Xiao Qin's Publications
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[Total: 226; Journal Papers: 76; Book Chapters: 4; Conference Papers: 111; Technical Reports and Posters: 7; Papers Published in China: 33; Theses: 3]
Journal Papers
J76. Efficient Parallel Skyline Evaluation using MapReduce. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
J. Zhang, X.-F. Jiang, W.-S. Ku and X. Qin, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 26, In Press, 2015.
J75. TIGER: Thermal Aware File Allocation in Storage Clusters. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
A. Chavan, M. I. Alghamdi, X.-F. Jiang, X. Qin, J.-F. Zhang, M.-H. Jiang, and M. Qiu, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 26, In Press, 2015.
J74. Data Allocation for Hybrid Memory with Genetic Algorithms. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
M. Qiu, Z. Chen, J.-W. Liu, G. Quan, and X. Qin, IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, vol. 3, In Press 2015.
J73. Defending Jamming Attack in Wide-Area Monitoring System for Smart Grids. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
J.-W. Liu, Z. Ming, M. Qiu, H. Su, Z.-H. Gu, and X. Qin, Telecommunication Systems, vol. 53, In Press 2015.
J72. WEC: Improving Durability of SSD Cache Drives by Caching Write Efficient Data. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
Y.-P Chai, Z.-H Du, X. Qin, and D. Bader, IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 64, In Press 2015.
J71. Frog: A Framework for Context-Based File Systems. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
J. Zhang, X.-F. Jiang, X. Qin, W.-S Ku, and M. I. Alghamdi, ACM Transactions on Storage, vol. 11, In Press, 2015.
J70. A New NonMDS RAID6 Code to Support Fast Reconstruction and Balanced IOs. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
P. Xie, J.-Z. Huang, Q. Cao, X. Qin, and C.-S. Xie, The Computer Journal, vol. 58, In Press, 2015.
J69. An Efficient I/O-Redirection-based Reconstruction Scheme for Erasure-Coded Storage Clusters. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
J.-Z Huang, X. Qin, X. Liang, and C.-S. Xie, IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 64, In Press 2015.
J68. Exploiting Pipelined Encoding Process to Boost Erasure-Coded Data Archival. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
J.-Z. Huang, Y. Wang, X. Qin, X. Liang, S. Yin, and C.-S. Xie, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 26, no. 11, pp. 2984--2996, Nov. 2015.
J67. Fault Tolerant Scheduling for Real Time Tasks on Multiple Earth Observation Satellites. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
X.-M. Zhu, J.-J. Wang, X. Qin, and J. Wang, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 26, no. 11, pp. 3012--3026, Nov. 2015.
J66. Towards Energy-Efficient Scheduling for Real-Time Tasks under Uncertain a Cloud Computing Environment. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
H.-K. Chen, X.-M. Zhu, J.-H. Zhu, and X. Qin, Journal of Systems and Software, vol. 99, no. 1, pp. 20-35, Jan. 2015.
J65. Scale-RS: An Efficient Scaling Scheme for RS-Coded Storage Clusters. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
J.-Z. Huang, X.-H. Liang, X. Qin, P. Xie, and C.-S. Xie, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 26, In press, 2015.
J64. The G-Good-Neighbor Conditional Diagnosability of K-Ary N-Cubes under the PMC Model and MM* Model. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
J. Yuan, A.-X. Liu, X. Ma, X.-L. Liu, X. Qin, and J.-F. Zhang, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 1165-1177, 2015.
J63. PUSH: A Pipeline Reconstruction I/O for Erasure-Coded Storage Clusters. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
J.-Z. Huang, X.-H. Liang, X. Qin, Q. Cao, and C.-S. Xie, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 516-526, 2015.
J62. MFTS: A Multi-level Fault-tolerant Archiving Storage with Optimized Maintenance Bandwidth. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
J.-Z. Huang, X. Qin, F.-H. Zhang, W.-S. Ku, and C.-S. Xie, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 524-537, Nov./Dec., 2014.
J61. RB-Explorer: An Accurate & Practical Approach to Write Amplification Measurement for SSDs. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
H. Sun, X. Qin, H. Jiang, J.-Z. Huang, and C.-S. Xie, IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 1133-1148, April, 2015.
J60. MINT: A Reliability Modeling Framework for Energy-Efficient Parallel Disk Systems. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
S. Yin, X.-J. Ruan, A. Manzanares, X. Qin, and K.-L. Li, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 345-360, April 2014.
J59. Location-Preserved Contention Based Routing in VANETs. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
Q. Yang, A. Lim, X.-J. Ruan, and X. Qin, Security and Communication Networks, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 7, April 2014.
J58. Thermal Modeling and Analysis of Cloud Data Storage Systems. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
X.-F. Jiang, M. I. Alghamdi, M. Al Assaf, X.-J. Ruan, J. Zhang, X. Qin, and M. Qiu, Special Issue on Cloud and Big Data, Journal of Communications, vol. 64, In press 2014.
J57. H2ACO: An Optimization Approach to Scheduling Tasks with Availability Constraint in Heterogeneous Systems.
[Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
Z. Tong, K.-L. Li, Z. Xiao, and X. Qin, Journal of Internet Technology, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 115-124, January 2014.
