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Chenyang Lu

Associate Professor
 Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Washington University in St. Louis

Office: Bryan Hall 504
E-mail: lu (at) cse (dot) wustl (dot) edu
Phone: (314) 935-4855

 

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Wireless Sensor Networks


	

	
G. Xing, M. Sha, G. Hackmann, K. Klues, O. 
	Chipara and C. Lu, Towards Unified Radio Power Management for Wireless 
	Sensor Networks, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Special Issue 
	on on Distributed Systems of Sensors and Actuators, to appear. Note: 
	Invited paper.  
		
		new!

	
S. Bhattacharya, C.-L. Fok, C. Lu and 
	G.-C. Roman, MLDS: A Flexible Location Directory Service for Tiered Sensor 
    Networks, Computer Communications, Special Issue on Advanced Location-based 
    Services, 31(6): 1160-1172, April 2008. Note: Extended 
	version of the DCOSS'07 paper.   
		
		new!

	
O. Chipara, C. Lu and G.-C. Roman, 
	Real-time 
	Query Scheduling for Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE Real-Time Systems 
	Symposium (RTSS'07), December 2007. 
		
		new!

	
K. Klues, G. Hackmann, O. Chipara and C. Lu, 
	A Component-Based Architecture for Power-Efficient Media Access Control in 
	Wireless Sensor Networks, ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor 
	Systems (SenSys'07), November 2007.  new!

	
K. Klues, V. Handziski, C. Lu, A. Wolisz, D. 
	Culler, D. Gay and P. Levis, 
	Integrating Concurrency Control and Energy 
	Management in Device Drivers, ACM Symposium on Operating System Principles 
	(SOSP'07), October 2007.  new!

	
G. Xing, C. Lu and R. Pless,
	Localized and 
	Configurable Topology Control in Lossy Wireless Sensor Networks, 
	International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN'07), 
	August 2007. Note: Invited Paper.  
		new!

	
G. Xing, C. Lu, Y. Zhang, Q. Huang and R. 
	Pless, Minimum Power Configuration for Wireless Communication in Sensor 
	Networks, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, 3(2), June 2007. Note: Extended 
	version of the MobiHoc'05 paper.  
		

	
S. Bhattacharya, C.-L. Fok, C. Lu and 
	G.-C. Roman,
	Design and Implementation of a Flexible Location Directory Service for 
	Tiered Sensor Networks, International Conference on Distributed Computing in 
	Sensor Systems (DCOSS'07), June 2007.  
		

	
K. Klues, G. Xing and C. Lu,
	Link 
	Layer Support for Unified Radio Power Management in Wireless Sensor Networks, International 
      Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN'07), April 2007.

	
K. Klues, G. Xing and C. Lu,
	Towards 
	a Unified Radio Power Management Architecture for Wireless Sensor Networks, 
	International Workshop on Wireless Sensor Network Architecture (WWSNA'07), 
	April 2007.

	
C.-L. Fok, G.-C. Roman and C. Lu, 
	Towards a 
	Flexible Global Sensing Infrastructure, International Workshop on Wireless 
	Sensor Network Architecture (WWSNA'07), April 2007.

	
G. Alankus, N. Atay, C. Lu and O.B. Bayazit,
	Adaptive Embedded Roadmaps for Sensor Networks, IEEE International Conference 
	on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'07), April 2007.

	
O. Chipara, C. Lu and J.A. Stankovic,
	Dynamic 
	Conflict-free Query Scheduling for Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE 
	International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP'06), November 2006.

	
K. Klues, G. Xing and C. Lu,
	Demo 
	Abstract: A Unified Architecture for Flexible Radio Power Management in 
	Wireless Sensor Networks, ACM Conference on Embedded 
      Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys'06), November 2006.

	
S. Bhattacharya, C.-L. Fok, C. Lu and 
	G.-C. Roman,
	Demo 
      Abstract: A Hierarchical Location Directory Service Across Sensor and IP 
	Networks, ACM Conference on Embedded 
      Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys'06), November 2006.

	
R. Veto, S.J. Dyke, L. Liu, P. Wang, F. Sun 
	and C. Lu,
	
	Employing Wireless Sensing Technology in Smart Structures, 4th 
	China-Japan-US Symposium on Structural Control and Monitoring, October 2006.

