Xiao Qin

Students: Awards/Honors, Research Topics, Publications, and Theses

[Publications by Student | Student Awards/Honors | Total: 28 | Current Students: 6 | Student Alumni: 13 | Other Students: 9 | Photos | Back to Home ]

 Current Students: [Total: 9 | Doctoral Students: 7 | Master's Students: 0 | Undergraduate Students: 2 | Back to Top]

Xiaojun Ruan [Doctoral Candidate | Publications Total: 10; Journal Papers: 3; Conference Papers: 7]

Dissertation Research: Dynamic Voltage Scaling for Parallel Applications on Clusters.

In this study we design and implement a scheduling algorithm that makes use of dynamic voltage scaling to effectively reduce energy consumption of parallel applications running on cluster computing systems.

Adam Manzanares [Doctoral Candidate | Awards: 3 | Publications Total: 12; Journal Papers: 4; Conference Papers: 8]

Dissertation Research: Energy Efficient Wireless Storage Systems.

This study addresses the issue of modeling energy-efficient wireless storage systems and wireless network interconnections. Adam's work on energy conservation for high-performance clusters appeared in the proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (Cluster'06), Sept. 2006. Read more...

Shu Yin [Doctoral Student | Publications Total: 1; Awards: 4 | Journal Papers: 2; Conference Papers: 3]

Dissertation Research: Reliability Models for Energy-Efficient Parallel Disk Systems.

In this dissertation research, we will investigate reliability models for fault-tolerant and energy-efficient parallel disk systems. We will design and implement a reliability analysis modeling toolkit accompanied with a set of novel mathematical reliability models. The innovative models to be developed include a reliability model for parallel disk systems with redundancy techniques, a reliability model for repairable and energy-efficient parallel disk systems, a fault recovery model for energy-efficient parallel disk systems. Read more...

Jiong Xie [Doctoral Student]

Dissertation Research: Data-Intensive Computation Offloading.

Zhiyang Ding [Doctoral Student]

Dissertation Research:  Multicore-Based Data-Intensive Computing.

James Majors [Doctoral Student]

Dissertation Research: A Fast and Secure Distributed File System for MapReduce Programming.

Our goal in this project is to design and implement a fast and secure distributed file system that can provide transparent and
end-to-end encryption support to MapReduce applications running on Hadoop clusters. 

Yun Tian [Doctoral Student]

Dissertation Research: Middleware-Based Approach to Teaching Computer Security Courses.

In this project we implement a middleware framework for courses on computer security. The software framework allows teachers to help students learn the rapid development of critical security software and is the first educational material of its kind designed to teach real-world computing system security to undergraduate students.

Joshua Lewis [Undergraduate Student]

Research Project: Performance Evaluation of the Celera Assembler.

Celera Assembler is scientific software for biological research. We evaluate the performance of the Celera Assembler and identify performance bottleneck of a computing system running Celera. 

Tsukasa Ogihara [Undergraduate Student]

Research Project: Performance Evaluation of the MIRA Genome Fragment Assembler.

In addition to the Celera Assembler, MIRA is a genome fragment assembler to be evaluated by our group. Our goal is to improve performance of the assembly systems.  

Student Alumni: [Total: 13 | Doctoral Students: 5 | Master's Students: 3 | Undergraduate Students: 5 | Back to Top] 

Doctoral Student Alumni

Kiranmai Bellam [Awards: 4 | Publications Total: 15; Journal Papers: 1; Conference Papers: 14] (Ph.D., Summer 2009)

Employment After Graduation: Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Prairie View A&M University.

Dissertation: Improving Energy-Efficiency, Reliability, and Security of Storage Systems and Real-Time Systems

Fault tolerance, security, and energy issues in modern real-time systems are of critical importance. This work is intended to seamlessly integrate security services and energy conservation techniques for real-time systems while endeavoring to achieving high system reliability. Read more...

Ziliang Zong [Awards: 12 | Publications Total: 24; Journal Papers: 7; Conference Papers: 17] (Ph.D., Summer 2008)

Dissertation: Energy-Efficient Resource Management for High-Performance Computing Platforms [Abstract | PDF]

Minimizing power dissipation is an important requirement in developing resource management systems for clusters. In this work, we investigate resource allocation solutions that conserve energy in clusters while retaining high performance. Our resource allocation approaches will judiciously allocate resources of a cluster computing system to satisfy performance needs of parallel applications and achieve significant energy savings. Read more...

