Chenyang Lu

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

Editor-in-Chief, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks

Google Scholar Profile

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

• [News] IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS'12) - Submission Deadline: May 15

• [News] Wireless clinical project featured in a special report in IEEE Signal Processing Magazine.

• [News] Greg Hackmann joined Google.

• [Paper] Near Optimal Rate Selection for Wireless Control Systems [RTAS'12] - Best Paper Candidate

• [Paper] Realizing Compositional Scheduling through Virtualization [RTAS'12]

• [Paper] Implementation and Evaluation of Mixed-Criticality Scheduling Approaches for Periodic Tasks [RTAS'12]

• [Paper] Submodular Game for Distributed Application Allocation in Shared Sensor Networks [INFOCOM'12]

• [News] Serving as TPC Chair of IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS'12).
  

• [News] MAC Layer Architecture (MLA) upgraded for TinyOS 2.1.1.

• [News] Abu's parallel real-time scheduling paper received Best Student Paper Award of RTSS'11.

• [Talk] Cyber-Physical Co-Design for Wireless Structural Health Monitoring, Distinguished Lecture, University of Louisville.

• [Grant] CyberMech, a Novel Run-Time Substrate for Cyber-Mechanical Systems [NSF CPS]

• [Paper] Multi-core Real-Time Scheduling for Generalized Parallel Task Models [RTSS'11]

• [News] Serving as TPC Chair of ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS'12)

• [News] Named Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks

• [News] Wireless Network in Hospital Monitors Vital Signs - News Release

• [Grant] Protocols and Analysis for Predictable Wireless Sensor Networks [NSF NeTS]

• [Paper] RT-Xen: Towards Real-time Hypervisor Scheduling in Xen [EMSOFT'11]

• [News] Octav Chipara joined University of Iowa as Assistant Professor.

• [Paper] Toward a Two-Tier Clinical Warning System for Hospitalized Patients [AMIA'11]

• [Talk] My (biased) Perspective on CPS, ECRTS'11 Panel on Networked Monitoring and Control/Cyber-Physical Systems.

• [Paper] Empirical Studies for Home-Area Sensor Networks in Real Homes [IWQoS'11]

• [Paper] Priority Assignment for Real-Time Flows in WirelessHART Networks [ECRTS'11]

• [Paper] Interference-Aware Real-Time Flow Scheduling for Wireless Sensor Networks [ECRTS'11]

• [News] Discussed RFID-based Credit Card Security on Local NBC Affiliate.

• [News] Real-time Systems Article on Feedback Control Scheduling Is Most Cited Since 2002.

• [Paper] ARCH: Practical Channel Hopping for Reliable Home-Area Sensor Networks [RTAS'11]

• [Paper] End-to-End Delay Analysis for Fixed Priority Scheduling in WirelessHART Networks [RTAS'11]

• [News] Served as TPC Chair of International Conference on Body Area Networks (BodyNets'11).

• [News] CPS Week Workshop on Real-Time Wireless for Industrial Applications.

• [News] RT-Xen: An Open-Source Virtual Machine Manager for Real-Time Virtualization.

• [Talk] PRECISE seminar on Wireless Clinical Monitoring at University of Pennsylvania.

• [Grant] Cyber-Physical Co-Design of Wireless Monitoring and Control for Civil Infrastructure [NSF CPS]

• [Paper] Real-Time Scheduling for WirelessHART Networks [RTSS'10]

• [Paper] Reliable Clinical Monitoring using Wireless Sensor Networks [SenSys'10]

• [News] Guest Editor of Special Section on Cyber-Physical Systems and Cooperating Objects of TII.

.Teaching

• CSE 521S Wireless Sensor Networks, Fall 2010.

• CSE 467S Embedded Computing Systems, Every Spring.

• CSE 520S Real-Time Systems, Fall 2011.

• CSE 730x Research Seminar on Software Systems, Every Semester.

• Tutorials and Book Chapter on Feedback Control Theory for Computing Systems.

• Dragon Star Lecture on Wireless Sensor Networks, May 2008.