	
C.-L. Fok, G.-C. Roman and C. Lu, Software 
	Support for Application Development in Wireless Sensor Network, Handbook of Mobile Middleware, CRC Press, September 2006.  
      

	
E.H. Clayton, S.J. Dyke, and C. Lu,
	Monitoring 
	Infrastructural Health: In-situ Damage Detection and Localization Utilizing 
	Distributed Smart Sensor Technology, 4th World Conference on Structural 
	Control and Monitoring, July 2006.

	
O. Chipara, Z. He, G. Xing, Q. Chen, X. 
	Wang, C. Lu, J.A. Stankovic and T.F. Abdelzaher,
	Real-time Power-Aware Routing in Sensor Networks, IEEE 
	International Workshop on Quality of Service (IWQoS'06), June 2006.

	
S. Bhattacharya, N. Atay, G. Alankus, C. Lu, 
	O.B. Bayazit and G.-C. Roman,
	Roadmap Query for Sensor Network Assisted Navigation in Dynamic Environments, 
	International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems 
	(DCOSS'06), June 2006. Best Paper 
	Award!

	
G. Hackmann, C.-L. Fok, G.-C. Roman and C. 
	Lu,
	Agimone: Middleware Support for Seamless Integration of Sensor and IP 
	Networks, International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor 
	Systems (DCOSS'06), June 2006.

	
D. Massaguer, C.-L. Fok, N. 
		Venkatasubramanian, G.-C. Roman and C. Lu, Exploring Sensor Networks 
		using Mobile Agents, International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents 
		& Multi Agent Systems (AAMAS'06), May 2006.

	
T. He, B. Blum, Y. Pointurier, C. Lu, J.A. 
	Stankovic and S.H. Son, 
	MAC Layer Abstraction for Simulation Scalability 
		Improvements in Large-scale Sensor Networks, International Conference on 
		Networked Sensing Systems (INSS'06), Chicago, IL, May 2006.

	
G. Xing, C. Lu, R. Pless and Q. Huang, Impact 
      of Sensing Coverage on Greedy Geographic Routing Algorithms, IEEE 
      Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Special Issue on 
      Localized Communication and Topology Protocols for Ad Hoc Networks, 17(4), 
		April 2006. Note: Extended version of the MobiHoc'04 paper.

	
E.H. Clayton, Y. Qian, O. Orjih, S.J. Dyke, 
	A. Mita and C. Lu, 
	Off-the-Shelf Modal Analysis: Structural Health 
	Monitoring with Motes, International Modal Analysis Conference, January 
	2006.

      
Q. Huang, S. Bhattacharya, C. Lu and G.-C. 
      Roman, FAR: 
      Face-Aware Routing for Mobicast in Large-Scale Sensor Networks, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, 
      1(2): 240-271, November 2005. Note: Extended version of the INFOCOM'04 paper.  

      
G. Hackmann, C.-L. Fok, G.-C. Roman, C. Lu, 
      C. Zuver, K. English and J. Meier,
      Demo 
      Abstract: Agile Cargo Tracking Using Mobile Agents, ACM Conference on Embedded 
      Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys'05), San Diego, CA, November 2005.  
		

      
T. He, J.A. Stankovic, C. Lu 
      and T.F. Abdelzaher, A Spatiotemporal 
      Communication Protocol for Wireless Sensor 
      Networks, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 
      16(10): 995-1006, October 2005. Note: Extended version of the ICDCS'03 
      paper on SPEED.
       

      
G. Xing, X. Wang, Y. 
      Zhang, C. Lu, R. Pless and C. Gill,
      Integrated 
      Coverage and Connectivity Configuration for Energy Conservation in Sensor 
      Networks, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, 
      1(1): 36-72, August 2005. Note: Extended 
      version of the SenSys'03 paper on CCP.

      
G. Alankus, N. Atay, C. Lu and O.B. Bayazit,
		Spatiotemporal 
      Query Strategies for Navigation in Dynamic Sensor Network Environments, 
      IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems 
      (IROS'05), August 2005.

