Yun Tian

Ph.D. Student

Department of Computer Science & Software Engineering
Auburn University

Office: 2104 Computer System Lab

3101 Shelby Center, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849

Email: tianyun[at]tigermail.auburn.edu

Short Bio

I am a Ph.D. student in Computer System Lab in Department of Computer Science & Software Engineering at Auburn University. My advisor is Dr. Xiao Qin I received my Bacholer's degree in Computer Science from Northwest University, China, Jul. 2006 and my Master's degree in Software Engineering at Auburn University, May. 2011.

Research Interests

My research interests include computer and network security, distributed computing, and parallel and high performance computing. I also have interests and worked on projects and research in modeling and simulation, data mining and business intelligence, and human-computer interaction before. I am planning to explore cloud computing and green computing in the near future.

Education

Present, PhD student, expect to graduate, 08/2012,
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Auburn University
05/2011, Master's degree in Software Engineering,
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Auburn University
07/2006, Bachelor's degree in Computer Science,
Department of Computer Science and Technology, Northwest University, China

Certificate

Prepare Future Faculty Program, Biggio Center, Auburn University, Aug.2010-May 2011
Senior System Manager, Auburn University Information Assurance Center,
National Security Agency, USA. Dec. 2010
Certificate of Achievement Women in Computing,
Society of Women in Computing, Auburn University, Spring, 2011
Certificate of Recognition, R.E.A.L Leadership-Sunshine International Camp,
Birmingham, Alabama, Mar. 2009

Publications

Book Chapters

Y. Tian, X.-J. Ruan, J. Xie, and X. Qin, “Towards A Secure Fragment Allocation Of Files In Heterogeneous Distributed Systems”, Scalable Computing and Communications: Theory and Practice, Wiley, In Press

Conference Papers and Posters

S. Yin, Y. Tian, J. Xie, X. Qin, X.-J. Ruan, M. I. Alghamdi, and M. Qiu, “Reliability Analysis for an Energy-Aware RAID System”, Proc. the 30th IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), Nov. 2011.

Y. Tian, M.-I. Alghamdi, J. Xie, S. Yin, J. Zhang, M.-K. Qiu, Y.-M. Yang, X. Qin, “A Secure File Allocation Algorithm for Heterogeneous Distributed Systems”, International Conference on Parallel Processing Workshops, Security in Cloud Computing(ICPP-CloudSec ), Sep. 2011

Y. Tian, M. I. Alghamdi, Y. Shu, J. Xie, J. Zhang, M. Qiu, Y.-M. Yang, X. Qin, “Secure Fragment Allocation in a Distributed Storage System with Heterogeneous Vulnerabilities”, Proc. the 6th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Architecture, and Storage (NAS), July 2011

A. Manzanares, X.-J. Ruan, S. Yin, J. Xie, Z. CY. Ding, Y. Tian, J. Majors, and X. Qin, “Energy Efficient Prefetching with Buffer Disks for Cluster File Systems”, Proc. 39th Intl Conf. on Parallel Processing (ICPP), San Diego, CA, Sept. 2010.

J. Xie, S. Yin, X.-J. Ruan, Z.-Y. Ding, Y. Tian, J. Majors, and X. Qin, “Improving MapReduce Performance via Data Placement in Heterogeneous Hadoop Clusters”, Proc. 19th Int’l Heterogeneity in Computing Workshop (HCW), Atlanta, Georgia, Apr. 2010.

Y. Tian, J.-E. Gilbert, “Issues about U, U, P Matrix (poster)”, Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference*, April. 2009

K. Rouse, A. Johnson, W. Eugene, C. Hamilton, R. Agarwal, R. Lindsey, Y. Tian, D. McCants, J. Bao , C. Seals, “Alice Computer Club: Expanding the Fun!”, in poster session in STARTS Celebration 2008, Auburn, AL, 2008.

Work in Progress

Y. Tian and X. Qin "Performance Evaluation for a Secure Fragment Allocation Scheme with Real World Traces in Heterogeneous Distributed Systems" to be submitted to IEEE Transactions on Computers.

Y. Tian "Improving Security and Performance in Distributed Systems" doctoral dissertation, supervised by Dr. Xiao Qin, expected completion date: 6/2012.

Honors and Awards

2009, Graduate Travel Scholarship Award from Auburn University for Richard Tapia Conference
2006, Excellent Graduation Paper Award, Northwest University
2004-2005, The first-class scholarship and Excellent Student Award in Northwest University, China
2003-2004, The first-class scholarship and Excellent Student Award in Northwest University, China
2002-2003, The first-class scholarship and Excellent Student Award in Northwest University, China
2004, First prize award of Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling in China ( CUMCM), Shaanxi Province.
2003, First prize award of Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling in China ( CUMCM), Shaanxi Province.

Links

Computer System Lab

Department of Computer Science & Software Engineering

Last Updated: Dec, 2011