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Energy-Aware Computing                             

Security-Aware Real-Time Systems              

Load Balancing for I/O-Intensive Applications 

Real-time and Fault-tolerant Systems           

Real-time Collaborative Systems                  

Parallel File Systems on Clusters                 

Data Grids                                                  

[Total: 18; Journal Papers: 3; Conference Papers: 15]

[Total: 25; Journal Papers: 9; Book Chapters: 2; Conference Papers: 14]

[Total: 15; Journal Papers: 6; Conference Papers: 9]

[Total: 15; Journal Papers: 4; Book Chapters: 1; Conference Papers: 10]

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[Total: 5; Journal Papers: 2; Book Chapters: 2; Conference Papers: 1]

 

Energy-Aware Computing [Total: 16 | Journal Papers: 3 | Conference Papers: 13 | Back to Top

J3. An Energy-Delay Tunable Task Allocation Strategy for Collaborative Applications in Networked Embedded Systems.

T. Xie and X. Qin, IEEE Transactions on Computers. Submitted Nov. 2006; revised April 2007; accepted July 2007.

J2. Conserving Energy in Real-Time Wireless Networks via Message Scheduling.

X. Qin, M. Alghamdi, T. Xie, and M. Nijim, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. Submitted Jan. 2006; revised Aug. 2006.

J1. Energy-Efficient Scheduling for Parallel Applications on Mobile Clusters. 

Z.-L. Zong, M. Nijim, and X. Qin, Cluster Computing: The Journal of Networks, Software Tools and Applications. Submitted May 2006; revised Jan. 2007; accepted March 2007.

C15. PASS: Power-Aware Scheduling of Mixed Applications with Deadline Constraints on Clusters.

C. Liu, X. Qin, and S. Li, , Proc. the 17th Int'l Conf. Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Aug. 2008.

C14. Energy Conservation for Real-Time Disk Systems with I/O Burstiness.

A. Roth, A. Manzanares, K. Bellam, M. Nijim, and X. Qin, Proc. IEEE Int'l Workshop Next Generation Autonomous Storage and High Performance Computing , St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Aug. 2008.

C13. Improving Reliability and Energy Efficiency of Disk Systems via Utilization Control.

K. Bellam, A. Manzanares, X. Ruan, X. Qin, and Y.-M. Yang, Proc. IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC'08), July 2008.

C12. A Prefetching Scheme for Energy Conservation in Parallel Disk Systems.

A. Manzanares, K. Bellam, and X. Qin, Proc. NSF Next Generation Software Program Workshop, April 2008.

C11. Improving Reliability and Energy Efficiency of Disk Systems.

K. Bellam, A. Manzanares, and X. Qin, Proc. 46th ACM Southeast Conference, March 2008.

C10. A Simulation Framework for Energy-efficient Data Grids.

Z.-L. Zong, K. Bellam, X.-J. Ruan, A. Manzanares, X. Qin, and Y.-M Yang, Proc. Winter Simulation Conference, Washington, D.C., Dec. 2007.

C9. Design and Performance Analysis of Energy-Efficient Parallel Storage Systems. 

Z.-L. Zong, M.E. Briggs, N.W. O'Connor, X. Qin, M. Alghamdi, and Y.-M. Yang, the Commodity Cluster Symp. 2007 (CCS), Annapolis, Maryland, July 2007.

C8. Energy-Efficient Scheduling for Parallel Applications Running on Heterogeneous Clusters. [Abstract | PDF]

Z.-L. Zong, X. Qin, M. Nijim, X.-J. Ruan, K. Bellam, and M. Alghamdi, Proc. 36th Int'l Conf. Parallel Processing (ICPP), Sept. 2007.

C7. An Energy-Efficient Scheduling Algorithm Using Dynamic Voltage Scaling for Parallel Applications on Clusters. [Abstract | PDF]

X.-J. Ruan, X. Qin, M. Nijim, Z.-L. Zong, and K. Bellam, Proc. 16th IEEE Int'l Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), Honolulu, Hawaii, Aug. 2007.