Cyber-Physical Systems Lab

Current Projects

• Cyber-Physical Co-Design of Wireless Monitoring and Control for Civil Infrastructure [NSF CPS]

• Wireless Sensor Network Technology for Clinical Monitoring [NIH, ICTS, BJHF]

• Real-Time Wireless Control Networks

• RT-Xen: Real-Time Virtualization based on Hierarchical Scheduling

• Generalized Submodular Optimization for Integrated Networked Sensing Systems [NSF NeTS]

• Protocols and Analysis for Predictable Wireless Sensor Networks [NSF NeTS]

• An Interdisciplinary Approach to Detecting Falls Among the Elderly [WU URSA]

• Reconfigurable MAC Architecture [Samsung Electronics]

• CyberMech, a Novel Run-Time Substrate for Cyber-Mechanical Systems [NSF CPS]

Completed Projects

• Adaptive QoS Control in Distributed Real-Time Embedded Systems [NSF CAREER]

• Home-Area Networks for Smart Energy and Home Automation [Broadcom, Emerson Climate Technologies]

• Configurable Cyberphysical Instrument for Real-time Hybrid Testing [NSF MRI]

• Wireless Sensor Networks Testbed [NSF CRI]

• Unified and Configurable Power Management for Wireless Sensor Networks [NSF NeTS-NOSS]

• Fluid Software Infrastructure for Wireless Sensor Networks [NSF NeTS-NOSS]

• Spatiotemporal Protocols and Analysis in Wireless Sensor Network [NSF ITR]

• Adaptive Resource Control for Certifiable Systems [DARPA ARMS]

Publications

• Full List of Papers (ordered by year)
• Google Scholar Profile

Selected Recent Talks

• Cyber-Physical Co-Design for Wireless Structural Health Monitoring, Distinguished Lecture, University of Louisville.
• My (biased) Perspective on CPS, Panel on Networked Monitoring and Control/Cyber-Physical Systems, Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS'11), Porto, Portugal, July 2011.
• Reliable Clinical Monitoring using Wireless Sensor Networks: Experience in a Step-down Hospital Unit, ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys'10), Zurich, Switzerland, November 2010.
• Toward Wireless Clinical Monitoring in General Hospital Units, PRECISE Seminar, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, October 2010.
• Real-Time Wireless Sensor Networks, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, April 2010.
• Distributed Structural Health Monitoring, CONet Joint Seminar, Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS), Stockholm, Sweden, July 2009.

Graduate Students

Current

• Rahav Dor (PhD): Body Sensor Networks.
• Yong Fu (PhD): Adaptive QoS Control.
• Bo Li (PhD): Wireless Structural Health Monitoring and Control.
• Jing Li (PhD): Real-Time Parallel Scheduling.
• Abusayeed Saifullah (PhD): Real-Time Sensor Networks.
• Mo Sha (PhD) Low-Power Wireless.
• Chengjie Wu (PhD) Sensor Network Optimization.
• Sisu Xi (PhD, with Chris Gill): Real-Time Virtualization.

• Chong Li (MS)
• Zhicheng Yang (MS)
  

• Greg Hackmann (PhD, 2011): Software Engineer, Google
• Octav Chipara (PhD 2010, with Catalin Roman) Assistant Professor, University of Iowa.
• Chien-Liang Fok (PhD, 2009, with Catalin Roman): Postdoc, University of Texas at Austin.
• Sangeeta Bhattacharya (PhD 2008, with Catalin Roman): Research Scientist, Intel Research (India).
• Yuanfang Zhang (PhD 2008, with Chris Gill): Developer, Microsoft Research (Redmond).
• Xiaorui Wang (PhD 2006): Associate Professor, Ohio State University.
• Guoliang Xing (PhD 2006): Assistant Professor, Michigan State University.
• Qingfeng Huang (PhD 2003, with Catalin Roman): Start up (formerly with Xerox PARC).

• Weijun Guo (MS, 2009)
• Fei Sun (MS, 2008)
• Yingming Chen (MS, 2007)
• Kevin Klues (MS, 2007)

Awards

• Best Student Paper Award, IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), 2011.
• Best Paper Award, International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS), 2006.
• NSF CAREER Award, 2005.
• Nominations for Best Paper Award (two papers), International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), 2005.
• Nomination for Best Paper Award, International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), 2003.
• Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award, Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia, 2000.
  

Professional Service

Editorships

• Editor-in-Chief, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, 2011 - present.

• Associate Editor, Real-Time Systems, 2010 - present.

• Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Special Section on Cyber-Physical Systems and Cooperating Objects, 2012.

• Guest Editor, Real-Time Systems, Special Issue on Real-Time Wireless Sensor Networks, 2007.

• Associate Editor, International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNet), 2006 - 2011.

Steering Committees

• Steering Committee Member, International Conference on Body Area Networks (BodyNets), 2011 - present.