J56. An Outlier Mining Algorithm Based on Constrained Concept Lattice. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
J.-F. Zhang, S.-L. Zhang, K.-H. Chang, and X. Qin, International Journal of Systems Science, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 1170-1179, May 2014.
J55. A High-Level Energy Consumption Model for Heterogeneous Data Centers. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
X. Zhang, J.-J. Lu, X. Qin, and X. –N. Zhao, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, vol. 39, pp. 41-55, December 2013.
J54. Interrelation Analysis of Celestial Spectra Data using Constrained Frequent Pattern Trees. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
J.-F. Zhang, X.-J. Zhao, S.-L Zhang, S. Yin, and X. Qin, Knowledge-Based Systems, vol. 41, pp. 77-88, March 2013.
J53. Adaptive Preshuffling in Hadoop Clusters. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
J. Xie, F.-J. Meng, H.-L. Wang, J.-H. Cheng, H.-F. Pan, and X. Qin, International Journal of Grid and Distributed Computing, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 79-92, April 2013.
J52. Exploiting Redundancies and Deferred Writes to Conserve Energy in Erasure-coded Storage Clusters.
[Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
J.-Z. Huang, F.-H Zhang, X. Qin, and C.-S. Xie, ACM Transactions on Storage, vol. 9, no. 2, Article 4, July 2013.
J51. Performance Evaluation of Online Backup Cloud Storage. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
X. Zhang, W. Wan, X. Qin, International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 20-33, July-September 2013.
J51. Improving Phasor Data Concentrators Reliability for Smart Grid. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
Z. Chen, M. Qiu, Y.-X Zhu, and X. Qin, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, vol. 24, 2013.
J50. Thermal Modeling of Hybrid Storage Clusters. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
X.-F. Jiang, M. M. Al Assaf, J. Zhang, M. I. Alghamdi, X.-J. Ruan, and T. Muzaffar, X. Qin, Journal of Signal Processing Systems, vol. 72, no. 3, pp.181–196, September 2013.
J49. Eco-Storage: A Hybrid Storage System with Energy-Efficient Informed Prefetching. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
M. M. Al Assaf, X.-F. Jiang, M. R. Abid, X. Qin, Journal of Signal Processing Systems, vol. 72, no. 3, pp.165–180, September 2013.
J48. A Decentralized Approach for Mining Event Correlations in Distributed System Monitoring. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
G. Wu, H.-X. Zhang, M. Qiu, Z. Ming, J.-Y. Li, and X. Qin, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, vol. 73, no. 3, pp. 330-340, March 2013.
J47. Security-Aware Optimization for Ubiquitous Computing Systems with the SEAT Graph Approach. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
M. Qiu, L. Zhang, Z. Ming, Z. Chen, X. Qin, and L.T. Yang, Journal of Computer and System Sciences, vol. 79, no. 5, pp. 518-529, Aug. 2013.
J46. An Adaptive Energy-Conserving Strategy for Parallel Disk Systems. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
M. Nijim, X. Qin, M. Qiu, and K.-L. Li, Future Generation Computer Systems: The Int'l Journal of Grid Computing, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 196-207, January 2013.
J45. ES-MPICH2: A Message Passing Interface with Enhanced Security. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
X.-J. Ruan, Q. Yang, M. I. Alghamdi, S. Yin, and X. Qin, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 361-374, 2012.
J44. A Case Study of Visualizing Global User Download Patterns using Google Earth and NASA World Wind.
[Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
Z.-L. Zong, J. Job, X.-S. Zhang, M. Nijim, and Xiao Qin, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, vol. 6, no. 1, Oct. 2012.
J43. Efficient Data Migration to Conserve Energy in Streaming Media Storage Systems. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
Y.-P. Chai, Z.-H. Du, D.A. Bader, and X. Qin, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 23, no. 11, pp. 2081-2093, Nov. 2012.
J42. Adaptive Energy-Efficient Scheduling for Real-Time Tasks on DVS-Enabled Heterogeneous Clusters. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
X.-M. Zhu, C. He, K.-L. Li, and X. Qin, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, vol. 72, no. 6, pp. 751-763, June 2012.
J41. Online Optimization for Scheduling Preemptable Tasks on LaaS Cloud Systems. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF | JPDC Hottest Paper]
J.-Y. Li, M. Qiu, Z. Ming, G. Quan, X. Qin, and Z.-H. Gue, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, vol. 72, no. 5, pp. 666-677, May 2012.
J40. QoS-Aware Fault-Tolerant Scheduling for Real-Time Tasks on Heterogeneous Clusters. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
X.-M. Zhu, X. Qin, and M. Qiu, IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 800-812, March 2011.
J39. Resource Allocation Robustness in Multi-core Embedded Systems with Inaccurate Information. [BibTex | PDF]
J.-Y. Li, Z. Ming, M. Qiu, G. Quan, X. Qin, T.-Z. Chen, Journal of Systems Architecture, Elsevier, vol. 57, no. 9, pp. 840-849, Sept. 2011.
