, Spain, November 30 - December 3, 2008,
IEEE Computer Society.
(Acceptance rate: 23%) Citations: 24 (Google Scholar)
C16. Baoxian Zhao, Hakan Aydin and
Dakai Zhu, ��Reliability-Aware Dynamic Voltage Scaling for
Energy-Constrained Real-Time Embedded Systems��, in the
Proc. of the IEEE Int��l Conference
on Computer Design (ICCD), pages 633 – 639, Lake Tahoe, CA, October 12 - 15, 2008, IEEE
Computer Society.
(Acceptance rate: 34%) Citations: 31 (Google Scholar)
C15.
Dakai Zhu, Xuan Qi* and Hakan Aydin, ��Energy Management for Periodic Real-Time Tasks with
Variable Assurance Requirements��, in the
Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Embedded
and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA), pages 259–268, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
ROC, August 25-27, 2008, IEEE Computer Society.
(Acceptance rate: 26%)
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C14. Xuan Qi* and
Dakai Zhu, ��Power Management for Real-Time Embedded Systems on Block-
Partitioned Multicore Platforms��, in the
Proc. of the International Conference on Embedded Soft-
ware and Systems (ICESS), pages 110–117, Chengdu, P.R.China, July 29-31, 2008, IEEE Computer
Society.
(Acceptance rate: 21%) Best Paper Award.
C13.
Dakai Zhu, Xuan Qi* and Hakan Aydin, ��Priority-Monotonic Energy Management for Real-Time
Systems with Reliability Requirements��, in the
Proc. of the 25
th IEEE International Conference
on Computer Design (ICCD), pages 629-635, Lake Tahoe, CA, Oct. 2007, IEEE Computer Society.
(Acceptance rate: 33%)
C12.
Dakai Zhu and Hakan Aydin, ��Reliability-Aware Energy Management for Periodic Real-Time
Tasks��, in the
Proc. of the IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium
(RTAS), pages 225-235, Bellevue WA, April 2007, IEEE Computer Society.
(Acceptance rate:
28%) Citations: 21 (Google Scholar)
C11. Hakan Aydin, Vinay Devadas and
Dakai Zhu, ��System-level Energy Management for Periodic
Real-Time Tasks��, in the
Proc. of the 27
th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), pp. 313-
322, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 2006, IEEE Computer Society.
(Acceptance rate: 24%)
Citations: 115 (Google Scholar)
C10.
Dakai Zhu and Hakan Aydin, ��Energy Management for Real-Time Embedded Systems with
Reliability Requirements��, in the
Proc. of the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer
Aided Design (ICCAD), pages 528-534, San Jose, CA, November 2006, ACM.
(Acceptance rate:
24%) Citations: 59 (Google Scholar)
C9.
Dakai Zhu, ��Reliability-Aware Dynamic Energy Management in Dependable Embedded Real-
Time Systems��, in the
Proc. of the IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications
Symposium (RTAS), pages 397 - 407, San Jose, CA, April 2006, IEEE Computer Society.
(Accep-
tance rate: 30%) Citations: 78 (Google Scholar)
C8. Ruibin Xu,
Dakai Zhu, Cosmin Rusu, Rami Melhem and Daniel Moss��, ��Energy Efficient Policies
for Embedded Clusters��, in the
Proc. of the ACM SIGPLAN/SIGBED Conference on Languages,
Compilers, and Tools for Embedded Systems (LCTES), pages 1-10, Chicago, June 2005, ACM.
(Acceptance rate: 26%) Citations: 64 (Google Scholar)
C7.
Dakai Zhu, Rami Melhem and Daniel Moss��, ��Energy Efficient Configuration for QoS in Reliable
Parallel Servers��, in the
Proc. of the Fifth European Dependable Computing Conference (EDCC),
pages 122-139, Budapest, Hungary, April 2005, Springer.
(Acceptance rate: 36%)
C6.
Dakai Zhu, Rami Melhem and Daniel Moss��, ��The Effects of Energy Management on Reliability
in Real-Time Embedded Systems��, in the
Proc. of the IEEE/ACM Int��l Conference on Computer
Aidded Design (ICCAD), pages 35-40, San Jose, CA, November 2004, ACM.
(Acceptance rate:
24%) Citations: 181 (Google Scholar)
C5.
