Chenyang Lu

Fullgraf Professor
Director of Cyber-Physical Systems Laboratory (CPSL)
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Washington University in St. Louis

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Office: Jolley Hall 213
E-mail: lu@wustl.edu
Phone: (314) 935-4855

• [News] PhD Student Openings (9/2019)
  

• [Paper] Feasibility Study of Monitoring Deterioration of Outpatients Using Multi-modal Data Collected by Wearables [HEALTH]
  

• [News] Abusayeed Saifullah became the 4th NSF CAREER Awardee among CPSL alumni (7/2019)
  

• [Paper] FRAME: Fault Tolerant and Real-Time Messaging for Edge Computing [ICDCS'19]
  

• [Talk] Dependable Industrial Internet of Things (Slides, Photos) [Keynote at CPS Week 2018]
  

• [Event] Served as General Chair of the first IEEE International Conference on Industrial Internet (ICII'18)

• [News] Serving as Chair of IEEE Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems
  

• [Event] Served as IoT Chair of ACM Embedded Systems Week

• [News] Washington University in St. Louis atop the embedded and real-time systems area in CS Rankings
  

• [Event] Served as General Chair of ACM/IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things Design and Implementation (IoTDI'18)

• [Paper] Holistic Cyber-Physical Management for Dependable Wireless Control Systems [TCPS]
  

• [Paper] Multi-Mode Virtualization for Soft Real-Time Systems (Slides) [RTAS'18]
  

• [News] Jing Li became the 2nd CPSL student to receive the Jonathan S. Turner Dissertation Award (2017)
  

• [Paper] Enabling Reliable, Asynchronous, and Bidirectional Communication in Sensor Networks over White Spaces [SenSys'17]
  

• [Talk] Real-Time Internet of Things [Keynote at ISORC'17]
  

• [Talk] Towards Real-Time Cloud Computing (Slides) [Uppsala University]
  

• [News] NSF CPS grant on industrial wireless control systems (8/2016)
  

• [Video] Advancing Real-Time Virtualization, Cloud Computing [HEC-TV] (7/2016)
  

• [News] Computer Scientists to Expand Work in Real-Time Virtualization (1/2016)
  

• [News] Named IEEE Fellow (Citation: for Contributions to Adaptive Real-Time Computing Systems) (1/2016)

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Teaching

• CSE 521S Wireless Sensor Networks, Fall 2019.

• CSE 520S Real-Time Systems

• CSE 7300 02 Research Seminar on Software Systems

• CSE 467S Embedded Computing Systems

• Networked Embedded Systems, Telecommunications Graduate Initiative, Ireland, July 2014.

• Tutorials on Feedback Control Theory for Computing Systems.

Cyber-Physical Systems Lab

Current Projects

• Real-Time Virtualization and Cloud Computing [NSF NeTS]

• Dependable Industrial Internet of Things [NSF CPS]
  

• Internet of Medical 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]

• Energy Consumption Profiling and Occupant Behavior Learning for Efficient Energy Use in Buildings [WU I-CARES]

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

• Reconfigurable MAC Architecture [Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology]

• 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]
  

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

• 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

• 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 (PhD)
  
• Chong Li (PhD): Real-Time Cloud
• Dingwen Li (PhD): Internet of Medical Things
  
• Haoran Li (PhD): Real-Time Cloud
  
• Jiangnan Liu (PhD, with Roch Guerin)
  
• Yehan Ma (PhD): Industrial Internet of Things
  

• 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.
• 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. NSF CAREER Awardee
• Guoliang Xing (PhD 2006): Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong. NSF CAREER Awardee
• Qingfeng Huang (PhD 2003, with Gruia-Catalin Roman): Startup.

Awards

• IEEE Fellow, Citation: for Contributions to Adaptive Real-Time Computing Systems, 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 Sensor Networks, 2011 - 2017.
• Associate Editor, ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems, 2015 - present.
  
• Associate Editor, Real-Time Systems, 2010 - present.
• Area Editor, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2013 - 2017.
• 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.
• Associate Editor, International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNet), 2006 - 2011.

Selected Conference Organization

• 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 - present.
• 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.

Recent Technical Program Committees

• IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), Systems Track, 2018.
  
• IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), IoT Track, 2017.
• ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys), New Directions Papers, 2017.
  
• 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 (Program Chair).