Teaching

• CSE 521S Wireless Sensor Networks (Internet of Things), Fall 2021.

• CSE 520S Real-Time Systems, Spring 2021.

• CSE 7300 Research Seminar on Software Systems, Spring 2021.

• CSE 7100 Research Seminar on Machine Learning for Health, Spring 2020.

• CSE 467S Embedded Computing Systems.

• Tutorials on Feedback Control Theory for Computing Systems.

Cyber-Physical Systems Lab

Current Projects

• AI and Internet of Medical Things for Healthcare

• Real-Time Virtualization and Cloud Computing
  

• Dependable Industrial Internet of Things
  

Samples of Completed Projects

• Real-Time Scheduling for Parallel Tasks [NSF XPS]

• Safety-Feature Modeling and Adaptive Resource Management for Mixed-Criticality Cyber-Physical Systems [NSF CPS]

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

• 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]

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

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

• 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] 
  

Publications

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

Selected Talks

• Internet of Medical Things: Predicting Clinical Outcomes and Digital Phenotyping with Wearables and Machine Learning, Washington University School of Medicine, 2019.
  

• Predicting Clinical Outcomes with Wearables: Machine Learning from Small Data, mHealth Research Core, 2019.
  

• Machine Learning for Healthcare: From Wearables to Electronic Health Record, AI in Health, Washington University, 2019.
  

• Dependable Industrial Internet of Things (Slides), Keynote, Cyber-Physical Systems Week, April 2018.

• Dependable Internet of Things, University of Notre Dame, November 2017.

• Real-Time Internet of Things, Keynote, IEEE International Symposium on Real-Time Computing (ISORC'17), May 2017.

• Towards Real-Time Cloud Computing (Slides), Uppsala University, February 2017.

• Wireless Control: Opportunities and Challenges, Plenary Panel, ACM Embedded Systems Week (ESWeek), October 2016.

• Dependable Wireless Control through Cyber-Physical Co-Design (Slides), Keynote, International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks (EWSN), February 2016.
  

• RT-Xen: Real-Time Virtualization for Multicore Embedded Systems, First TCRTS Workshop on Certifiable Multicore Avionics Systems (CMAS), Aprtl 2015.
  

• Golden Age of Internet of Things (Video), Installation as Fullgraf Professor, February 2015.
  

• Perspective on the Future of Embedded Systems and ESWeek, Panel on ESWeek at Crossroads: New Applications, New Challenges, and the Road Ahead Toward Designing New "Things", ACM Embedded Systems Week (ESWeek), October 2014.
  

• Real-Time Wireless Control Networks for Cyber-Physical Systems, University Colleage Cork, July 2014.
  

• RT-Xen: Real-Time Virtualization for Embedded and Cloud Computing Hong Kong Polytechnic University, May 2014.

• RT-Xen: Real-Time Virtualization for the Cloud, Invited Talk, LCCC Cloud Control Workshop, May 2014.

• Challenges in Wireless Control Networks for Cyber-Physical Systems, Panel on Networking Challenges for Cyber-Physical Systems, INFOCOM, May 2014.

• Real-Time Wireless Control Networks for Cyber-Physical Systems, Keynote, International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems (PECCS'14), January 2014.

• Wireless Clinical Monitoring at Scale, Distinguished Lecture, DGIST Global Innovation Festival (DGIF), November 2013.

• Wireless Clinical Monitoring at Scale, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, November 2013.

• Smart Buildings with Wireless Sensor Networks, I-CARES/PARC Events and Topics in Renewable Energy and the Environment, Washington University, November 2013.