J38. PRE-BUD: Prefetching for Energy-Efficient Parallel I/O Systems with Buffer Disks. [Abstract | PDF]
A. Manzanares, X. Qin, X.-J. Ruan, and S. Yin, ACM Transactions on Storage, vol. 7, no. 1, Article 3 June 2011.
J37. A Message Scheduling Scheme for Energy Conservation in Multimedia Wireless Systems. [Abstract | PDF]
X.-J. Ruan, S. Yin, A. Manzanares, M. Alghamdi, and X. Qin, IEEE Transactions on Systems Man & Cybernetics, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 272-283, March 2011.
J36. EAD and PEBD: Two Energy-Aware Duplication Scheduling Algorithms for Parallel Tasks on Homogeneous Clusters.
[Abstract | PDF]
Z.-L. Zong, A. Manzanares, X.-J. Ruan, and X. Qin, IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 360- 374, March 2011.
J35. Quality of Security Adaptation in Parallel Disk Systems. [Abstract | PDF]
M. Nijim, K. Bellam, Z.-L. Zong, S. Yin, X. Qin, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 288-301, Feb. 2011.
J34. Communication-Aware Load Balancing for Parallel Applications on Clusters. [Abstract | PDF]
X. Qin, H. Jiang, A. Manzanares, X.-J Ruan, and S. Yin, IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 42- 52, Jan. 2010.
J33. A Reliability Model of Energy-Efficient Parallel Disk Systems with Data Mirroring. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
F.-Y. Shen, X. Qin, M.-T. Sun, and A. Salazar, International Journal of High Performance Systems Architecture, vol. 2, nos. 3/4, Jan. 2010.
J32. Dynamic Load Balancing for I/O-Intensive Applications on Clusters. [Abstract | PDF]
X. Qin, H. Jiang, A. Manzanares, X.-J Ruan, and S. Yin, ACM Transactions on Storage, vol. 5, no. 3, Aug. 2009.
J31. Conserving Energy in Real-Time Storage Systems with I/O Burstiness. [Abstract | PDF]
A. Manzanares, A. Roth, X.-J Ruan, S. Yin, M. Nijim, and X. Qin, ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, vol. 9, no. 3, Feb. 2010.
J30. Exploiting Redundancies to Enhance Schedulability in Fault-Tolerant and Real-Time Distributed Systems. [Abstract | PDF]
W. Luo, X. Qin, , X.-C. Tan, K. Qin, and A. Manzanares, IEEE Transactions on Systems Man & Cybernetics, Part A,. vol. 39, no, 3, pp. 626-639, May, 2009.
J29. Static Security Optimization for Real Time Systems. [Abstract | PDF]
M. Lin, L. Xu, L.T. Yang, X. Qin, N.-G. Zheng, Z.-H. Wu, and M.-K Qiu, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 22-37, Feb. 2009.
J28. Improving Security of Real-Time Wireless Networks Through Packet Scheduling. [Abstract | PDF]
X. Qin, M. Alghamdi, M. Nijim, Z.-L. Zong, X.-J. Ruan, K. Bellam, and A. A. Manzanares, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 9, pp. 3273-3279, Sept. 2008.
J27. Integrating Security and Reliability in Real-time Embedded Systems.
K. Bellam, A. Manzanares, X. Ruan, and X. Qin, Journal of Autonomic and Trusted Computing, March 2008.
J26. 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.
J25. Security-Aware Resource Allocation for Real-Time Parallel Jobs on Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Clusters.
[Abstract | PDF]
T. Xie and X. Qin, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 682-697, May 2008.
J24. Energy-Efficient Scheduling for Parallel Applications on Mobile Clusters. [Abstract | PDF]
Z.-L. Zong, M. Nijim, and X. Qin, Cluster Computing: The Journal of Networks, Software Tools and Applications, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 91 - 113, March 2008
J23. An Energy-Delay Tunable Task Allocation Strategy for Collaborative Applications in Networked Embedded Systems.
[Abstract | PDF]
T. Xie and X. Qin, IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 329-343, March 2008.
J22. An Availability-Aware Task Scheduling Strategy for Heterogeneous Systems. [Abstract | PDF]
X. Qin and T. Xie, IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 188-199, Feb. 2008.
J21. Performance Comparisons of Load Balancing Algorithms for I/O-Intensive Workloads on Clusters. [Abstract | PDF]
X. Qin, Journal of Network and Computer Applications, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 32-46, January 2008.
J20. Improving Security for Periodic Tasks in Embedded Systems through Scheduling. [Abstract | PDF]
T. Xie and X. Qin, ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, vol. 6, no. 3, July 2007.
J19. 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.
J18. StReD : A Quality of Security Framework for Storage Resources in Data Grids. [Abstract | PDF]
M. Nijim, Z.-L. Zong, and X. Qin, Future Generation Computer Systems: The Int'l Journal of Grid Computing, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 816-824, July 2007.
J17. 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.
J16. 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.
J15. 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.
J14. 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.
J13. 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.
J12. 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.
J11. 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.
J10. Dynamic Task Scheduling with Security Awareness in Real-Time Systems. [Abstract | PDF]
T. Xie, X. Qin, A. H. Sung, M. Lin, and L. Yang, Int'l Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking, vol. 4, no. 3/4, June 2006.