C6. An Energy-Efficient Framework for Large-Scale Parallel Storage Systems. [Abstract | PDF]

Z.-L. Zong, M.E. Briggs, N.W. O'Connor, and X. Qin, Proc. 21st Int'l Parallel and Distributed Processing Symp. (IPDPS), 8th IEEE Int'l Workshop Parallel and Distributed Scientific and Engineering Computing, Long Beach, CA, March 2007.

C5. Scheduling of Periodic Packets in Energy-Aware Wireless Networks. [Abstract | PDF]

X. Qin, M. Alghamdi, M. Nijim, Z.-L. Zong, and K. Bellam, Proc. the 26th IEEE Int'l Performance Computing and Communications Conf. (IPCCC'07), New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2007.

C4. HAGEES: A High Availability Guaranteed Energy-Efficient Scheduling Strategy for High-Performance Clusters.

Z.-L. Zong, M. Nijim, M. Alghamdi, and X. Qin, Proc. 2006 the 7th Symp. of the Los Alamos Computer Sci. Institute, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 2006.

C3. Energy-Efficient Duplication Strategies for Scheduling Precedence Constrained Parallel Tasks on Clusters. [ Abstract | PDF ]

Z.-L. Zong, A. Manzanares, B. Stinar, and X. Qin, Proc. IEEE 8th International Conference on Cluster Computing (Cluster'06), Sept. 2006.

C2. Solving Energy-Latency Dilemma: Task Allocation for Parallel Applications in Heterogeneous Embedded Systems. [ Abstract | PDF ]

T. Xie, X. Qin, and M. Nijim, Proc. 35th International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 2006.

C1. PARM: A Power-Aware Message Scheduling Algorithm for Real-Time Wireless Networks. [ Abstract | PDF ]

M. Alghamdi, T. Xie, X. Qin, the 8th ACM Int'l Symp. Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM), Workshop on Wireless Multimedia Networking and Performance Modeling, Montreal, Oct. 2005.  

 Security-Aware Real-Time Systems [Total: 24 | Journal Papers: 9 | Book Chapters: 2 | Conference Papers: 13 | Back to Top] 

J9. Integrating Security and Reliability in Real-time Embedded Systems.

K. Bellam, A. Manzanares, X. Ruan, and X. Qin, Journal of Autonomic and Trusted Computing. Accepted March 2008.

J8. Modeling and Improving Security of a Local Disk System for Write-Intensive Workloads. [Abstract | PDF]

M. Nijim, X. Qin, and T. Xie, ACM Transactions on Storage, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 400-423, Nov. 2006.

J7. Improving Security for Periodic Tasks in Embedded Systems through Scheduling. 

T. Xie and X. Qin, ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, submitted May 2005. Accepted March 2006.

J6. Performance Evaluation of a New Scheduling Algorithm for Distributed Systems with Security Heterogeneity. [Abstract | PDF]

T. Xie and X. Qin, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, vol. 67, no. 10, pp. 1067-1081, October 2007. 

J5. Scheduling Security-Critical Real-Time Applications on Clusters. [ Abstract | PDF ]

T. Xie and X. Qin, IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 55, no. 7, pp.864-879, July 2006.

J4. Security-Driven Scheduling for Data-Intensive Applications on Grids. [Abstract | PDF]

T. Xie and X. Qin, Cluster Computing: The Journal of Networks, Software Tools and Applications, Special Issue: Evaluation and Optimization of High-Performance Computing and Networking Systems, Guest Editors: G.-Y Min and M. Ould-Khaoua, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 145-153, June 2007. 

J3. A Security Middleware Model for Real-time Applications on Grids. [ Abstract | PDF ]

T. Xie and X. Qin, IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, Feb. 2006.  

J2. Dynamic Task Scheduling with Security Awareness in Real-Time Systems. [ Abstract | PDF ]

T. Xie, X. Qin, A. H. Sung, M. Lin, and L. Yang, International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking, vol. 4, no. 3/4, 2006. 