Dakai Zhu, Rami Melhem, Daniel Moss�� and E. (Mootaz) Elnozahy, ��Analysis of an Energy
Efficient Optimistic TMR Scheme��, in the
Proc. of the International Conference on Parallel and
Distributed Systems (ICPADS), pages 559-568, Newport Beach, CA, July 2004, IEEE Computer
Society.
(Acceptance rate: 30%) Citations: 32 (Google Scholar)
C4.
Dakai Zhu, Daniel Moss�� and Rami Melhem, ��Multiple Resource Periodic Scheduling Problem:
how much fairness is necessary?��, in the
Proc. of the 24
th IEEE Real-Time System Symposium
(RTSS), pages 142-151, Cancun Mexico, December 2003, IEEE Computer Society.
Citations: 88
(Google Scholar)
C3. Ramesh Mishra, Namrata Rastogi,
Dakai Zhu, Daniel Moss�� and Rami Melhem, ��Energy Aware
Scheduling for Distributed Real-Time Systems��, in the
Proc. of the International Parallel & Dis-
tributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), pages 21-29, Nice France, April 2003, IEEE Computer
Society.
(Acceptance rate: 30%) Citations: 164 (Google Scholar)
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C2.
Dakai Zhu, Nevine AbouGhzazleh, Daniel Moss�� and Rami Melhem, ��Power Aware Scheduling
for AND/OR Graph in Multi-Processor Real-Time Systems��, in the
Proc. of the International
Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), pages 593-601, Vancouver B.C. Canada, August 2002,
IEEE Computer Society.
(Acceptance rate: 36%)
Citations: 34 (Google Scholar)
C1.
Dakai Zhu, Rami Melhem and Bruce R. Childers, ��Scheduling with Dynamic Voltage/Speed
Adjustment Using Slack Reclamation in Multi-Processor Real-Time Systems��, in the
Proc. of the
22
th IEEE Real-Time System Symposium (RTSS), pages 84-94, London England, December 2001,
IEEE Computer Society.
• Refereed Workshop/Short Papers and Posters
W10. Yifeng Guo*,
Dakai Zhu and Hakan Aydin, ��Efficient Power Management Schemes for Dual-
Processor Fault-Tolerant Systems��, in the
Proc. of The First Workshop on Highly-Reliable Power-
Efficient Embedded Designs (HARSH), in conjunction with HPCA, Shenzhen, China, Feb. 23-27,
2013,
Best Paper Award
W9. Yifeng Guo* and
Dakai Zhu, ��Mixed-EDF Scheduling and Its Application to Energy Efficient
Fault Tolerance in Real-Time Systems��, in
Works In Progress (WiP) Session of the IEEE Real-
Time System Symposium (RTSS), Vienna, Austria, Nov. 30- Dec. 2, 2011
W8. Geoffrey Nelissen, Shelby Funk,
Dakai Zhu and Joel Goossens, ��How Many Boundaries Are
Required to Ensure Optimality in Multiprocessor Scheduling?��, in
Proc. of the 2nd Int��l Real- Time
Scheduling Open Problems Seminar (RTSOPS), in conjunction with ECRTS, Porto, Portugal, July
6-8, 2011
W7. Yifeng Guo*, Hang Su* and
Dakai Zhu, ��An Optimal Discrete-Time Based Boundary Fair Sched-
uler for Sporadic Tasks in Multiprocessor Real-Time Systems��, in
Works In Progress (WiP) Session
of the IEEE Real-Time System Symposium (RTSS), San Diego, CA, December 1-3, 2010
W6.
Dakai Zhu and Chunjiang Qian ��Challenges in Future Automobile Control Systems with Multicore
Processors��, position paper in the
Workshop on Developing Dependable and Secure Automotive
Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) from Components, Troy, Michigan, October 28-29, 2010
W5.
Dakai Zhu and Ali S. Tosun, ��Adaptive Path Scheduling for Mobile Element to Prolong the Life-
time of Wireless Sensor Networks��, in the
Supplement Proc. of the IEEE Real-Time and Embedded
Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), Work-in-Progress (WiP) session, St. Louis, MO,
April 21-24, 2008. Selected to appear in ACM SIGBED Review, Vol. 5-2, (July 2008).
W4. Frederick E. Diehl, Joshua J. Curtis*, Salvador J. Rodriguez*, Ali S. Tosun and
Dakai Zhu,
��Power-Efficient Real-Time Data Collection using Mobile Robots��, in
the Supplement Proc. of the
IEEE Real-Time System Symposium (RTSS) for Works In Progress (WiP) Session, Tucson, AZ,
December 3-6, 2007
W3.