J9. 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.
J8. A Security Middleware Model for Real-time Applications on Grids. [Abstract | PDF]
T. Xie and X. Qin, IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, vol. E89-D, no. 2, pp. 631-638, Feb. 2006.
J7. 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.
J6. 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.
J5. 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.
J4. 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 (To appear).
J3. 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.
J2. 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.
J1. A Fault-Tolerant Support in Real-Time Collaborative Editing Systems. [PDF | HTML]
X. Qin, IEEE Distributed Systems Online, vol.2, no.1, 2001.
Book Chapters [ Back to Top ]
B4. Towards a Secure Fragment Allocation of Files in Heterogeneous Distributed Systems. [PDF]
Y. Tian, M. I. Alghamdi, X.-J. Ruan, J. Xie, and X. Qin, Scalable Computing and Communications: Theory and Practice, edited by Samee U. Khan, Albert Y. Zomaya, and Lizhe Wang, John Wiley & Sons, Sept. 2012.
B3. ROD: A Practical Approach to Improving Reliability of Energy-Efficient Parallel Disk Systems. [PDF]
S. Yin, X.-J Ruan, J. Xie, Y. Tian, and X. Qin, Energy Aware Distributed Computing Systems, edited by Albert Y. Zomaya and Young-Choon Lee, Wiley Series on Parallel and Distributed Computing, May 2011.
B2. Improving Energy-Efficiency of Computational Grids via Scheduling.
Z.-L. Zong, X.-J. Ruan, A. Manzanares, K. Bellam, X. Qin, Handbook of Research on P2P and Grid Systems for Service-Oriented Computing: Models, Methodologies and Applications. 2009.
B1. 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, edited by L. T. Yang and M. Guo, John Wiley and Sons, 2005.
Refereed Conference Publications [ Back to Top ]
C111. A Framework for Multi-Criteria Optimal Location Selection.
J. Zhang, W.-S. Ku, X.-F. Jiang, X. Qin, M.-T. Sun, and H. Lu, Proc. the 23rd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (SIGSPATIAL'15), Seattle, Washington, USA, 2015.
C110. MLFS:A Multiple Layers Share File System for Cloud Computing.
X. Zhang, W. Guo, Z.-H. Li, X.-N Zhao, and X. Qin, Proc. IEEE Globecom Workshop on Cloud Computing Systems, Networks and Applications, Austin, Texas, Dec. 2014.
C109. iTad: An I/O Thermal-Aware Data Center Model. [BibTex | PDF]
T. Muzaffar, M. I. Alghamdi, A. Chavan, X.-F. Jiang, X. Qin, M. Qiu, J.-F. Zhang, and M.-H. Jiang, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Green Computing and Communications (GreenCom), Sept. 2014.
C108. Online Data Allocation for Hybrid Memories on Embedded Tele-Health Systems.
M. Qiu, L.-B Chen, Y.-X. Zhu, J.-T. Hu, and X. Qin, Proc. IEEE 2014 IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC), Paris, France, Aug. 2014.
C107. Analysis and Design of Fault-Tolerant Scheduling for Real-Time Tasks on Earth-Observation Satellites.
X.-M. Zhu, J.-J. Wang, J. Wang, and X. Qin, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), Sept. 2014.
C106. PLC-Cache: Endurable SSD Cache for Deduplication-based Primary Storage.
J. Liu, Y.-P. Chai, X. Qin, and Y. Xiao, Proc. the 30th IEEE Symposium on Massive Storage Systems and Technologies (MSST), June 2014.
C105. A Framework to Measure Storage Utilization in Cloud Storage Systems.
X. Zhang, W. Guo, Z.-H. Li, X.-N. Zhao, and X. Qin, Proc. the 3rd International Workshop on Data Management for Emerging Network Infrastructure, June 2014.
C104. Multi-Criteria Optimal Location Query with Overlapping Voronoi Diagrams.
J. Zhang, W.-S. Ku, M.-T. Sun, X. Qin, and H. Lu, Proc. the 17th International Conference on Extending Database Technology (EDBT), Athens, Greece, March 24-28, 2014.
C103. We Didn’t Start the Fire: Using Agent-Directed Thermal Modeler to Keep Servers Cool. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
J. Hood, T. Scott, J. Yu, X. Qin, L. Yilmaz, and J. A. Hamilton, Proc. the Agent-Directed Simulation Symposium of the SpringSim Multiconference, Tampa, Florida, April 2014.
C102. V2-Code: A New Non-MDS Array Code with Optimal Reconstruction Performance for RAID-6. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
P. Xie, J.-Z. Huang, Q. Cao, and X. Qin, Proc. the IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, Indianapolis, IN, USA, Sept. 23-27, 2013.
C101. A Spatial Keyword Evaluation Framework for Network-based Spatial Queries. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
J. Zhang, W.-S. Ku, X.-F. Jiang, and X. Qin, Proc. the 21st ACM International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2013), Orlando, FL, USA, November 5-8, 2013.