J1. Open Issues and Challenges in Security-aware Real-Time Scheduling for Distributed Systems. [ Abstract | PDF ]

T. Xie, X. Qin, and M. Lin, Journal of Information, vol. 9, no. 2, March 2006. 

B2. A Security-Oriented Task Scheduler for Heterogeneous Distributed Systems. [ Abstract | PDF ]

T. Xie and X. Qin, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS  4297), pp. 35-46, ISBN: 978-3-540-68039-0, Springer-Verlag, Dec. 2006. Editors: Y. Roberts, M. Parashar, R. Badrinath, and V.K. Prasanna. (Proc. 13th IEEE Int'l Conf. High Performance Computing (HiPC), Dec. 2006.)

B1. Enhancing Security of Real-Time Applications on Grids through Dynamic Scheduling. [ Abstract | PDF ]

T. Xie and X. Qin, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS  3834), pp. 219-237, ISSN: 0302-9743, ISBN: 3-540-31024-X, Springer, August 2005.  Editors: D. Feitelson, E. Frachtenberg, L. Rudolph, and U. Schwiegelshohn. (Proc. the 11th Workshop on Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing (JSSPP), pp.146-158, Cambridge, MA, June 2005)

C14. Security-Aware Cache Management for Cluster Storage Systems.

M. Nijim, Z.-L. Zong, K. Bellam, X.-J. Ruan and X. Qin, Proc. the 17th Int'l Conf. Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Aug. 2008.

C13. Interplay of Security and Reliability using Non-Uniform Checkpoints. [Abstract | PDF]

K. Bellam, R. K. Vudata, X. Qin, Z.-L. Zong, M. Nijim, and X.-J. Ruan, Proc. 16th Int'l Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), Honolulu, Hawaii, Aug. 2007.  

C12. Integrating Fault Recovery and Quality of Security in Real-time Systems. [Abstract | PDF]

K. Bellam, Z. Zong, M. Alghamdi, M. Nijim, and X. Qin, Proc. IEEE Int'l Symp. Ubisafe Computing, Ontario, Canada, May 2007.

C11. Adaptive Quality of Security Control in Networked Parallel Disk Systems. [ Abstract | PDF ]

M. Nijim, X. Qin, and T. Xie, Proc. 15th Int'l Conf. Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN'06), Arlington, Virginia, Oct. 2006.

C10. SAHA: A Scheduling Algorithm for Security-Sensitive Jobs on Data Grids. [ Abstract | PDF ]

T. Xie and X. Qin, Proc.  IEEE/ACM 6th Int'l Symp. Cluster Computing and the Grid (CCGrid), 2nd Int'l Workshop on Cluster Security, May 2006.

C9. SHARP: A New Real-Time Scheduling Algorithm to Improve Security of Parallel Applications on Heterogeneous Clusters. 

       [Abstract | PDF]

T. Xie, X. Qin, and M. Nijim, Proc. 25th IEEE Int'l Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), April 2006.

C8. Awards: An Adaptive Write Scheme for Secure Local Disk Systems. [ Abstract | PDF ]

M. Nijim, X. Qin, T. Xie, and M. Alghamdi, Proc. 25th IEEE Int'l Performance Computing and Communications Conf. (IPCCC), April 2006. 

C7. An Adaptive Strategy for Secure Distributed Disk Systems.

M. Nijim, T. Xie, Z.-L. Zong, and X. Qin, NASA/IEEE Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies, WIP Session, May 2006.

C6. Incorporating Security into Real-Time Scheduling for Parallel Jobs on Clusters.

T. Xie and X. Qin, 26th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), WIP Session, Dec. 2005. 

C5. A New Allocation Scheme for Parallel Applications with Deadline and Security Constraints on Clusters. [ Abstract | PDF ]

T. Xie and X. Qin, Proc. IEEE 7th International Conference on Cluster Computing (Cluster'05), Boston, Sept. 2005. 

C4. Towards a Security Service Integration Framework for Distributed Real-Time Systems. [ Abstract | PDF ]

T. Xie and X. Qin, Proc. 18th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems, Sept. 2005. 

C3. SAREC: A Security-Aware Scheduling Strategy for Real-Time Applications on Clusters. [ Abstract | PDF ]

T. Xie, X. Qin, and A. H. Sung, Proc. 34th International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), pp.5-12, June 2005.