Dakai Zhu and Hakan Aydin, ��Low-Power Reliable Real-Time Embedded Systems��, in
IBM
Austin Conference on Energy-Efficient Design (ACEED) - poster, March 2007.
W2.
Dakai Zhu and Hakan Aydin, ��Reliability Effects of Process and Thread Redundancy on Chip
Multiprocessors��; in
Supplement Proc. of the Int��l Conf. on Dependable Systems and Networks
(DSN) - Fast Abstracts, pages 212-213, Philadelphia, June 2006.
W1. Ruibin Xu, Cosmin Rusu,
Dakai Zhu, Daniel Moss��, and Rami Melhem, ��Practical Energy-
Efficient Policies for Server Clusters��,
The 6th Brazilian Workshop on Real-Time, Gramado, Brazil,
May 2004.
Non-refereed Publications
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• Technical Reports
T15. Yifeng Guo*,
Dakai Zhu, Hakan Aydin and Laurence T. Yang ��Energy-Eficient Scheduling of
Primary/Backup Tasks in Multiprocessor Real-Time Systems (Extended Version)��,
CS-TR-2013-
016, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at San Antonio, Oct. 2013
T14. Hang Su*,
Dakai Zhu and Daniel Mosse ��Scheduling Algorithms for Elastic Mixed-Criticality
Tasks in Multicore Systems (Extended Version)��,
CS-TR-2013-010, Department of Computer Sci-
ence, University of Texas at San Antonio, June 2013
T13. Yifeng Guo*, Hang Su*,
Dakai Zhu and Hakan Aydin, ��Preference-Oriented Scheduling Frame-
work for Periodic Real-Time Tasks (Extended Version)��,
CS-TR-2013-007, Department of Com-
puter Science, University of Texas at San Antonio, May 2013
T12. Jian-Jun Han,
Dakai Zhu, Xiaodong Wu, Laurence T. Yang and Hai Jin, ��Multiprocessor Real-
Time Systems with Shared Resources (Extended Version)��,
CS-TR-2013-002, Department of Com-
puter Science, University of Texas at San Antonio, Jan. 2013
T11. Yifeng Guo*, Hang Su*,
Dakai Zhu and Hakan Aydin, ��Preference-Oriented Scheduling Frame-
work for Periodic Real-Time Tasks and Its Application to Fault-Tolerant Real-Time Systems (Ex-
tended Version)��,
CS-TR-2012-009, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at San
Antonio, May 2012
T10. Jian-Jun Han, Xiaodong Wu,
Dakai Zhu, Hai Jin, Laurence T. Yang and Jean-Luc Gaudiot,
��Synchronization-Aware Energy Management for VFI-based Multicore Real-Time Systems (Ex-
tended Version)��,
CS-TR-2012-003, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at San
Antonio, Feb. 2012
T9. Xuan Qi,
Dakai Zhu and Hakan Aydin, ��Global Scheduling Based Reliability-Aware Power Man-
agement for Multiprocessor Real-Time Systems��,
CS-TR-2010-014, Department of Computer Sci-
ence, University of Texas at San Antonio, Sept. 2010
T8. Xuan Qi and
Dakai Zhu, ��Energy Efficient Block-Partitioned Multicore Processors for Parallel
Applications��,
CS-TR-2010-009, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at San
Antonio, Jul. 2010
T7.
Dakai Zhu, Xuan Qi*, Daniel Moss�� and Rami Melhem, ��An Optimal Boundary Fair Scheduling
Algorithm for Multiprocessor Real-Time Systems��;
CS-TR-2009-005, Department of Computer
Science, University of Texas at San Antonio, Jun. 2009
T6.
Dakai Zhu, Yifeng Guo* and Ali S. Tosun, ��Multi-Path Planning for Mobile Element to Prolong
the Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks��;
CS-TR-2008-016, Department of Computer Science,
University of Texas at San Antonio, Nov. 2008
T5.
Dakai Zhu, Xuan Qi*, and Hakan Aydin, ��Energy Management for Periodic Real-Time Tasks with
Variable Assurance Requirements��;
CS-TR-2008-007, Department of Computer Science, University
of Texas at San Antonio, Jun. 2008
T4.