C100. Reliability Analysis of Energy-Efficient Parallel Storage Systems. [BibTex]
S. Yin, X. Qin, and K.-L. Li, Proc. the 15th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, Nov. 2013.
C99. Energy Consumption Characterization of Heterogeneous Servers. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
X. Zhang, J.-J. Lu, and X. Qin, Proc. the the 8th ChinaGrid Annual Conference, Changchun, China, Aug. 22-23, 2013.
C98. Measuring and Analyzing Write Amplification Characteristics of Solid State Disks. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
H. Sun, X. Qin, F. Wu, and C.-S. Xie, Proc. the 21st IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS 2013), San Francisco, CA, USA, Aug. 14-16, 2013.
C97. A Highly Extensible Framework for Molecule Dynamic Simulation on GPUs. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
X. Zhang, W. Guo, X. Qin, and X.-N. Zhao, Proc. the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications, July 22-25, 2013
C96. Adaptive Preshuffling in Hadoop Clusters. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
J. Xie, Y. Tian, S. Yin, J. Zhang, X.-J. Ruan, and X. Qin, Proc. the International Conference on Computational Science, Barcelona, Spain, 5-7 June, 2013. This paper also appears in Procedia Computer Science, vol. 18, pp. 2458--2467, 2013.
C95. TIGER: Thermal-Aware File Assignment in Storage Clusters. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
A. Chavan, X.-F. Jiang, M. I. Alghamdi, X. Qin, M.-H. Jiang, and J.-F. Zhang, Proc. the 29th IEEE Symposium on Massive Storage Systems and Technologies (MSST), Long Beach, CA, May 2013.
C94. Evaluation of Spatial Keyword Queries with Partial Result Support on Spatial Networks. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
J. Zhang, W.-S. Ku, X.-F. Jiang, X. Qin, and Y.-L. Hsueh, Proc. the 14th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM), Milan, Italy, 2013.
C93. PEAM: Predictive Energy-Aware Management for Storage Systems. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
X.-F. Jiang, J. Zhang, M. I. Alghamdi, X. Qin, M.-H. Jiang, and J.-F. Zhang, Proc. the 8th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Architecture, and Storage, July 2013.
C92. BFEPM: Best Fit Energy Prediction Modeling Based on CPU Utilization. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
X. Zhang, J.-J. Lu, X. Qin, Proc. the 8th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Architecture, and Storage, July 2013.
C91. Performance Evaluation of Online Backup Cloud Storage. [BibTex | PDF]
X. Zhang, W. Wan, X. Qin, Proc. the 4th International Conference on Information & Communication Systems, Irbid, Jordan, April 23-25, 2013.
C90. ORCA: An Offloading Framework for I/O-Intensive Applications on Clusters. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF | Source Code]
J. Zhang, X.-F. Jiang, M. I. Alghamdi, M. M. Al Assaf, Y. Tian, X. Qin, and M, Qiu, Proc. the 31st IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), Austin, Texas, Nov. 2012.
C89. Thermal Modeling and Analysis of Storage Systems. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
X.-F. Jiang, M. I. Alghamdi, J. Zhang, M. M. Al Assaf, X.-J. Ruan, T. Muzaffar, and X. Qin, Proc. the 31st IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), Austin, Texas, Nov. 2012.
C88. Improving Write Performance by Enhancing Internal Parallelism of Solid State Drives. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
X.-J. Ruan, M. I. Alghamdi, X.-F. Jiang, Z.-L. Zong, Y. Tian, and X. Qin, Proc. the 31st IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), Austin, Texas, Nov. 2012.
C87. Global Workload Characterization of A Large Scale Satellite Image Distribution System. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
B. Romoser, R. Fares, P. Janovics, Z.-L. Zong, X.-J. Ruan, and X. Qin, Proc. the 31st IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), Austin, Texas, Nov. 2012.
C86. Multicore-Enabled Smart Storage for Clusters. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
Z.-Y. Ding, X.-F. Jiang, S. Yin, M. I. Alghamdi, X.-J. Ruan, X. Qin, K.-H. Chang, M. Qiu, Proc. the IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, Beijing, China, September 2012.
C85. A Pipelining Approach to Informed Prefetching in Distributed Multi-Level Storage Systems. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
M. M. Al Assaf, X.-F. Jiang, J. Zhang, M. I. Alghamdi, and X. Qin, Proc. the 11th IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA12), Cambridge, MA, 23-25 Aug. 2012.
C84. Towards Power-Efficient Smartphones by Energy-Aware Dynamic Task Scheduling. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
M. Qiu, Z. Chen, L. T. Yang, X. Qin, and B. Wang, Proc. The 9th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems (ICESS), Liverpool, UK, 25-27 June 2012. (Best Paper Award)
C83. Performance Evaluation of Traditional Caching Policies on a Large System with Petabytes of Data.
[Abstract | BibTex | PDF | PPT | SlideShare]
R. Fares, B. Romoser, Z.-L. Zong, M. Nijim, and X. Qin, Proc. the 7th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Architecture, and Storage (NAS), June 2012. (Nominated for Best Paper Award)
C82. Reliability Analysis for an Energy-Aware RAID System. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF | PPT | SlideShare]
S. Yin, M. I. Alghamdi, X.-J. Ruan, Y. Tian, J. Xie, X. Qin, and M. Qiu, Proc. the 30th IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), Nov. 2011.