C2. Dynamic Task Scheduling with Security Awareness in Real-Time Systems. [ Abstract | PDF ]

T. Xie, A. H. Sung, and X. Qin, Proc. 19th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), 4th Int'l Workshop on Performance Modeling, Evaluation, and Optimization of Parallel and Distributed Systems, IEEE/ACM, April 2005.

C1. An Approach to Satisfying Security Needs of Periodic Tasks in High Performance Embedded Systems.

T. Xie, X. Qin, and A. H. Sung, 12th IEEE Int'l Conf. High Performance Computing (HiPC), poster session, Dec. 2005. (Refereed)

Load Balancing for I/O-Intensive Applications [Total: 15 | Journal Papers: 6 | Conference Papers: 9 | Back to Top

J6. Performance Comparisons of Load Balancing Algorithms for I/O-Intensive Workloads on Clusters.

X. Qin, Journal of Network and Computer Applications. Submitted Jan. 2005; revised June 2006; accepted July 2006.

J5. Design and Analysis of a Load Balancing Strategy in Data Grids. [ Abstract | PDF ]

X. Qin, Future Generation Computer Systems: The Int'l Journal of Grid Computing, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 132-137, Jan. 2007.

J4. Improving the Performance of I/O-Intensive Applications on Clusters of Workstations. [ Abstract | PDF ]

X. Qin, H. Jiang, Y. Zhu, and D. R. Swanson, Cluster Computing: The Journal of Networks, Software Tools and Applications, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 297-311, July 2006.

J3. A Feedback Control Mechanism for Balancing I/O- and Memory-Intensive Applications on Clusters. [ Abstract | PDF ]

X. Qin, H. Jiang, Y. Zhu, and D. R. Swanson, Scalable Computing: Practice and Experience, ISSN 1895-1767, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 95-107, 2005 .  

J2. Performance Analysis of an Admission Controller for CPU- and I/O- Intensive Applications in Self-Managing Computer Systems. [Abstract | PDF ]

M. Nijim, T. Xie, and X. Qin, ACM Operating Systems Review, vol. 39, no. 4, pp.37-45, October, 2005. 

J1. Dynamic Load Balancing for I/O-Intensive Tasks on Heterogeneous Clusters.

X. Qin, H. Jiang, Y. Zhu, and D. R. Swanson, Cluster Computing: The Journal of Networks, Software Tools and Applications, Special Issue on Parallel I/O in Computational Grids and Cluster Computing Systems  (Accepted).

C9. Integrating a Performance Model in Self-Managing Computer Systems under Mixed Workload Conditions.

M. Nijim, T. Xie, and X. Qin, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, Aug. 2005.

C8. Improving Effective Bandwidth of Networks on Clusters using Load Balancing for Communication-Intensive Applications. [Abstract | PDF]

X. Qin and H. Jiang, Proc.  24th IEEE Int'l Performance, Computing, and Communications Conf. (IPCCC'05), pp.27-34, April 2005. 

C7. Improving Network Performance through Task Duplication for Parallel Applications on Clusters. [ Abstract | PDF ]

X. Qin, Proc 24th IEEE Int'l Performance, Computing, and Communications Conf. (IPCCC'05), pp.35-42, April 2005.

C6. Benchmarking the CLI for I/O Intensive Computing. [ Abstract | PDF ]

X. Qin, T. Xie, A. Nathan, and V. K. Tadepalli, Proc. 19th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), 6th Int’l Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Scientific and Engineering Computing, April 2005.

C5. Dynamic Load Balancing for I/O-Intensive Tasks on Heterogeneous Clusters. [ Abstract | PDF | PS

X. Qin, H. Jiang, Y. Zhu, and D. R. Swanson, Proc. 10th Int'l Conf. High Performance Computing (HiPC), pp.300-309, Dec. 2003.