Dakai Zhu and Ali Tosun, ��RF Communication for LEGO/Handy Board with Tmote��,
CS-TR-
2008-006, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at San Antonio, May, 2008
T3.
Dakai Zhu and Hakan Aydin, ��Reliability-Aware Energy Management for Periodic Real-Time
Tasks��;
CS-TR-2008-005, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at San Antonio,
Mar. 2008
T2.
Dakai Zhu, Rami Melhem and Daniel Moss��, ��Energy Efficient Redundant Configurations for Re-
liable Servers in Distributed Systems��;
CS-TR-2007-001, Department of Computer Science, Uni-
versity of Texas at San Antonio, Feb. 2007
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T1.
Dakai Zhu, ��Reliability-Aware Dynamic Energy Management in Dependable Embedded Real-
Time Systems��;
CS-TR-2006-001, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at San
Antonio, Jan. 2006; (accepted by ACM TECS, May 2006)
Scholarly Presentations
• Invited Talk: ��Scheduling Algorithms for Resource-Constrained Systems��, Xi��An Jiaotong University,
XiDian University, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, May, 2018;
• Invited Talk: ��Low-Power Dependable Computing��, Zheng Zhou University, May, 2016;
• Invited Talk: ��Do It Early or Late? The Preference-Oriented Scheduling Framework��, The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University, City University of Hong Kong, and Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology
(SIAT), Chinese Academy of Science, Hu Nan University, May, 2016;
• Invited Talk: ��An Elastic Mixed-Criticality Scheduling Framework��, Huazhong University of Science
Technology, August, 2014;
• Invited Talk: ��Exploiting Primary/Backup for Energy-Efficient Fault Tolerance in Parallel Real-Time
Systems��, Huazhong University of Science Technology, March, 2013;
• Invited Talk: ��Preference-Oriented Scheduling and Its Applications��, University of Pittsburgh, Jan,
2013;
• Invited Talk: ��Fair Scheduling in Multiprocessor Real-time Systems��, Northeastern University, Shenyang,
China, July 2011;
• Invited Talk: ��Research on Low Power Reliable Computing��, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China,
August 2010;
• Invited Talk: ��Optimistic Reliability Aware Energy Management for Real-Time Tasks with Probabilistic
Execution Times��, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, July 2008;
• Invited Talk: ��Reliability-Aware Energy Management for Real-Time Systems��, Tsinghua University,
Beijing, China, June 2008;
Teaching Activities
• Organized Courses
Undergraduate (CS1063, CS1713, CS3733, CS4833), graduate (CS5523, CS6463, CS7123)
– CS 1063
(taught 10 times):
Introduction to Computer Programming I, Fall 2007, Spring 2008,
Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015;
– CS 1713
(taught 2 times):
Introduction to Computer Programming II (in C), Spring 2016, Fall
2017;
– CS 1713
(taught 3 times):
Introduction to Computer Programming II (in Java), Fall 2005, Fall
2006, Spring 2007;
– CS 3733
(taught 5 time):
Operating Systems, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall2017, Spring 2018, Fall
2018;
– CS 4833
(taught 6 times):
Embedded Systems, Summer 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall
2014, Fall 2018;
– CS 5523
(taught 10 times):
Operating Systems, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring
2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Fall 2014;
– CS 6463
(taught 1 time):
Adv. Topics on OS, Fall 2016
– CS 7123
(taught 1 time):
Research Seminar, Fall 2012
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• Ph.D. Dissertations (4 completed and 1 on-going)
– Hamidreza Moradi,
Ph.D. (ongoing, since 2017),
��Resource Allocation in Hybrid Clouds��;
– Rehana Begam,
Ph.D. (graduated, August 2017),
��Time-Sensitive VM Provisioning for Resource-
Constrained Clouds��;
– Hang Su,
Ph.D. (graduated, August 2015),
��An Elastic Mixed-Criticality Scheduling Framework
for Cyber-Physical Systems��;
– Yifeng Guo,
Ph.D. (graduated, December 2013),
��Energy-Efficient Fault Tolerance in Multipro-
cessor Real-Time Systems��;
– Xuan Qi,
Ph.D. (graduated, May 2011),
��Scheduling for Energy and Reliability Management on
Multiprocessor Real-Time Systems��;
• Master Theses (one completed and one incomplete)