Mohammed Alghamdi [Awards: 17 | Publications Total: 15; Journal Papers: 3; Conference Papers: 12] (Ph.D., Summer 2008)

Employment After Graduation: Assistant Professor, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.

Dissertation Research: Energy-Efficient and Security-Aware Message Scheduling for Real-Time Wireless Networks.

Reducing energy consumption has become a major goal in designing modern wireless networks. The focus of this study is to investigate the power and real-time issues in wireless networks. The study aims to develop a rich variety of scheduling schemes to reduce energy dissipation while meeting timing constraints of real-time applications in wireless networks. Read more...

Mais Nijim [Awards: 4 | Publications Total: 27; Journal Papers: 12; Conference Papers: 15] (Ph.D., Summer 2007, New Mexico Tech)

Employment After Graduation: Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Southern Mississippi.

Dissertation: Adaptive Quality of Security Control in Storage Systems. [Abstract | PDF]

The purpose of this study is to address a novel approach to achieving high performance and high quality of security at the same time. We proposed an array of adaptive quality of security control schemes that makes it possible for storage systems to adapt to changing security requirements and workload conditions. Read more...

Tao Xie [Awards: 13 | Publications Total: 33; Journal Papers: 17; Conference Papers: 16] (Ph.D., May 2006, New Mexico Tech)

Employment After Graduation: Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, San Diego State University.

Dissertation: Security-Aware Scheduling for Real-Time Systems. [Abstract | PDF]

An increasing number of real-time systems like aircraft control and medical electronics systems require high quality of security to assure confidentiality, authenticity and integrity of information. This work investigates scheduling approaches to improving security of real-time systems. Read more...

Master's Student Alumni

Gourav Tilve [Publications]  (M.S. Dec. 2007, New Mexico Tech)

Thesis Research: Energy-Aware Data Prefetching in Disk-Based Buffers.

In this study we aim at developing novel data prefetching strategies to conserve energy in large scale storage systems with buffer disks while improving usage of disk-based buffers.  

Kiranmai Bellam [Awards: 4 | Publications Total: 15; Journal Papers: 5; Conference Papers: 10] (M.S. Dec. 2006, New Mexico Tech)

Ph.D. Student, Auburn University (Aug. 2007-Aug. 2009). Ph.D. Student, New Mexico Tech (Dec. 2006-July 2007).

Research Project: Fault Tolerance and Security Management in Real-Time Systems.

The purpose of this study is to address a novel approach to achieving strong fault tolerance and high quality of security at the same time. We will seamlessly integrate a variety of fault tolerant techniques with an array of security mechanisms in the context of real-time systems.

Adam Roth [Publications Total: 3; Journal Papers: 2; Conference Papers: 1] (M.S., Dec. 2005, New Mexico Tech)

Employment After Graduation: Member of Technical Staff, BigTribe Corporation

Thesis: Power Aware Disk Scheduling Algorithms for Real-Time Systems. [Abstract | PDF]

This work addresses the crucial issue of energy conservation in real-time storage systems. The thesis presents two energy-aware power management policies, namely, I/O Burstiness for Energy Conservation (IBEC) and Speed-Aware Real-time Disk Scheduling for energy conservation (SARDS), which integrate power management policies into disk scheduling algorithms for I/O-intensive applications. Read more...

B.S. Student Alumni

Christopher M. Monsanto [REU Student, Summer 2008]

Research Project: Dynamic Power Management for Parallel Disk Systems.

In this research project we design and implement a dynamic power management mechanism to conserve energy in parallel disk systems. The prototype of this mechanism will be integrated into an energy-efficient parallel disk system with buffer disks. 

Matthew E. Briggs [Awards: 1 | Publications Conference Papers: 2] (B.S., May 2007, New Mexico Tech)

Senior Research Project: Energy-Efficient Disk Buffer Disks.

The goal of this research is to develop a novel buffer-disk architecture that will provide significant energy savings while achieving low-cost and high-performance for parallel disks. In this project we will take an organized approach to implementing energy-saving techniques for parallel disks and simulating energy-efficient parallel disk systems. Read more...

Tenzin Doleck (B.S., May 2007, New Mexico Tech)

Senior Research Project: Energy-Efficient Storage Systems.

Improving the energy efficiency of storage systems is an intrinsic requirement of next generation large-scale computing systems, because a storage subsystem can represent 27% of the energy consumed in a data center. The goal of this research is to investigate energy conservation techniques that will provide significant energy savings while achieving high-performance for storage systems.

Brian Stinar [Awards: 2 | Publications Conference Papers: 1] (B.S., Dec. 2006, New Mexico Tech)

Now: Graduate Student, University of New Mexico.