C81. MIND: A Black-Box Energy Consumption Model for Disk Arrays. [Abstract | BibTex | PDF]
Z. Liu, J. Zhou, W.-K. Yu, F. Wu, X. Qin, C.-S. Xie, Proc. International Green Computing Conference and Workshops (IGCC), July 2011.
C80. Secure Fragment Allocation in a Distributed Storage System with Heterogeneous Vulnerabilities. [Abstract | PDF]
Y. Tian, M. I. Alghamdi, Y. Shu, J. Xie, J. Zhang, M. Qiu, Y.-M. Yang, X. Qin, Proc. the 6th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Architecture, and Storage (NAS), July 2011.
C79. A Secure File Allocation Algorithm for Heterogeneous Distributed Systems. [Abstract | PDF]
Y. Tian, M. I. Alghamdi, J. Xie, Y. Shu, J. Zhang, M. Qiu, Y.-M. Yang, X. Qin, Proc. the International Conference on Parallel Processing Workshops, the 3rd Int’l Workshop on Security in Cloud Computing (CloudSec), Sept. 13-16, 2011.
C78. Heat-Based Dynamic Data Caching: A Load Balancing Strategy for Energy- Efficient Parallel Storage Systems with Buffer Disks. [Abstract | PDF]
Z.-L. Zong, X.-J. Ruan, M. Nijim, and X. Qin, Proc. the 27th IEEE Symposium on Massive Storage Systems and Technologies: Research Track (MSST), May 2011.
C77. An Automatic Prefetching and Caching System. [Abstract | PDF]
J. Lewis, M. I. Alghamdi, M. A. Assaf, X.-J. Ruan, Z.-Y. Ding, and X. Qin, Proc. the 29th International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), Albuquerque, New Mexico, Dec. 2010.
C76. ES-MPICH2: A Message Passing Interface with Enhanced Security. [Abstract | PDF]
X.-J. Ruan, Q. Yang, M. I. Alghamdi, S. Yin, Z.-Y. Ding, J. Xie, J. Lewis, and X. Qin, Proc. the 29th International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), Albuquerque, New Mexico, Dec. 2010.
C75. Energy-Aware Loop Parallelism Maximization for Multi-Core DSP Architectures. [Abstract | PDF]
M. Qiu, J.-W. Niu, L. T. Yang, X. Qin, S.-L. Zhang, and B. Wang, Proc. IEEE/ACM International Conference on Green Computing and Communications (GreenCom-2010), Hangzhou, China, Dec 18-20, 2010.
C74. Location Privacy Protection in Contention Based Forwarding for VANETs. [Abstract | PDF]
Q. Yang, X.-J. Ruan, A. Lim, and X. Qin, Proc. IEEE Globecom 2010 Wireless Networking Symposium, Miami, FL, Dec. 6-10, 2010.
C73. Energy Efficient Prefetching with Buffer Disks for Cluster File Systems. [Abstract | PDF]
A. Manzanares, X.-J. Ruan, S. Yin, J. Xie, Z.-Y. Ding, Y. Tian, J. Majors, and X. Qin, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), San Diego, CA, Sept. 13-16, 2010.
C70. Multi-Layer Prefetching for Hybrid Storage Systems: Algorithms, Models, and Evaluations. [Abstract | PDF]
M. Nijim, Z.-L. Zong, X. Qin, Y.s Nijim, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Parallel Processing Workshops (ICPPW), San Diego, CA, Sept. 13-16, 2010.
C70. Improving Energy Efficiency and Security for Disk Systems. [Abstract | PDF]
S. Yin, M. I. Alghamdi, X.-J. Ruan, M. Nijim, A. Tamilarasan, Z.-L. Zong, X. Qin, and Y.-M. Yang, Proc. 12th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC-10), Melbourne, Australia, September 1-3, 2010.
C69. TRACER: A Trace-Replay Based Load-controllable Scheme for Evaluating Energy-efficiency of Mass Storage Systems.
[Abstract | PDF]
Z. Liu, F. Wu, X. Qin, C.-S. Xie, J. Zhou, and J.-Z. Wang, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (CLUSTER), Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Sept. 20-24, 2010.
C68. Feedback Dynamic Algorithms for Preemptable Job Scheduling in Cloud Systems. [Abstract | PDF]
J. Li, M. Qiu, J. Niu, W. Gao, Z. Zong, and X. Qin, Proc. 2010 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence, pp. 561-564. Toronto, Canada, Sep. 2010.
C67. A Fine-grained Data Reconstruction Algorithm for Solid-state Disks. [Abstract | PDF]
P. Wang, D.-Q Hu, C.-S. Xie, J.-Z. Wang, and X. Qin, Proc. the 5th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Architecture, and Storage (NAS), July 2010.
C66. Improving MapReduce Performance via Data Placement in Heterogeneous Hadoop Clusters. [PDF | PPT]
J. Xie, S. Yin, X.-J. Ruan, Z.-Y. Ding, Y. Tian, J. Majors, and X. Qin, Proc. 19th Int'l Heterogeneity in Computing Workshop (HCW'10), Atlanta, Georgia, April 2010.