– Saeef Ahmad,
Master (incomplete, August 2015),
��Investigation of Energy Efficient Fault Toler-
ance Techniques for Heterogeneous Multicore Systems��;
– Nirali Patel,
Master (graduated, December 2007),
��Fixed-Priority Based Reliability-Aware Power
Management for Periodic Real-Time Tasks��;
• Master/Undergraduate Projects (5 undergraduates; 5 masters)
– Thinh Vo, undergradute, (Jan. 2016 - Dec. 2017),
��Research on Image Processing and Face
Recognition for a Pioneer-3AT Robot��;
– Lauro Perez, undergradute, (Aug. 2015 - Aug. 2017),
��Exploiting RaspberryPi to Control
LEGO Robots��;
– Maricel Flores, undergradute, (Aug. 2015 - Dec. 2015),
��Exploiting BeagleBone Black to
Control LEGO Robots��;
– Curtis Bell, Master, (Jan. 2015 - Dec. 2015),
��Design and Implementation of an Automated
Control Algorithm for the Pioneer-3AT Robot��;
– Jonathan Kaufmann, Master, (Dec. 2012-May 2015),
��Integration of GPS and Camera with
the Pioneer AT Mobile Robot��;
– Vallikannu Nagappan, Master, (graduated, Jun. 2014-Dec. 2014),
��RFID Application Devel-
opment for Oil Refinery Monitoring��;
– Armondo Ortega, Master, (graduated, Dec. 2013),
��Controlling and Location Monitoring of a
Mobile Robot from an Android Tablet��;
– Salvador J. Rodriguez, Master, (graduated, May 2013),
��Review of GPS Technology and Lo-
cation Tracking Using the GS407 Receiver��;
– Joshua J. Curtis, undergraduate, (graduated, Dec. 2007),
��Programming of Handyboard and
Tmote to Build a Mobile Sensor Element��;
– Salvador J. Rodriguez, undergraduate, (graduated, Dec. 2007),
��Design and Programming of
LEGO Robots��;
• Member, Dissertation/Proposal/MS Thesis Committees
– Ph.D. Proposal: Mohammad Mejbah ul Alam,
��Correctness and Performance Debugging of
Multithreaded Programs using Hardware Assisted Machine Learning��, supervised by Dr. Abdullah
Muzahid, Aug. 2016
– Ph.D. Proposal: Mohammad Shahedul Islam,
��System Performance Analysis and Guarantee
Through Workload Characterization��, supervised by Dr. Matt Gibson, Dec. 2015
– Ph.D. Dissertation: Ali Tekeoglu,
��Securing Multimedia Communication in Traditional and
Emerging Architectures��, supervised by Dr. Ali Tosun, Jul. 2015
– Ph.D. Dissertation: Lucas A. Wilson,
��The Relentless Execution Model for Task-uncoordinated
Parallel Computation in Distributed Memory Environments��, supervised by Dr. Jeffery von Ronne,
May 2015
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– Ph.D. Dissertation: Andrew Wichmann,
��Task Allocation and Path Planning in Wireless Robot
and Sensor Networks��, supervised by Dr. Turgay Korkmaz, April 2015
– Ph.D. Proposal: Ali Tekeoglu,
��Securing Multimedia Communication in Traditional and Emerg-
ing Architectures��, supervised by Dr. Ali Tosun, Dec. 2013
– Ph.D. Proposal (external): Muhammad Ali Awan,
��Energy and Temperature Aware Real-Time
Systems��, supervised by Dr. Stefan M. Petters, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto,
Portugal, July 2013
– Ph.D. Dissertation: Pengjun Pan,
��Energy-Efficiency Secure and Anonymous Communication
Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks��, supervised by Dr. Rajendra V. Boppana, May 2013
– Ph.D. Dissertation: Nihat Altiparmak,
��Improving Performance and Predictability of Storage
Arrays��, supervised by Dr. Ali Tosun, Apr. 2013
– Ph.D. Dissertation: Hui Shen,
��A Formal Framework for Analyzing Sequence Diagram��, super-
vised by Dr. Jianwei Niu, Dec. 2012
– Ph.D. Dissertation: Samira Khan,
��Intelligent Cache Management Techniques for Reducing
Memory System Waste��, supervised by Dr. Daniel A. Jim��nez, May 2012
– Ph.D. Proposal: Zhe Wang,
��Improving Processor Design by Exploiting Performance Variance��,
supervised by Dr. Daniel A. Jim��nez, Apr. 2012
– Master Thesis: Siju Samuel,
��Maintaining High Performance in The QR Factorization While
Scaling Both Problem Size and Parallelism��, supervised by Dr. R. Clint Whaley, Apr. 2011
– Ph.D. Dissertation: Mark S. Doderer,
��Sidekick: Integrating Knowledge and User Belief to
Enable Biological Discovery��, supervised by Dr. Kay Robbins, Jul. 2010
– Master Thesis (external): Yongwen Pan,
��Static and Reliability Aware Energy Management in
Real-Time Systems��, supervised by Dr. Man lin, Saint Francis Xavier University, Canada, Oct.