      
C. Lu, G. Xing, O. Chipara, 
		C.-L. Fok, and S. Bhattacharya,
		A 
      Spatiotemporal Query Service for Mobile Users in Sensor Networks, International 
      Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS'05), Columbus, OH, June 2005. 
		 

      
O. Chipara, C. Lu, and 
		G.-C. Roman,
		Efficient 
      Power Management based on Application Timing Semantics for Wireless Sensor 
      Networks, International 
      Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS'05), June 2005.
       
      One of 5 papers nominated for Best Paper Award (543 papers submitted) 
		 

      
C.-L. Fok, G.-C. Roman, and 
		C. Lu,
		Rapid 
      Development and Flexible Deployment of Adaptive Wireless Sensor Network 
      Applications, International 
      Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS'05), June 2005.
      
      One of 5 papers nominated for Best Paper Award (543 
      papers submitted)  

	
E.H. Clayton, B.H. Koh, G. Xing, C.-L. Fok, 
	S.J. Dyke, and C. Lu, 
	Damage Detection and Correlation based Localization 
	Using Wireless Mote Sensors, Mediterranean Conference on Control and 
	Automation, June 2005.  

      
G. Xing, C. Lu, Y. Zhang, Q. Huang, and R. 
		Pless,
		Minimum 
      Power Configuration in Wireless Sensor Networks, ACM International 
      Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc'05), 
      May 2005.

      
C.-L. Fok, G.-C. Roman, and C. Lu,
		Mobile 
      Agent Middleware for Sensor Networks: An Application Case Study, 
      International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks 
      (IPSN'05), Special track on Platform, Tools, and Design Methods for Network 
      Embedded Sensors (SPOTS), April 2005.

      
S. Bhattacharya, G. Xing, C. Lu, G.-C. Roman, 
      B. Harris, and O. Chipara,
		Dynamic Wake-up and Topology 
      Maintenance Protocols with Spatiotemporal Guarantees, International 
      Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN'05), April 2005.

      
S. Bhattacharya, O. Chipara, B. Harris, C. Lu, 
      G. Xing and C.-L. Fok,
		Demo Abstract: MobiQuery - A 
      Spatiotemporal Data Service for Sensor Networks, ACM Conference on Embedded 
      Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys'04), November 2004.

      
Q. Huang, C. Lu, 
      G.-C. Roman, Design and 
      Analysis of Spatiotemporal Multicast Protocols for Wireless Sensor 
      Networks, Telecommunication Systems, Special Issue on Wireless Sensor 
      Networks, 26 (2-4): 129-160, June-August 2004. Note: Extended version of 
      the IPSN'03 paper on Mobicast.

      
T.F. Abdelzaher, J.A. Stankovic, S.H. Son, B. 
      Blum, T. He, A. Wood, and C. Lu, Real-Time Communication and 
      Programming Abstractions for Sensor Networks, Handbook of Sensor 
      Networks: Compact Wireless and Wired Sensing Systems, CRC Press, 2004.

      
G. Xing, C. Lu, R. Pless, and Q. 
		Huang, On 
      Greedy Geographic Routing Algorithms in Sensing-Covered Networks, ACM 
      International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc'04), May 2004.

      
G. Xing, C. Lu, R. Pless, and J.A. 
		O'Sullivan,
		Co-Grid: An 
      Efficient Coverage Maintenance Protocol for Distributed Sensor 
      Networks, International Symposium on Information Processing in Sensor 
      Networks (IPSN'04), April 2004.

      
Q. Huang, C. Lu, and G.-C. 
		Roman,
		Reliable Mobicast 
      via Face-Aware Routing, INFOCOM, March 
      2004.

      
X. Wang, G. Xing, 
      Y. Zhang, C. Lu, R. Pless, and C. Gill,
		Integrated 
      Coverage and Connectivity Configuration in Wireless Sensor Networks, ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys'03), November 2003.

      
Q. Huang, C. Lu, 
      and G.-C. Roman,
		Spatiotemporal 
      Multicast in Sensor Networks, ACM Conference on Embedded 
      Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys'03), November 2003.

      
J.A. Stankovic, T.F. 
      Abdelzaher, C. Lu, L. Sha, J. Hou,
		Real-Time 
      Communication and Coordination in Embedded Sensor Networks, Proceedings of the IEEE, 91(7): 
		1002-1022, July 2003. Note: Invited paper.