C65. ECOS: An Energy-Efficient Cluster Storage System. [Abstract | PDF]
X.-J. Ruan, S. Yin, A. Manzanares, J. Xie, Z.-Y. Ding, J. Majors, and X. Qin, Proc. 28th Int'l Performance Computing and Communications Conf. (IPCCC), Phoenix, Arizona, Dec. 2009.
C64. Improving Reliability of Energy-Efficient Parallel Storage Systems by Disk Swapping. [Abstract | PDF]
S. Yin, X.-J. Ruan, A. Manzanares, Z.-Y. Ding, J. Xie, J. Majors, and X. Qin, Proc. 28th Int'l Performance Computing and Communications Conf. (IPCCC), Phoenix, Arizona, Dec. 2009.
C63. Performance Evaluation of Energy-Efficient Parallel I/O Systems with Write Buffer Disks. [Abstract | PDF]
X.-J. Ruan, A. Manzanares, S. Yin, Z. -L. Zong, and X. Qin, Proc. the 38th Int'l Conf. on Parallel Processing (ICPP), Vienna, Austria, Sept. 2009.
C62. How Reliable are Parallel Systems When Energy-Efficient Schemes are Involved? [Abstract | PDF]
S. Yin, X.-J. Ruan, A. Manzanares, X. Qin, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (CLUSTER), New Orleans, LA, Aug. 31-Sept. 4, 2009.
C61. HYBUD: An Energy-Efficient Architecture for Hybrid Parallel Disk Systems. [Abstract | PDF]
M. Nijim, A. Manzanares, X.-J. Ruan, and X. Qin, Proc. the 18th Int'l Conf. on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), San Francisco, CA, Aug. 2009.
C60. Energy-Aware Prefetching for Parallel Disk Systems: Algorithms, Models, and Evaluation. [Abstract | PDF]
A. Manzanares, X.-J. Ruan, S. Yin, M. Nijim, X. Qin, and W. Luo, Proc. 8th IEEE Int'l Symp. Network Computing and Applications, July 2009.
C55. Can We Improve Energy Efficiency of Secure Disk Systems without Modifying Security Mechanisms? [PPT | Abstract | PDF]
X.-J. Ruan, A. Manzanares, S. Yin, M. Nijim, and X. Qin, Proc. 4th IEEE Int'l Conf. Networking, Architecture, and Storage, July 2009.
C58. DARAW: A New Write Buffer to Improve Parallel I/O Energy-Efficiency. [PPT | Abstract | PDF]
X.-J. Ruan, A. Manzanares, K. Bellam, X. Qin, Proc. the 24th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, March 2009.
C57. Distributed Energy-Efficient Scheduling for Data-Intensive Applications with Deadline Constraints on Data Grids.
[Abstract | PDF | PPT]
C. Liu, X. Qin, S. Kulkarni, C.-J. Wang, S. Li, A. Manzanares, and S. Baskiyar, Proc. 27th IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), Dec. 2008.
C56. An Adaptive Energy-Conserving Strategy for Parallel Disk Systems. [Abstract | PDF]
M. Nijim, A. Manzanares, and X. Qin, Proc. the 12th IEEE Int'l Symp. Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT), Oct. 2008.
C55. Security-Aware Cache Management for Cluster Storage Systems. [Abstract | PDF]
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.
C54. PASS: Power-Aware Scheduling of Mixed Applications with Deadline Constraints on Clusters. [Abstract | PDF]
C. Liu, X. Qin, and S. Li, , Proc. the 17th Int'l Conf. Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Aug. 2008.
C53. Energy Conservation for Real-Time Disk Systems with I/O Burstiness. [Abstract | PDF]
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.
C52. The Relationship Between Software Architecture and Visual Programming Languages.
A. Manzanares, D. Hamilton, and X. Qin, Grand Challenges in Modeling & Simulation, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 2008.
C51. Improving Reliability and Energy Efficiency of Disk Systems via Utilization Control. [Abstract | PDF]
K. Bellam, A. Manzanares, X. Ruan, X. Qin, and Y.-M. Yang, Proc. IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC'08), July 2008.
C50. 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.
C49. Improving Reliability and Energy Efficiency of Disk Systems.
K. Bellam, A. Manzanares, and X. Qin, Proc. 46th ACM Southeast Conference, March 2008.
C48. 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.
C47. 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 International Conf. Parallel Processing (ICPP), Sept. 2007.
C46. 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 IEEE Int'l Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), Honolulu, Hawaii, Aug. 2007.
C45. 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.
C44. TERCOS: A Novel Approach to Exploiting Redundancies in Fault-Tolerant and Real-Time Distributed Systems. [Abstract]
W. Luo, F.-M. Yang, L.-P. Pang, G. Tu, and X. Qin, Proc. 13th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA), Daegu, Korea, Aug. 2007.
C43. 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 Symposium 2007 (CCS), Annapolis, Maryland, July 2007.
C42. Reliability-Driven Scheduling of Periodic Tasks in Heterogeneous Real-Time Systems. [Abstract | PDF]
W. Luo, X. Qin, and K. Bellam, Proc. the 4th IEEE International Symp. on Embedded Computing, Ontario, Canada, May 2007.
C41. 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. on Ubisafe Computing, Ontario, Canada, May 2007.