2010
– Ph.D. Proposal: Paul Parker,
��Protecting Critical Secrets on Commodity Hardware and Operating
Systems��, supervised by Dr. Shouhuai Xu, Apr. 2009
– Master Thesis: Frederick Eugene Diehl
��Data Collection In a Wireless Sensor Network Using a
Mobile Data Collection Agent��, supervised by Dr. Ali S. Tosun, Dec. 2007
– Master Thesis: Luis Ortiz,
��A New Traffic Worm Generator��, supervised Dr. Chia-Tien Dan
Lo, Dec. 2007
– Ph.D. Dissertation: Satish Penmatsa,
��Game Theory Based Job Allocation/Load Balancing in
Distributed Systems with Communication and Applications to Grid Computing��, supervised by Dr.
Anthony T. Chronopoulos, Dec. 2007
– Ph.D. Proposal: Yi-Gang Tai,
��Acceleration of Scientific Applications on Reconfigurable Com-
puting Systems��, supervised by Dr. Chia-Tien Dan Lo, Nov. 2007
– Ph.D. Dissertation: Mayumi Kato,
��Java Memory Compression��, supervised by Dr. Chia-Tien
Dan Lo, May 2007
Service Activities
Departmental/College/University Committees:
• Chair, CS Communication Committee, 2016 - present;
• Chair, CS PhD Qualify Exam committee, 2014–present;
• Chair, CS Faculty search committee, 2014-2015;
• Chair, CS Technical reports, 2005-present;
• Member, CS Online CyberSEcurity BA Development, 2015 - present;
• Member, CS PhD Qualify Exam committee, 2005–2014;
• Member, CS Faculty search committee, 2009-2010, 2011-2012, 2013-2014, 2015-16;
• Member, CS Faculty review committee, 2013-2014;
• Member, CS Curriculum committee, member, 2014 - present;
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• Member, CS Communication committee, 2009-2011;
• Member, CS Colloquium Coordinator, 2007–2012;
• Member, CS Lab and Facilities committee, 2005-2008;
• Member, COS College Faculty Review Committee (CFRAC), 2013-2015, 2016-2017;
• Member, UTSA University Faculty Grievance Committee, 2013-2015;
Editorship:
• Associate Editor:
Journal of System Architecture (JSA), Jun. 2016 – present;
• Associate Editor:
Sustainable Computing, Informatics and Systems (SUSCOM), Dec. 2013 – present;
• Associate Editor:
Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers (JCSC), Jan. 2013 – Jun. 2013;
• Leading Guest Editor: Special issue of
IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing (TSUSC) on
Low-
Power Dependable Computing, 2017;
• Leading Guest Editor: Special issue of
ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS) on
Emerging Technologies in Embedded Software and Systems, 2015;
• Guest Co-Editor: Special issue of
The Journal of Systems Architecture (JSA) on
High Performance
Computing and Communications and Embedded Software and Systems, 2015;
• Guest Co-Editor: Special issue of
Future Generation Computer Systems (FGCS) on
Ubiquitous Com-
puting and Future Communication Systems, 2014;
• Leading Guest Editor: Special issue of
International Journal of Embedded Systems (IJES) on
Low-Power
Real-Time Embedded Computing, 2006;
Organizing Committee:
• Steering Committee member, IEEE Int��l Conference on Embedded Software and Systems (ICESS), 2016;
• Program Co-Chair, IEEE Int��l Conference on Embedded Software and Systems (ICESS), 2009 and 2015;
• Program Co-Chair, the Workshop on Low-Power Dependable Computing (LPDC), in conjunction with
IGSC, 2014 and 2015;
• Program Vice-Chair, the the IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things (iThings), 2013
• Web-Chair, the IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), 2007,
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012;
• Publicity Chair, the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Green Computing and Communications
(GreenCom) 2010 and 2011
• Program Co-Chair, Work-in-Progress (WiP) session of the IEEE Real-Time System Symposium (RTSS),
2005, 2009;
• Workshop Co-Chair, the IFIP Int��l Conference on Embedded And Ubiquitous Computing (EUC), 2008;
• Program Co-Chair, the First Int��l Workshop on Wireless Mesh and Ad-hoc Networks (WiMan), 2007
(in conjunction with ICCCN��07);
• Program Co-Chair, the Int��l Workshop on Scheduling Techniques for Real-Time Systems, 2005 (in con-
junction with the ICESS��05);
• Program Co-Chair, the Second Int��l Workshop on Power-Aware Real-time Computing (PARC) 2005 (in
conjunction with the EMSoft��05);
Technical Program Committee (TPC):
