Chenyang Lu

Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Director, Cyber-Physical Systems Laboratory
Washington University in St. Louis

Editor-in-Chief, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks
General Chair, IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS'13)

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

• [News] Matthew Roblez: Structural Engineering Saves Lives

• [News Release] Engineering Professor Working to Help Bridges Survive Natural Disaster

• [Event] Serving as General Chair of IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS'13)
  

• [Paper] Prioritizing Local Inter-Domain Communication in Xen [IWQoS'13]

• [Talk] Real-Time Wireless Control Networks for Cyber-Physical Systems [Temple]

• [Talk] Energy-Efficient Low Power Listening for Wireless Sensor Networks in Noisy Environments [IPSN'13]

• [Talk] Towards Real-Time Clouds for Cyber-Physical Systems [NSF Cloud Computing for CPS Workshop]
  

• [Tutorial] Introduction to Control Theory and Its Application to Feedback Computing [CPSWeek'13]

• [Event] Served as General Chair of International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS'13)
  

• [Paper] Energy-Efficient Low Power Listening for Wireless Sensor Networks in Noisy Environments [IPSN'13]

• [Paper] Realistic Case Studies of Wireless Structural Control [ICCPS'13]

• [Paper] A Real-Time Scheduling Service for Parallel Tasks [RTAS'13]

• [Talk] Real-Time Wireless Control Networks: Challenges and Directions [NITRD Clockwork Workshop]

• [Grant] Development of Cost-effective, Compact Electrical Ultrafine Particle (eUFP) Sizers and Wireless eUFP Sensor Network [EPA]

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

• [Paper] Practical Control of Transmission Power for Wireless Sensor Networks [ICNP'12]

• [Paper] Experiences with an End-To-End Wireless Clinical Monitoring System [WH'12]

• [Paper] Feedback Thermal Control of Real-time Systems on Multicore Processors [EMSOFT'12]

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

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

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Teaching

• CSE 521S Wireless Sensor Networks, Fall 2012.

• CSE 467S Embedded Computing Systems, Every Spring.

• CSE 520S Real-Time Systems, Fall 2013.

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

• Tutorials 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]

• Real-Time Wireless Control Networks

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

• Real-Time Scheduling for Parallel Tasks

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

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

• Development of Cost-effective, Compact Electrical Ultrafine Particle (eUFP) Sizers and Wireless eUFP Sensor Network [EPA]
  

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

• Reliable Home Area Networking for Energy-Efficient Buildings and Homes [WU I-CARES]

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

Completed Projects

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

• Reconfigurable MAC Architecture [Samsung Electronics]

• 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 (citation data)
• ACM Publications (through ACM Author-Izer)
  

Selected Talks

• Real-Time Wireless Control Networks for Cyber-Physical Systems, Computer Science Colloquium, Temple University, April 2013.
  

• Energy-Efficient Low Power Listening for Wireless Sensor Networks in Noisy Environments, ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN'13), April 2013.

• Towards Real-Time Clouds for Cyber-Physical Systems, NSF Workshop on Cloud Computing for Cyber-Physical Systems, March 2013.

• Real-Time Wireless Control Networks: Challenges and Directions, NITRD National Workshop on the New Clockwork for Time-Critical Systems, October 2012.

• Feedback Thermal Control of Real-time Systems on Multicore Processors, ACM International Conference on Embedded Software (EMSOFT'12), October 2012.

• Cyber-Physical Co-Design for Wireless Structural Health Monitoring, Distinguished Lecture, University of Louisville, November 2011.

• My (biased) Perspective on CPS, Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS'11), 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), 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.

• RT-Xen: Real-Time Virtualization Platform based on Xen
• WCPS: Wireless Cyber-Physical Simulator for Wireless Control Systems
  
• MLA: Component-based MAC Layer Architecture for Wireless Sensor Networks
  
• FC-ORB: Distributed Real-Time Middleware with Feedback Control
• Agilla: Moble Agent Middleware for Wireless Sensor Networks
  

Graduate Students

Current

• Rahav Dor (PhD): Body Sensor Networks.
• Yong Fu (PhD): Adaptive QoS Control.
• Dolvara Gunatilaka (PhD)
• Bo Li (PhD): Wireless Structural Health Monitoring and Control.
• Chong Li (PhD)
• Jing Li (PhD, with Kunal Agrawal): 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.

• 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).

• Andrew Kutta (MS, 2013)
  
• Zhicheng Yang (MS, 2012)
  
• Weijun Guo (MS, 2009)
• Fei Sun (MS, 2008)
• Yingming Chen (MS, 2007)
• Kevin Klues (MS, 2007)

Awards

• Best Paper Award Nominee, IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), 2012.
  
• 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.
• Best Paper Award Nominees (two papers), International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), 2005.
• Best Paper Award Nominee, 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.

Conference Organization

• Program Chair, ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys), 2014.
  

• General Chair, IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), 2013.

• General Chair, ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS), 2013.

• Poster Chair, ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys), 2013.

• 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.

• 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.

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

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

Recent Technical Program Committees

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

• 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, 2013.

• INFOCOM, 2008 - 2014.

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

• Wireless Health, 2011 - 2013.

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

• International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN), 2013. 

• International Workshop on Networks of Cooperating Objects for Smart Cities (CONET), 2013.
  

• International Workshop on Reliable CyberPhysical Systems (WRCPS), 2012.

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

Steering Committees

• Executive Committee Member, IEEE Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems, 2009 - 2010, 2013 - present.

• Steering Committee Member, International Conference on Body Area Networks (BodyNets), 2011 - 2012.

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

• Steering Committee Member, International Workshop on Feedback Computing, 2008 - present.