C4. Towards Load Balancing Support for I/O-Intensive Parallel Jobs in a Cluster of Workstations. [ Abstract | PDF | PS ]

X. Qin, H. Jiang, Y. Zhu, and D. R. Swanson, Proc. 5th IEEE Int'l Conf. Cluster Computing (Cluster'03), pp.100-107, Dec. 2003. 

C3. Boosting Performance for I/O-Intensive Workload by Preemptive Job Migrations in a Cluster System. [ Abstract | PDF | PS ]

X. Qin, H. Jiang, Y. Zhu, and D. R. Swanson, Proc. 15th Symp. Computer Architecture and High Perf. Computing, pp. 235-245, Nov. 2003. 

C2. A Dynamic Load Balancing Scheme for I/O-Intensive Applications in Distributed Systems. [ Abstract | PDF | PS ]

X. Qin, H. Jiang, Y. Zhu, and D. R. Swanson, Proc. 32nd Int'l Conf. Parallel Processing Workshops (ICPP Workshops), pp.79-86, Oct. 2003.  

C1. Dynamic Load balancing for I/O- and Memory-Intensive workload in Clusters using a Feedback Control Mechanism. [Abstract | PDF]

X. Qin, H. Jiang, Y. Zhu, and D. R. Swanson, Proc. 9th Int'l Euro-Par Conference on Parallel Processing (Euro-Par),  pp. 224-229, Aug. 2003. 

P2. Improving the Performance of Communication-Intensive Parallel Applications Executing on Clusters.

X. Qin and H. Jiang, 6th IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (Cluster'04, poster session), pp. 493, Sept. 2004.

P1. Dynamic  Distributed  Load Balancing Support for I/O-Intensive Parallel Applications on Clusters.

H. Jiang, D. Swanson, X. Qin, and Y. Zhu, Poster Session at CSE Research Facility Open House, U. of Nebraska-Lincoln, September 5, 2003.

T2. Boosting Performance for I/O-Intensive Workload by Preemptive Job Migrations in a Cluster System.

X. Qin and H. Jiang, Technical Report TR02-10-04, Department of Computer Sci. and Eng., Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln, Oct. 2002.

T1. A Dynamic Load Balancing Scheme for I/O-Intensive Applications in Distributed Systems.

X. Qin and H. Jiang, Technical Report TR02-10-02, Department of Computer Sci. and Eng., Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln, Oct. 2002.

Real-time and Fault-tolerant Systems [Total: 15 | Journal Papers: 4 | Book Chapters: 1 | Conference Papers: 10 | Back to Top

B1. Fault-Tolerant Scheduling Based on Periodic Tasks for Heterogeneous Systems. [Abstract]

W. Luo, F.-M. Yang, L.-P. Pang, and X. Qin, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS  4158), Autonomic and Trusted Computing, ISSN: 0302-9743, ISBN: 978-3-540-38619-3, Springer, 2006. 

J4. An Availability-Aware Task Scheduling Strategy for Heterogeneous Systems.

X. Qin and T. Xie, IEEE Transactions on Computers. Submitted March 2006; revised Aug. 2006 and Dec. 2006; accepted April 2007.

J3. A Novel Fault-tolerant Scheduling Algorithm for Precedence Constrained Tasks in Real-Time Heterogeneous Systems. [Abstract | PDF]

X. Qin and H. Jiang, Parallel Computing, vol. 32, no. 5-6, pp. 331-356, June 2006.

J2. Availability-Aware Stochastic Scheduling for Heterogeneous Clusters.

T. Xie and X. Qin, Cluster Computing: The Journal of Networks, Software Tools and Applications. Submitted May 2006; revised Dec. 2006; accepted March 2007. 

J1. A Dynamic and Reliability-driven Scheduling Algorithm for Parallel Real-time Jobs Executing on Heterogeneous Clusters.[Abstract | PDF]

X. Qin and H. Jiang, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, vol. 65, no. 8, pp.885-900, August 2005. 

C10. Reliability-Driven Scheduling of Periodic Tasks in Heterogeneous Real-Time Systems.

X. Qin, W. Luo, and K. Bellam, Proc. the 4th IEEE International Symposium on Embedded Computing, Ontario, Canada, May 2007.