Senior Research Project: Energy Consumption Models for High-Performance Clusters.  

This study addresses the issue of modeling energy dissipation in computational nodes and network interconnections in high-performance clusters. Brian's work on energy consumption models for clusters appeared in the proceedings of the 8th IEEE  International Conference on Cluster Computing (Cluster'06), Sept. 2006. Brian is a winner of the IEEE TCSC's prestigious Student Travel Award. Read more...

Adam Manzanares [Awards: 2 | Publications Conference Papers: 1] (B.S. with Honors, May 2006, New Mexico Tech)

Now: Doctoral Student, Auburn University (2006-Present). Master's Student, University of Colorado at Boulder (2005-2006).   

Senior Research Project: Random and Regular Benchmark Task Graphs for Parallel Programs. 

In this study we simulated an array of real world parallel applications running on energy-efficient clusters. Adam's work on energy conservation for high-performance clusters appeared in the proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (Cluster'06), Sept. 2006. Read more...

Other students who have worked with me:  [Total: 9 | Doctoral Students: 6 | Master's Students: 3 | Back to Top] 

Fangyang Shen [07/2007 - 08/2008 | Publications Total: 3; Journal Papers: 0; Conference Papers: 3] (Ph.D., Summer 2008)

Now: Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Northern New Mexico College

Research Project: Reliability Models of Energy-Efficient Parallel Disk Systems with Data Mirroring.

In this project we make use of a Markov process to develop a quantitative reliability model for energy-efficient parallel disk systems with data mirroring. With the new models in place, a reliability analysis tool is developed to efficiently evaluate reliability of fault-tolerant parallel disk systems with multiple power states.

Wei Luo [06/2005 - 08/2008 | Awards: 5 | Publications Total: 7; Journal Papers: 3; Conference Papers: 4] (Ph.D., Summer 2008, HUST)

Now: Research Scientist at China Ship Design and Development Center

Dissertation Research: Fault-Tolerant Scheduling for Heterogeneous Systems.

In this project we first proposed novel reliability models tailored for preemptive periodic tasks. Next, we developed an array of real-time fault-tolerant scheduling algorithms for heterogeneous systems. Read more...  

Cong Liu [07/2007 - 08/2008 | Publications] (M.S., Spring 2008)

Now: Doctoral Student, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Research Project: Distributed Energy-Efficient Scheduling for Real-time Data-Intensive Applications.

We address in this project the issue of energy-efficient scheduling for data grids supporting real-time and data-intensive applications. Taking into account both data locations and application properties, we designed a novel Distributed Energy-Efficient Scheduler (or DEES for short) that aims to seamlessly integrate the process of scheduling tasks with data placement strategies to provide energy savings. 

Nicholas W. O'Connor [01/2006 - 05/2007 | Awards Total: 1 | Publications Conference Papers: 2] (Master's Student, New Mexico Tech)

Research Project: Energy Consumption Models for Disk Systems.

This study addresses the issue of modeling energy consumption in server and embedded disk systems. Read more...

Raghava K. Vudata [01/2007 - 06/2007 | Publications Total: 1] (M.S., New Mexico Tech)

Research Project: Fault Tolerance and Security Management.

In this study we investigate an approach to integrating a checkpionting technique with a quality of security control mechanism for real-time systems.. Read more...

Anand Paturi [01/2007-05/2007] (Doctoral Student, New Mexico Tech)

Research Project: QoS-Aware Energy-Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks.

Wireless sensor networks are likely to support a wide spectrum of next-generation applications such as wildlife monitoring and earthquake monitoring applications.  In this project, we will study quality-of-service (QoS) and energy conservation issues in modern wireless sensor networks. We aim to develop an approach to minimizing energy dissipation in wireless sensor networks subject to QoS constraints.

Ashwin Tamilarasan [08/2006 - 06/2007, M.S. New Mexico Tech] Now: Software Engineer, EMC Corporation

Research Project: Quality of Security Control for Energy-Efficient Storage Systems.

We are in a process of developing a quality of security control mechanism for energy-efficient systems.  

Menglei Tang [08/2006 - 12/2006] (Doctoral Student, New Mexico Tech)

Research Project: Parallel Database Systems on Clusters.

Xinfa Hu [08/2005- 12/2005, Doctoral Student, New Mexico Tech] 

Now: Doctoral Student, New Jersey Institute of Technology)

Research Project: Communication-Aware Utility-Based Resource Allocation in Distributed Real-Time Systems.