      
T. He, J.A. Stankovic, 
      C. Lu, and T.F. Abdelzaher,
		SPEED: A 
      Stateless Protocol for Real-Time Communication in Sensor Networks, 
      International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS'03), 
      May 2003. One of 5 papers nominated 
      for best paper award (407 papers submitted) 

      
T.F. Abdelzaher, J.A. 
      Stankovic, S.H. Son, B. Blum, T. He, A. Wood, and C. Lu,
		A Communication 
      Architecture and Programming Abstractions for Real-Time Embedded Sensor 
      Networks, Workshop on Data Distribution for Real-Time Systems (in 
      conjunction with ICDCS'03), May 2003. Note: Invited 
      paper.

      
Q. Huang, C. Lu, 
      and G.-C. Roman, Mobicast: 
      Just-in-Time Multicast for Sensor Networks under Spatiotemporal 
      Constraints,  International Workshop on Information Processing 
      in Sensor Networks (IPSN'03), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2634, Springer-Verlag, April 2003.  

      
C. Lu, B.M. Blum, 
      T.F. Abdelzaher, J.A. Stankovic, and T. He, RAP: A Real-Time 
      Communication Architecture for Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications 
      Symposium (RTAS'02),  September 2002. 

      

		 Real-Time Systems 
		and  
		Adaptive QoS Control

	
X. Wang, C. Lu, and C. Gill, FCS/nORB: A 
	Feedback Control Real-Time Scheduling Service for Embedded ORB Middleware, 
	Microprocessors and Microsystems, accepted. Note: Extended version of the 
	RTAS'03 paper. new!

	
N. Shankaran, X. Koutsoukos, D. Schmidt, Y. 
		Xue and C. Lu, 
	Hierarchical Control of Multiple Resources in Distributed 
		Real-time and Embedded Systems, Real-Time Systems, 
		Special Issue on Best Papers at Euromicro 
		Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS'06), 
		39(1-3): 237–282, August 2008. new!

	
Y. Zhang, D.K. Krecker, C. Gill, C. Lu and 
	G.H. Thaker, 
	
	Practical Schedulability Analysis for Generalized Sporadic 
	Tasks in Distributed Real-Time Systems, Euromicro Conference on Real-Time 
		Systems (ECRTS'08), July 2008. 
		
		new!

	
X. Wang, M. Chen, H.-M. Huang, V. Subramonian, 
	C. Lu, and C. Gill,
	Control-based 
	Adaptive Middleware for Real-time Image Transmission over 
	Bandwidth-Constrained Networks, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and 
	Distributed Systems, 19(6): 779-793, June 2008. Note: 
		Extended version of the RTAS'04 paper on CAMRIT. 
		
		new!

	
T. Abdelzaher, Y. Diao, J.L. Hellerstein, C. 
	Lu and X. Zhu, 
	Introduction to Control Theory and its Application to 
	Computing Systems, Book Chapter, Performance Modeling and Engineering, 
	Springer, 2008. Note: Reading for the tutorial at SIGMETRICS'08. 
		
		new!

	
Y. Zhang, C. Gill and C. Lu, 
	Reconfigurable 
	Real-Time Middleware for Distributed Cyber-Physical Systems with Aperiodic 
	Events, International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems 
	(ICDCS'08), June 2008. 
		
		new!

	
N. Shankaran, J. Kinnebrew, X. Koutsoukos, C. 
	Lu, D. Schmidt and G. Biswas, 
	Towards an Integrated Planning and Adaptive 
	Resource Management Architecture for Distributed Real-time Embedded Systems, 
	Workshop on Adaptive and Reconfigurable Embedded Systems (APRES), April 
	2008. Note: Workshop associated with RTAS'08 and CPSWeek. 
		
		new!

	
N. Shankaran, N. Roy, D. Schmidt, X. 
    Koutsoukos, Y. Chen and C. Lu, 
	Design and Performance Evaluation of an 
    Adaptive Resource Management Framework for Distributed Real-time and 
    Embedded Systems, EURASIP Journal on Embedded Systems, Special Issue on 
    Operating System Support for Embedded Real-Time Applications, Volume 2008, 
	Article ID 250895, 2008. Note: 
		Extended version of the ISORC'07 paper.  
		
		new!