• IEEE Real-Time System Symposium (RTSS),2005-2006,2008-2011, 2015, 2017, 2018;
• IEEE Real-Time Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), 2006-2008, 2010-2012, 2014, 2015,
2017, 2018;
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• IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications
(RTCSA), 2009, 2012-2017;
• ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC), 2010, 2011, 2017;
• Design Automation Conference (DAC), Embedded System Design Methodologies Track (ESS2), 2016
• International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), CPS track, 2016
• IEEE International Conference on Green Computing and Communications (GreenCom), 2015;
• The International Green and Sustainable Computing Conference (IGSC), 2011, 2013-2016;
• Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014;
• IFIP Int��l Conference on Embedded And Ubiquitous Computing (EUC), 2005,2007,2008, 2013;
• ACM SIGPLAN/SIGBED Conference on Languages, Compliers and Tools for Embedded Systems (LCTES),
2010;
• The Int��l Conference on Computer Science and its Applications (CSA), 2009
• The Int��l Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS), 2009
• Int��l Conference on Embedded Software and Systems (ICESS), 2004,2005,2007,2008;
• The Second Int��l Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems (WCPS), 2009;
• The Int��l Symposium on Embedded Computing (SEC) 2007,2008;
• IEEE Int��l Conference on Sensor Networks, Ubiquitous and Trustworthy Computing (SUTC), 2008
• IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE), 2008;
• Int��l Conference on Intelligent Pervasive Computing (IPC) 2007;
• The 2nd Int��l Symposium on Smart Home (SH��07) 2007;
• 2006 International Workshop on Embedded Software Optimization (ESO 2006) (with EUC��06);
• 3rd International Workshop on Embedded Computing, 2006 (with ICPP��06);
External Reviewer for Journals:
• ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS);
• ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization (TACO);
• ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES);
• IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC);
• IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS);
• IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing (TCC);
• IEEE Transactions on Multi-Scale Computing Systems (TMSCS);
• IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD);
• IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI);
• IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (TII);
• IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC);
• IEEE Transactions on Reliability (TR);
• IEEE Embedded Systems Letters;
• Leibniz Transactions on Embedded Systems;
• Journal of Real-Time Systems (JRTS);
• Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC);
• Journal of System Architecture (JSA);
• Journal of Sustainable Computing, Informatics and Systems (SUSCOM);
• Journal of Computer and System Sciences (JCSS);
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• Journal of Computer Science and Technology (JCST);
• Journal of Systems and Software (JSS);
• Journal of Signal Procesing Systems (JSPS);
• Journal of Supercomputing (SUPE);
• Journal of Experimental Algorithmics (JEA);
• ASP Journal of Low Power Electronics (JOLPE);
• International Journal of Embedded Systems (IJES);
• Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience;
• Frontiers of Computer Science;
• Future Generation Computer Systems;
• Information Processing Letter (IPL);
• Parallel Computing (PARCO);
Grant Proposal Reviews:
• NSF panel, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2015
• NSERC (Canada) panel, EG of Computer Science, 2017 - 2019
• Hong Kong RGC (Research Grants Council), 2012 and 2015
• Czech Science Foundation, 2014
• Canada Research Chairs, 2014
• Canada NCERC, 2009, 2015
Book Reviews:
• Mc Graw-Hill, ��Java Programming: A Brief Introduction�� by Herb Schildt, 2012
• Prentice Hall, ��Embedded Systems: Principles, Techniques and Applications�� by Amit Konar and
Alakananda Bhattacharya, 2009
• Prentice Hall, ��Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms�� by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Maarten
van Steen, 2005
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