This study is focused on the development of a novel utility model that is aware of commutation cost and benefits. We designed a resource allocation algorithm that aims at maximizing both communication and computation utility of a distributed real-time system.

Student Awards/Honors: [Awards by Student | Back to Top]

[08/09] Shu Yin - Student Travel Award funded by NSF, Int'l Conf. Cluster Computing (CLUSTER'09), Aug. 2009. 

[08/07] Adam Manzanares - Recipient of a GANN Fellowship, Aug. 2007 - May 2010.

[07/07] Kiranmai Bellam  - Nokia Student Travel Award from IEEE-AINA’07. Read more...

[05/07] Mohammed Alghamdi - New Mexico Tech 2007 Summer Graduate Student Travel Grant May 2007.

[05/07] Mohammed Alghamdi - Spring Student Award, Ministry of Higher Education of Saudi Arabia, May 2007.

[05/07] Kiranmai Bellam - New Mexico Tech 2007 Summer Graduate Student Travel Grant, May 2007.

[05/07] Tao Xie - Langmuir Award Nomination, New Mexico Tech, May 2007.

[05/07] Ziliang Zong - New Mexico Tech 2007 Summer Graduate Student Travel Grant, May 2007. 

[04/07] Mohammed Alghamdi - Excellence in Education Award, Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in the U.S., 2007.

[03/07] Mohammed Alghamdi - Excellence in Publication Award, Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in the U.S., March 2007. 

[03/07] Matthew E. Briggs - Student Travel Award, Academic Affairs, New Mexico Tech, March 2007.

[03/07] Nicholas W. O'Connor - Student Travel Award, Academic Affairs, New Mexico Tech, March 2007.

[02/07] Ziliang Zong - Student Travel Award, Academic Affairs, New Mexico Tech, March 2007.

[02/07] Kiranmai Bellam - New Mexico Tech 2007 Spring Graduate Student Travel Grant, Feb. 2007.

[10/06] Mais Nijim - IEEE Student Travel Award, the 15th Int'l Conf. Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), Oct. 2006.

[10/06] Mais Nijim - Student Travel Award, Academic Affairs, New Mexico Tech, Oct. 2006.

[10/06] Mohammed Alghamdi - Excellence in Publication Award, Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in the U.S., Oct. 2006.

[09/06] Ziliang Zong - Best Paper Award Nomination, the 8th Int'l Conf. Cluster Computing, Sept. 2006. 

[09/06] Adam Manzanares - Best Paper Award Nomination, the 8th Int'l Conf. Cluster Computing, Sept. 2006. 

[09/06] Brian Stinar - Best Paper Award Nomination, the 8th Int'l Conf. Cluster Computing, Sept. 2006. 

[10/06] Ziliang Zong - IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC) Student Travel Award, Int'l Conf. Cluster Computing,  

           2006. Read more...

[09/06] Brian Stinar - IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC) Student Travel Award, Int'l Conf. Cluster Computing, 2006.

[08/06] Mais Nijim - New Mexico Tech 2006 Fall Graduate Student Travel Grant, Aug. 2006.

[08/06] Mohammed Alghamdi - 2006 Summer Student Award, Ministry of Higher Education of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 2006.

[05/06] Mohammed Alghamdi - 2006 Spring Student Award, Ministry of Higher Education of Saudi Arabia, May 2006.

[05/06] Adam Manzanares - B.S. with Honors in Computer Science, May 2006.

[04/06] Mais Nijim - New Mexico Tech 2006 Spring Graduate Student Travel Grant, April 2006.

[04/06] Tao Xie - New Mexico Tech 2006 Spring Graduate Student Travel Grant, April 2006.

[11/05] Mohammed Alghamdi - Excellence in Education Award, Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in the U.S., 2005.

[10/05] Mohammed Alghamdi - Excellence in Publication Award, Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in the U.S., Oct. 2005. 

[09/05] Tao Xie - IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC) Student Travel Award, Int'l Conf. Cluster Computing, 2005. 

[09/05] Tao Xie - New Mexico Tech 2005 Fall Graduate Student Travel Grant, Sept. 2005.

[06/05] Tao Xie - ACM Student Travel Award, the 19th ACM International Conference on Supercomputing, USA, June 2005.

[05/05] Tao Xie - New Mexico Tech 2005 Summer Graduate Student Travel Grant, May 2005.

[04/05] Tao Xie - IEEE Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP) Student Travel Award, IPDPS'05, April 2005. Read more...

Updated on 03/9/2010