	
Y. Chen, C. Lu and X. Koutsoukos, 
	Optimal 
	Discrete Rate Adaptation for Distributed Real-Time Systems, IEEE Real-Time 
	Systems Symposium (RTSS'07), December 2007. 
		
		new!

	
X. Wang, D. Jia, C. Lu and X. Koutsoukos, 
      DEUCON: 
	Decentralized End-to-End Utilization Control for Distributed Real-Time 
	Systems, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 
	18(7):996-1009, July 2007. Note: 
		Extended version of the RTSS'05 paper on DEUCON.   
		new!

	

		X. Wang, Y. Chen, C. Lu and X. Koutsoukos, 
		
		FC-ORB: A 
		Robust Distributed Real-time Embedded Middleware with End-to-End 
		Utilization Control, 
    Journal of Systems and Software, Special Issue on Dynamic Resource 
    Management in Distributed Real-Time Systems, 80(7): 938-950, July 2007. 
		 Note: 
		Extended version of the RTSS'05 paper on FC-ORB.   
		new!

	
T. He, J.A. Stankovic, M. 
	Marley, C. Lu, Y. Lu, T.F. Abdelzaher, S.H. Son and G. Tao. 
	Feedback 
	Control-based Dynamic Resource Management in Distributed Real-Time Systems. 
	Journal of Systems and Software, Special Issue on Dynamic Resource 
	Management in Distributed Real-Time Systems,   
		80(7): 
    997-1004, 
		July 2007. Note: 
		Extended version of the RTSS'01 paper.  
		new!

	
X. Wang, Y. Chen, C. Lu and
	X. 
	Koutsoukos,
	On 
	Controllability and Feasibility of Utilization Control in Distributed 
	Real-Time Systems, Euromicro 
	Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS'07), July 2007.
	
		new!

	
N. Shankaran, D. Schmidt, X. 
	Koutsoukos, Y. Chen and C. Lu, 
	Design and Performance Evaluation of 
	Configurable Component Middleware for End-to-End Adaptation of Distributed 
	Real-time Embedded Systems, IEEE International Symposium on Object and 
	Component-Oriented Real-Time Distributed Computing (ISORC'07). May 2007.

	
Y. Zhang, C. Lu, C. Gill, P. 
    Lardieri and G. Thaker, 
	Middleware Support for Aperiodic Tasks in 
    Distributed Real-Time Systems, IEEE Real-Time 
      and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS'07), April 2007.

	

	G.A. Alvarez, C. Lu and J. Wilkes,
	Method and 
	System for Online Data Migration on Storage Systems with Performance 
	Guarantees, U. S. Patent 
	7,167,965, January 2007. Note: The Aqueduct Patent.

	
Y. Fu, H. Wang, C. Lu and R.S. 
		Chandra,
		Distributed Utilization Control for Real-time Clusters with Load 
		Balancing, IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS'06), December 
		2006.

	
C. Lu, Y. Lu, T.F. Abdelzaher, J.A. 
      Stankovic and S.H. Son, 
      Feedback Control Architecture and Design 
      Methodology for Service Delay Guarantees in Web Servers, IEEE 
      Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 17(9): 1014-1027, 
	September 2006. Note: 
		Extended version of an RTAS'01 paper.

      
N. Shankaran, X. Koutsoukos, D. Schmidt, Y. 
		Xue and C. Lu, Hierarchical Control of Multiple Resources in Distributed 
		Real-time and Embedded Systems, Euromicro Conference on Real-Time 
		Systems (ECRTS'06), July 2006.

	
X. Wang, D. Jia, C. Lu and X. Koutsoukos, 
      Decentralized Utilization Control in Distributed Real-Time Systems, IEEE 
      Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS'05), December 2005.

      
X. Wang, C. Lu and X. Koutsoukos, 
		Enhancing 
      the Robustness of Distributed Real-Time Middleware via End-to-End 
      Utilization Control, IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS'05), December 
      2005.