C9. Integrating Fault Recovery and Quality of Security in Real-time Systems.  

K. Bellam, Z. Zong, M. Alghamdi, M. Nijim, and X. Qin, Proc. IEEE Int'l Symp. Ubisafe Computing, Ontario, Canada, May 2007.

C8. HAGEES: A High Availability Guaranteed Energy-Efficient Scheduling Strategy for High-Performance Clusters. 

Z.-L. Zong, M. Nijim, M. Alghamdi, and X. Qin, Proc. the 7th Symp. the Los Alamos Computer Sci. Institute, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 2006.

C7. Stochastic Scheduling with Availability Constraints in Heterogeneous Clusters. [Abstract | PDF]

T. Xie and X. Qin, Proc. IEEE 8th International Conference on Cluster Computing (Cluster'06), Sept. 2006.

C6. Fault-tolerant Scheduling Based on Periodic Tasks for Heterogeneous Systems. (To appear)

W. Luo, F.-M. Yang, L.-P. Pang, and X. Qin,  Proc. 3rd Int'l Conf. Autonomic and Trusted Computing (ATC), Sept. 2006.

C5. An Efficient Fault-tolerant Scheduling Algorithm for Real-time Tasks with Precedence Constraints in Heterogeneous Systems. [Abstract | PDF]

X. Qin, H. Jiang, D. R. Swanson, Proc. 31st International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), pp.360-368, Aug. 2002.   

C4. Dynamic, Reliability-driven Scheduling of Parallel Real-time Jobs in Heterogeneous Systems. [Abstract | PDF]

X. Qin and H. Jiang, Proc. 30th International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), pp.113-122, Sept. 2001. 

C3. Reliability-driven scheduling for real-time tasks with precedence constraints in heterogeneous distributed systems. [Abstract | PDF]

X. Qin, H Jiang, C. Xie, and Z. Han, Proc. Int'l Conf. Parallel and Distributed Computing Sys., pp.617-623, Nov. 2000. 

C2. Real-time Scheduling for Dependable Multimedia Tasks in Multiprocessor Systems. 

X. Qin, L. Pang, Z. Han, and S. Li, Proc. IEEE TENCON 2000, Sept. 2000.

C1. Real-time Fault-tolerant Scheduling in Heterogeneous Distributed Systems. [Abstract | PDF]

X. Qin, Z. Han, H. Jin, L. Pang, and S. Li, Proc. Int'l Workshop Cluster Computing-Tech, Environments, and Appl., pp.421-427, June 2000.  

T2. An Efficient Fault-tolerant Scheduling Algorithm for Real-time Tasks with Precedence Constraints in Heterogeneous Systems.

X. Qin and H. Jiang, Technical Report TR-UNL-CSE 2002-0501, Department of Computer Sci. and Eng., U. of Nebraska-Lincoln, Feb. 2002.

T1. A Fault-tolerant Real-time Scheduling Algorithm for Precedence-Constrained Tasks in Distributed Heterogeneous Systems.

X. Qin and H. Jiang, Technical Report TR-UNL-CSE 2001-1003, Department of Computer Sci. and Eng., U. of Nebraska-Lincoln, Sept. 2001.

Real-time Collaborative Systems [Total: 3 | Journal Papers: 1 | Conference Papers: 2 | Back to Top]

J1. A Delayed Consistency Model for Distributed Interactive Systems with Real-time Continuous Media. [Abstract | PDF]

X. Qin, Journal of Software, vol.13, no.6, pp.1029-1039, June 2002. 

C2. Recovery Support for Internet-based Real-Time Collaborative Editing Systems. [Abstract | PDF]

X. Qin and C. Sun, Proc. International Conference on Computer Networks and Mobile Computing , Oct. 2001. 

C1. An Efficient Recovery Algorithm in Real-Time and Fault-Tolerant Collaborative Editing Systems. [Abstract | PDF]

X. Qin and C. Sun, Int'l Workshop Collaborative Editing Sys., ACM Int'l Conf. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), Dec. 2000.