• Real-Time Wireless Control Networks for Cyber-Physical Systems, Keynote, IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Embedded Systems (SIES'13), June 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
• Benchmark Problem in Active Structural Control with Wireless Sensor Network
  
• 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
  

PhD Students

Current

• Ruixuan Dai: Mobile Health
• Rahav Dor: Edge Computing
• Dingwen Li: Machine Learning for Health
• Hanyang Liu: Machine Learning for Health
• Ruiqi Wang: Real-Time Edge Computing
• Bing Xue: Machine Learning for Health
• Jingwen Zhang: Machine Learning for Health

• Haoran Li (PhD 2021)
• Yehan Ma (PhD 2020)
• Chong Li (PhD 2020)
• Chao Wang (PhD 2019, with Chris Gill): Assistant Professor, National Taiwan Normal University.
• Dolvara Gunatilaka (PhD 2019): Instructor, Mahidol University.
• Jing Li (PhD 2017, with Kunal Agrawal): Assistant Professor, New Jersey Institute of Technology.
• Bo Li (PhD 2015): Startup.
• Chengjie Wu (PhD 2014): Research Scientist, Facebook.
• Sisu Xi (PhD 2014, with Chris Gill): Software Engineer, Facebook.
• Mo Sha (PhD 2014): Assistant Professor, State University of New York at Binghamton. NSF CAREER Awardee
• Abusayeed Saifullah (PhD 2014): Assistant Professor, Wayne State University. NSF CAREER Awardee
• Yong Fu (PhD 2013): Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Unity.
• Greg Hackmann (PhD, 2011): Software Engineer, Apple.
• Octav Chipara (PhD 2010, with Gruia-Catalin Roman) Associate Professor, University of Iowa. NSF CAREER Awardee
• Chien-Liang Fok (PhD 2009, with Gruia-Catalin Roman): Researcher, Toyota Research Institute.
• Sangeeta Bhattacharya (PhD 2008, with Gruia-Catalin Roman): Research Scientist, Intel Research (India).
• Yuanfang Zhang (PhD 2008, with Chris Gill): Developer, Microsoft Research (Redmond).
• Xiaorui Wang (PhD 2006): Professor, Ohio State University. IEEE Fellow
• Guoliang Xing (PhD 2006): Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong. IEEE Fellow
• Qingfeng Huang (PhD 2003, with Gruia-Catalin Roman): Startup.

Awards

• ACM Fellow, 2020.
• IEEE Fellow, 2016.
• ACM Distinguished Speaker, 2017-2020.
• Best Paper Award, IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), 2019.
• Outstanding Paper Award, IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), 2016.
• Distinguished Paper Award, American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium (AMIA), 2015.
• Best Paper Award, IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), 2014.
• Outstanding Paper Award, Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS), 2013.
• 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.
• Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award, Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia, 2000.

Professional Services

Editorships

• Editor-in-Chief, ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems, 2021 - present.
• Editor-in-Chief, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, 2011 - 2017.
• Area Editor, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2013 - 2018.
• Associate Editor, Real-Time Systems, 2010 - 2018.
• Guest Editor, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Special Issue on Emerging Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) for Ubiquitous Healthcare, 2013.
• 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.

• Program Chair, IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication and Networking (SECON), 2021.
• Test of Time Award Committee Chair, ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys), 2019.
• General Chair, IEEE International Conference on Industrial Internet (ICII), 2018.
• IoT Chair, ACM Embedded Systems Week, 2018.
• General Chair, ACM/IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things Design and Implementation (IoTDI), 2018.
• Program Chair, ACM/IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things Design and Implementation (IoTDI), 2017.
• Program Chair, International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks (EWSN), 2017.
• Organizer, SC2: US-India Smart and Connected Communities Workshop, 2016.
• Program Chair, IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA), 2016.
• 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.
• 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 Chair, International Conference on Principles of Distributed Systems (OPODIS), 2010.
• 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.

Steering and Executive Committees

• Chair, IEEE Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems (TCRTS), 2018 - 2019.
• Vice Chair, IEEE Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems (TCRTS), 2016 - 2017.
  
• Steering Committee Member, ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys), 2014 - 2017.
• 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 - 2017.

Recent Technical Program Committees

• ACM/IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things Design and Implementation (IoTDI), 2021.
• AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2021.
• ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys), 2020.
• IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), 2020.