      
C. Lu, X. Wang and X. Koutsoukos,
      Feedback 
      Utilization Control in Distributed Real-Time Systems with End-to-End 
      Tasks, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 16(6): 
		550-561, June 2005. Note: Extended version of the ICDCS'04 paper on 
		EUCON.  

      
X. Koutsoukos, R. Tekumalla, B. 
      Natarajan, and C. Lu,
		Hybrid 
      Supervisory Utilization Control of Real-Time Systems, IEEE Real-Time 
      and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS'05), March 2005.

	
Y. Zhang, B. Thrall, S. Torri, C. 
    Gill, and C. Lu,
	A Real-Time 
    Performance Comparison of Distributable Threads and Event Channels, 
	IEEE Real-Time 
      and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS'05), March 2005.  
	 

      
X. Wang, H.-M. Huang, V. Subramonian, 
		C. Lu, and C. Gill,
		CAMRIT: 
      Control-based Adaptive Middleware for Real-time Image Transmission, 
      IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS'04), May 2004.  

	
V. Subramonian, G. 
	Xing, C. Gill, C. Lu, and R. Cytron,
	Middleware Specialization for 
      Memory-Constrained Networked Embedded Systems, IEEE Real-Time and 
      Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS'04), May 2004.  

      
C. Lu, X. Wang, and X. Koutsoukos, 
		End-to-End 
      Utilization Control in Distributed Real-Time Systems, International 
      Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS'04), March 2004.

	
T.F. Abdelzaher, V. 
	Sharma, and C. Lu,
	A Utilization 
      Bound for Aperiodic Tasks and Priority Driven Scheduling, IEEE Transactions on Computers, 53(3): 
      334-350, March 2004.

      
T.F. Abdelzaher, J.A. 
      Stankovic, C. Lu, R. Zhang, and Y. Lu,
		Feedback 
      Performance Control in Software Services, IEEE Control Systems, 
      23(3): 74-90, June 2003.

      
C. Lu, X. Wang, 
      and C. Gill,
		Feedback 
      Control Real-Time Scheduling in ORB Middleware, IEEE Real-Time and 
      Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS'03), May 2003. 

      
Y. Lu, T.F. 
      Abdelzaher, C. Lu, L. Sha, and X. Liu,
		Feedback 
      Control with Queueing-Theoretic Prediction for Relative Delay Guarantees 
      in Web Servers, IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and 
      Applications Symposium (RTAS'03), May 2003. 

	
J.A. Stankovic, R. Zhu, R. Poornalingam, C. Lu, Z. Yu, M. Humphrey, and B. 
      Ellis,
	VEST: An 
      Aspect-Based Composition Tool for Real-Time Systems, IEEE Real-Time 
      and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS'03), May 2003.

      
C. Lu, J.A. 
      Stankovic, G. Tao, and S.H. Son,
		Feedback Control 
      Real-Time Scheduling: Framework, Modeling, and Algorithms, 
       Real-Time Systems, Special Issue on Control-theoretical 
      Approaches to Real-Time Computing, 23(1/2): 85-126, July/September 2002. 
      

      
R. Zhang, C. Lu, 
      T.F. Abdelzaher, and J.A. Stankovic,
		ControlWare: a 
      Middleware Architecture for Feedback Control of Software performance, 
      International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS'02), 
      July 2-5, 2002.

      
Y. Lu, T.F. 
      Abdelzaher, C. Lu, and G. Tao,
		An Adaptive Control 
      Framework for QoS Guarantees and Its Application to Differentiated Caching 
      Services, International Workshop on Quality of Service (IWQoS'02), 
      May 2002.

      
C. Lu, G.A. 
      Alvarez, and J. Wilkes,
		Aqueduct: 
      Online Data Migration with Performance Guarantees, USENIX Conference 
      on File and Storage Technologies (FAST'02), January 2002. 
      
J.A. Stankovic, T. He, 
      T.F. Abdelzaher, M. Marley, G. Tao, S.H. Son, and C. Lu,
		Feedback Control 
      Real-Time Scheduling in Distributed Real-Time Systems, IEEE Real-Time 
      Systems Symposium (RTSS'01), December 2001.

	
J.A. Stankovic, H. 
      Wang, M. Humphrey, R. Zhu, R. Poornalingam, and C. Lu, 
      VEST: Virginia Embedded Systems Toolkit, IEEE/IEE Real-Time Embedded 
      Systems Workshop, December 2001.