A1. A Fault-Tolerant Support in Real-Time Collaborative Editing Systems. [PDF | HTML]

X. Qin, IEEE Distributed Systems Online, vol.2, no.1, 2001.

Data Grids [Total: 5 | Journal Papers: 2 | Book Chapters: 2 | Conference Papers: 1 | Back to Top

J2. Design and Analysis of a Load Balancing Strategy in Data Grids.

X. Qin, Future Generation Computer Systems: The Int'l Journal of Grid Computing, submitted Dec. 2005, revised March 2006. Accepted June 2006.

J1. Security-Driven Scheduling for Data-Intensive Applications on Grids. [Abstract | PDF]

T. Xie and X. Qin, Cluster Computing: The Journal of Networks, Software Tools and Applications, Special Issue: Evaluation and Optimization of High-Performance Computing and Networking Systems, Guest Editors: G.-Y Min and M. Ould-Khaoua, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 145-153, June 2007.

B2. Data Grids: Supporting Data-Intensive Applications in Wide Area Networks. [PDF]

X. Qin and H. Jiang, High Performance Computing: Paradigm and Infrastructure, pp. 481-494, John Wiley and Sons, 2005. 

B1. Enhancing Security of Real-Time Applications on Grids through Dynamic Scheduling. [ Abstract | PDF ]

T. Xie and X. Qin, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS  3834), ISSN: 0302-9743, ISBN: 3-540-31024-X, Springer, August 2005, pp. 219-237, Editors: D. Feitelson, E. Frachtenberg, L. Rudolph and U. Schwiegelshohn. (Proc. the 11th Workshop on Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing (JSSPP), pp.146-158, Cambridge, MA, June 2005)

C1. SAHA: A Scheduling Algorithm for Security-Sensitive Jobs on Data Grids. 

T. Xie and X. Qin, Proc.  IEEE/ACM 6th Int'l Symp. Cluster Computing and the Grid (CCGrid), 2nd Int'l Workshop Cluster Security, May 2006.

Parallel File Systems on Clusters [Total: 6 | Journal Papers: 2 | Conference Papers: 4 | Back to Top

J2. A Case Study of Parallel I/O for Biological Sequence Search on Linux Clusters.

Y. Zhu, H. Jiang, X. Qin, and D. R. Swanson, International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking, 2006. 

J1. Exploiting Redundancy to Boost Performance in a RAID-10 Style Cluster-based File System. [ Abstract ]

Y. Zhu, H. Jiang, X. Qin, D. Feng, and D.R. Swanson, Cluster Computing: The Journal of Networks, Software Tools and Applications, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 433-447, Oct. 2006.

C4. A Case Study of Parallel I/O for Biological Sequence Analysis on Linux Clusters. [ Abstract | PDF | PS ]

Y. Zhu, H. Jiang, X. Qin, and D. R. Swanson, Proc. 5th IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (Cluster'03), pp.308-315, Dec. 2003. 

C3. Design, Implementation, and Performance evaluation of a Cost-Effective Fault-Tolerant Parallel Virtual File System. [Abstract | PDF ]

Y. Zhu, H. Jiang, X. Qin, and D. R. Swanson, Int'l Workshop Storage Network Architecture and Parallel I/Os, in conjunction with 12th International Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques (PACT), Sept. 2003.

C2. Scheduling for improved write performance in a Cost-Effective, Fault-Tolerant Parallel Virtual File System (CEFT-PVFS).[Abstract | PDF ]

Y. Zhu, H. Jiang, X. Qin, D. Feng, and D. R. Swanson, ClusterWorld Conference and Expo Partners with the Fourth LCI International Conference on Linux Clusters: The HPC Revolution 2003, June 2003.

C1. Improved Read Performance in CEFT-PVFS: Cost Effective, Fault-Tolerant Parallel Virtual File System. [ Abstract | PDF ]

Y. Zhu, H. Jiang, X. Qin, D. Feng, and D. Swanson, Proc. IEEE/ACM Int'l Symp. Cluster Computing and the Grid, pp. 730-735, May 2003.  


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