Grants 

• PI, NSF CAREER Award, CCF-0845257, “CAREER: Multicore-Based Parallel Disk Systems for Large-Scale Data-Intensive Computing," $400,000 8/2009-7/2014. NSF Award Abstract

• Lead PI, NSF CNS-Core (Computer Systems Research) grant, CNS-0917137, “CSR:Small:Collaborative Research: FastStor: Data-Mining-Based Multilayer Prefetching for Hybrid Storage Systems," $200,000 (Auburn), Total Award Amount: $499,994, 9/2009-9/2012. Auburn Co-PIs: Wei-Shinn Ku and Weikuan Yu. In collaboration with Ziliang Zong and Manuel L. Penaloza at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology ($200,000) and Mais Nijim at the University of  South Mississippi ($99,994). NSF Award Abstract

• PI, NSF DUE-CCLI grant, DUE-0837341, “QoSec: A Novel Middleware-Based Approach to Teaching Computer Security Courses," $149,999, 9/2009-8/2012. (Co-PIs: John A. “Drew” Hamilton, Jr., Kai Chang, and Wei-Shinn Ku). NSF Award Abstract

• PI, NSF CSR (Computer Systems Research) grant, CNS-0757778, “Mathematical Reliability Models for Energy-Efficient Parallel Disk Systems," $150,000 (10/2007-9/2011). NSF Award Abstract

• PI, NSF CPA (Computing Processes and Artifacts) grant, CCF-0742187, “BUD: A Buffer-Disk Architecture for Energy Conservation in Parallel Disk Systems,” $299,999 (5/2007-4/2011). NSF Award Abstract

• co-PI, NSF Cyber Trust grant, CNS-0831502, 2008-2011, “SPEAR: Space Encryption based Query Processing for Privacy-Aware Location-based Services," $199,999, 8/2008-7/2011. (PI: Wei-Shinn Ku, co-PIs: John A. “Drew” Hamilton, Jr., Xiao Qin, and Haixun Wang). NSF Award Abstract

• co-PI, NSF CI-TEAM (Cyberinfrastructure-TEAM) grant, OCI-0753305, 2008-2011, “Collaborative Project: CI-TEAM Implementation Project: A Digital Forensics Cyberinfrastructure Workforce Training Initiative for America's Veterans," $299,636,  8/2008-7/2011. (PI: John A. “Drew” Hamilton, Jr., co-PIs: Kai Chang, Xiao Qin, and Wei-Shinn Ku.). NSF Award Abstract

• co-PI, NSF SFS (Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service) grant, DUE-0830831, 2008-2010, “Collaborative Research: Building Information Assurance Education Capacity," $174,740, 8/2008-7/2011. (PI: John A. “Drew” Hamilton, Jr., co-PIs: Kai Chang, Xiao Qin, and Wei-Shinn Ku.) NSF Award Abstract

• co-PI, NSF REU-Site grant, CNS-0851960, "REU Site for Pervasive and Mobile Computing," $323,127, 5/2009-4/2012. (PI: Saad Biaz, co-PIs: Wei-Shinn Ku and Xiao Qin.)

•  PI, NSF REU Supplement to CNS-0757778, $12,000, (12/2008-11/2009).

•  PI, NSF REU Supplement to CCF-0702781, $12,000, (8/2008-07/2009).

• 12.  PI, Intel Research Grant, “ECS: Scheduling in Energy-Efficient Computing Systems”, $62,000 (9/2005-8/2008)  

•   PI, New Mexico Tech Presidential Research Grant, “Adaptive Quality of Security Control in Storage Systems,” $10,000 (8/2005-7/2006)

• PI, New Mexico Tech Start-Up Grant, “SARTS: Security-Aware Real-Time Systems,” $80,000 (8/2004-6/2007)

•  Altera Corporation Equipment Grant (2/2007-1/2008)

•   Xilinx Equipment Grant (8/2006-7/2007)

Energy-Efficient Computing Systems (2005-2008)

We designed job and packets scheduling algorithms for embedded systems, cluster computing platforms, and wireless networks. The algorithms can achieve good tradeoffs between energy efficiency and high performance. read more

Security-Aware Real-Time Systems (2004-2007)

This project addressed the issue of maximizing quality of security for real-time systems. We developed new dynamic/static scheduling algorithms and storage resource management to support security-aware real-time systems. read more

I/O-Aware Load Balancing (2002-2006)

To alleviate I/O bottlenecks in high-performance clusters, we develop load-balancing policies that are capable of achieving  high disk utilization in addition to those of CPU and memory resources. read more

Real-time Scheduling in Heterogeneous Systems (1998-2001)

This research includes not only developing real-time and fault-tolerant scheduling algorithms but also exploring various options for designing real-time scheduling algorithms that strive to improve the reliability of heterogeneous systems. read more

Fault-Tolerant Real-Time Collaborative Editing Systems (1999-2000)

If a real-time collaborative editor is to be effectively used over the Internet, the system should tolerant the client and link failures, for the quality of the Internet are unpredictable. In this research we have developed a novel and efficient approach to supporting crash recovery in real-time collaborative editing systems. read more

Real-time and Fault-tolerant Distributed Systems  (1996-1999)

If a real-time collaborative editor is to be effectively used over the Internet, the system should tolerant the client and link failures, for the quality of the Internet are unpredictable. In this research we have developed a novel and efficient approach to supporting crash recovery in real-time collaborative editing systems. read more