      
C. Lu, T.F. 
      Abdelzaher, J.A. Stankovic, and S.H. Son,
		A Feedback 
      Control Approach for Guaranteeing Relative Delays in Web Servers, 
      IEEE Real-Time Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS'01), June 2001. 
      Note: See the TPDS paper for an extended version  that includes the absolute 
      guarantee case.

	
T.F. Abdelzaher and 
      C. Lu, Schedulability 
      Analysis and Utilization Bounds for Highly Scalable Real-Time 
      Services, IEEE Real-Time Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS'01),  June 2001.

      
C. Lu,
      Feedback 
      Control Real-Time Scheduling, PhD Thesis, University of 
      Virginia, May 2001.

      
C. Lu, J.A. 
      Stankovic, T.F. Abdelzaher, G. Tao, S.H. Son, and M. Marley,
		Performance 
      Specifications and Metrics for Adaptive Real-Time Systems, IEEE 
      Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS'00), December 
      2000.

      
T.F. Abdelzaher and 
      C. Lu, Modeling 
      and Performance Control of Internet Servers, IEEE Conference on 
      Decision and Control, December 2000.

      
C. Lu, J.A. 
      Stankovic, G. Tao, and S.H. Son,
		Design and 
      Evaluation of a Feedback Control EDF Scheduling Algorithm,  IEEE 
      Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS'99), December 1999. 
      

      
J.A. Stankovic, C. 
      Lu, S.H. Son, and G. Tao,
		The Case for Feedback 
      Control Real-Time Scheduling, Euromicro Conference on Real-Time 
      Systems (ECRTS'99), June 1999. 

      


      
Graduate Students

      
Current

      
    
        
  • 
        
    
        
        Sangeeta Bhattacharya 
        (PhD, with 
        Catalin Roman): 
        Spatiotemporal Services for Wireless Sensor Networks. 
    
        
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        Octav Chipara 
        (PhD): Real-time Wireless Sensor Networks.
    
        
  • 
        
    
		
        Chien-Liang Fok
        (PhD, with Catalin Roman): Flexible Middleware for 
		Wireless Sensor Networks. 
    
		
  • 
        
    
		Greg Hackmann (PhD): 
        Unified Power Management Architecture.
    
        
  • 
        
    
		Yuanfang Zhang (PhD, with Chris Gill): 
		Distributed Real-Time Embedded Middleware.

      

		Graduated

      
    
        
  • 
        
    
		
        Xiaorui Wang (PhD, 2006): 
        Assistant professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
    
        
  • 
        
    
		
        Guoliang Xing (PhD, 2006): 
        Assistant professor, City University of Hong Kong.
    
        
  • 
        
    Qingfeng Huang 
        (PhD 2003, with
        Catalin Roman): Researcher, Palo Alto Research Center 
		(PARC).
    • 
        
  • 
        
    
        Fei Sun 
		(MS, 2008)
    
        
  • 
		
    
		Yingming 
        Chen (MS, 2007): Software Engineer at Microsoft.
    
		
  • 
		
    
		Kevin 
        Klues (MS, 2007): Researcher at Stanford University.
    
		
        

      


      

      Awards

      
    
		
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		NSF 
      CAREER Award, 2005.
    
		
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  • 

      
    
		
		Best 
		Paper Award, International Conference on Distributed Computing in 
		Sensor Systems (DCOSS), June 2006.
    
        
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  • 
		
    
		Outstanding Graduate Student 
      Research Award, Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia, 
      2000.
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		Conference Organization

	
      

		Technical Program 
      Committee

      
      


      

		
		Conferences

      

        
        

          
            

			Conference

          
            

			Submission Deadline 

          
            

			Dates

        

          
          	
			ECRTS
           
          July 2-4, 2008
        

        

          
          	
			SenSys
           
          November 
			5-7, 2008
        

        

          
          	
			Middleware
           
          December 1-5, 
			2008
        

		

          
          	RTSS
           
          December 1-3, 
			2008
        

        

          
          	
			INFOCOM
          August 29, 2008
          April 19-25, 
			2009