C40. 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.
C39. 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.
C38. 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, Proc. 13th Annual IEEE Int'l Conference on High Performance Computing (HiPC), Dec. 2006.
C37. 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 Science Institute, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 2006.
C36. Adaptive Quality of Security Control in Networked Parallel Disk Systems. [Abstract | PDF]
M. Nijim, X. Qin, and T. Xie, Proc. 15th Int'l Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), Arlington, Virginia, Oct. 2006.
C35. 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. 8th IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (Cluster'06), Sept. 2006.
C34. 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.
C33. Fault-Tolerant Scheduling Based on Periodic Tasks for Heterogeneous Systems. [Abstract]
W. Luo, F.-M. Yang, L.-P. Pang, and X. Qin, Proc. 3rd Int'l Conf. Autonomic and Trusted Computing, Sept. 2006.
C32. 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.
C31. 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.
C30. 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 Cluster Security, May 2006.
C29. 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.
C28. 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.
C27. Incorporating Security into Real-Time Scheduling for Parallel Jobs on Clusters.
T. Xie and X. Qin, 26th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), Work-in-Progress Session, Dec. 2005.
C26. PARM: A Power-Aware Message Scheduling Algorithm for Real-Time Wireless Networks. [Abstract | PDF]
M. Alghamdi, T. Xie, X. Qin, ACM Int'l Symp. Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Sys. (MSWiM), Workshop Wireless Multimedia Networking and Performance Modeling, Oct. 2005.
C25. 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.
C24. 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.
C23. 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.
C22. 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.
C21. Enhancing Security of Real-Time Applications on Grids through Dynamic Scheduling. [Abstract | PDF | Back to Top]
T. Xie and X. Qin, Proc. the 11th Workshop on Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing (JSSPP), pp.146-158, Cambridge, MA, June 2005.
C20. 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 Conference (IPCCC), pp.27-34, April 2005.
C19. Improving Network Performance through Task Duplication for Parallel Applications on Clusters. [Abstract | PDF]
X. Qin, Proc 24th IEEE International Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference (IPCCC), pp.35-42, April 2005.
C18. Benchmarking the CLI for I/O Intensive Computing. [Abstract | PDF]
X. Qin, T. Xie, A. Nathan, and V. K. Tadepalli, Proc. Int'l Parallel and Distributed Processing Symp. (IPDPS), 6th Int’l Workshop Parallel and Distributed Scientific and Engineering Computing, April 2005.
C17. Dynamic Task Scheduling with Security Awareness in Real-Time Systems. [Abstract | PDF]
T. Xie, A. H. Sung, and X. Qin, Proc. 19th Int'l Parallel and Distributed Processing Symp. (IPDPS), 4th Int'l Workshop Performance Modeling, Evaluation, and Optimization of Parallel and Distributed Sys., IEEE/ACM, April 2005.
C16. 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 International Conference on High Performance Computing (HiPC), pp.300-309, Dec. 2003.
C15. Towards Load Balancing Support for I/O-Intensive Parallel Jobs in a Cluster of Workstations. [Abstract | PDF ]
X. Qin, H. Jiang, Y. Zhu, and D. R. Swanson, Proc. 5th IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (Cluster'03), pp.100-107, Dec. 2003.
C14. A Case Study of Parallel I/O for Biological Sequence Analysis on Linux Clusters. [Abstract | PDF]
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.
C13. 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 Performance Computing, pp. 235-245, Nov. 2003.
C12. 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.
C11. 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.
C10. 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.
C9. 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 Conf. and Expo Partners with the Fourth LCI Int'l Conf. Linux Clusters: The HPC Revolution'03, June 2003.
C8. 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.
C7. 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.
C6. 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.
C5. 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.
C4. 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 2000 Conf. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), Dec. 2000.
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 Systems 2000, 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 Applications, pp.421-427, June 2000.
Technical Reports and Posters [ Back to Top ]
T7. An Approach to Satisfying Security Needs of Periodic Tasks in High Performance Embedded Systems. (Refereed)
T. Xie, X. Qin, and A. H. Sung, 12th IEEE Int'l Conf. High Performance Computing (HiPC), poster session, Dec. 2005.
T6. Improving the Performance of Communication-Intensive Parallel Applications Executing on Clusters. (Refereed)
X. Qin and H. Jiang, 6th IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (Cluster'04, poster session), pp. 493, Sept. 2004.
T5. 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, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Sept. 5, 2003.
T4. 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.
T3. 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.
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.
Theses [ Back to Top ]
Dynamic I/O-Aware Load Balancing and Resource Management for Clusters. [Abstract | PDF]
Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Aug. 2004. Advisor: Prof. H. Jiang
Real-time and Fault-tolerant Scheduling Models and Algorithms. [Abstract | PDF]
M.Sc. Thesis, (In Chinese). Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, April 1999. Advisor: Prof. L.-P. Pang.
Disk I/O Scheduling in Real-time Operating Systems.
B.Sc. Thesis, (In Chinese). Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, May 1996. Advisor: Prof. L.-P. Pang
Papers Published in China (1997-2002)