• Steering Committee Member, International Conference on Principles of Distributed Systems (OPODIS), 2011 - present.

• Executive Committee Member (Relations Sub-Committee Chair), IEEE Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems, 2009 - 2010.

• Steering Committee Member, NSF Bridge Condition Monitoring and  Prognostication Workshop, 2008.

• Steering Committee Member, International Workshop on Feedback Control Implementation and Design in Computing Systems and Networks (FeBID), 2008 - present.

Conference Organization

• Program Chair, IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), 2012.

• Program Chair, ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS), 2012.

• Program Chair, International Conference on Body Area Networks (BodyNets), 2011.

• Program Vice Chair on Sensor Networks and Ubiquitous Computing, International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, 2011.

• Program Chair, International Workshop on Real-Time Wireless for Industrial Applications, 2011.

• Workshop Chair, ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN), 2011.

• Program Chair, International Conference on Principles of Distributed Systems (OPODIS), 2010.

• Program Vice Chair on Systems and Applications, IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), 2010. 

• Chair, PhD Forum on Cyber-Physical Systems, IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), 2009. 

• Track Chair of Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), 2007, 2009. 

• General Chair, IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), 2009.

• Publication Chair, International Conference on Body Area Networks (BodyNets), 2009.

• Publicity Chair, European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN), 2009. 

• Program Chair, IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), 2008.

• Program Chair, IEEE Workshop on Feedback Control Implementation and Design in Computing Systems and Networks (FeBID), 2007.

• General Chair, International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Real-time Systems (WPDRTS), 2007.

• Work-in-Progress Chair, IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), 2007.

• Web Chair, ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN), 2007.

• Program Chair, International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Real-time Systems (WPDRTS), 2006.

• Demo Chair, ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys), 2005.

• Publicity Chair, ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys), 2004.

• Publicity Chair, IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), 2004.  

Technical Program Committees

• ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys), 2007, 2012.

• IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), 2003 - 2006, 2010, 2011.

• IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), 2003 - 2007, 2011, 2012.

• ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN), 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012.

• INFOCOM, 2008 - 2013.

• International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), 2005 - 2010, 2012.

• ACM International Conference on Embedded Software (EMSOFT), 2011.

• Wireless Health, 2011, 2012.

• International Conference on Body Sensor Networks (BSN), 2011.

• European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN), 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012.

• IEEE Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), 2009 - 2011.

• International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN'11), 2011. 

• International Workshop on Computing and Networking for Internet of Things (ComNet-IoT), 2012.

• ACM Workshop on Pervasive Wireless Healthcare (MobileHealth'11), 2011.

• International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Networking Systems (CPNS), 2011. 

• International Workshop on Networks of Cooperating Objects (CONET), 2011. 

• International Workshop on Large-Scale Cyber-Physical Systems (LCPS), 2011. 

• Joint Workshop on High-Confidence Medical Devices, Software, and Systems & Medical Device Plug-n-Play, 2011. 

• International Workshop on Feedback Control Implementation and Design in Computing Systems and Networks (FeBID), 2006, 2008, 2010. 

• IEEE International Conference on Sensor Networks, Ubiquitous, and Trustworthy Computing (SUTC), 2010. 

• IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), 2005 - 2007, 2009, 2011. 

• International Conference On Principles Of DIstributed Systems (OPODIS), 2009, 2011. 

• International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS), 2009. 

• International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems (WCPS), 2008, 2009. 

• International Workshop on Real-Time Networks (RTN), 2009. 

• ACM International Workshop on Medical-Grade Wireless Networks (WiMD), 2009. 

• IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS), 2008. 

• International Workshop on Mobile Device and Urban Sensing (MODUS), 2008. 

• International Workshop on Wireless Sensor Network Architecture (WWSNA), 2007. 

• IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2007. 

• IEEE International Symposium on Object-oriented Real-time Computing (ISORC), 2007. 

• International Workshop on Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor and Ad-hoc Networks (WTASA), 2007. 

• International Workshop on Agent Technology for Sensor Networks (ATSN), 2007. 

• International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS), 2006. 

• International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networking and Services (MobiQuitous), 2005, 2006. 

• IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2006. 

• International Workshop on Real-World Wireless Sensor Networks (REALWSN), 2006. 

• IEEE WirelessCom: Symposium on Wireless Sensor Networks, 2005. 

• ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, 2003, 2004.