Dr.Xiaofei Liao

Cluster and Grid Computing Lab.(CGCL),

School of Computer Science & Technology

Office: Rm.204, No.5 East Building
Tel: +86-27-8755-7047-8005
Fax: +86-27-8755-7354
Email: xfliao AT hust DOT edu DOT cn

Huazhong University of Science and Technology,

Wuhan, China, 430074


   

Biographical Sketch       Research Interests       Research Grants       Publications        Scientific Activities

 

                           

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              


Biographical Sketch:

Xiaofei Liao is currently an associate professor in the school of computer at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He was awarded the PhD degree in Computing Science from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China. The supervisor is Prof. Hai Jin. He conducts research in the general areas of desktop and system virtualization technology, P2P computing, multimedia streaming. His current research focuses on the following topics:

 

1.     Desktop virtualization and I/O, memory virtualization (Supported by 973 project and 2009 NSFC project)

2.     P2P platform for multiple applications (Supported by 2008 NSFC project)

3.     P2P streaming services (Supported by 2007 RGC-NSFC joint project)


His research results have been accepted for publication in the well-established journals including IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, ACM Transactions on Internet Technology, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications, Cluster Computing, Computer Communications, Computer Networks, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Computing and Informatics, Journal of Systems Architecture,  and in the reputable conferences such as IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE ICPP, IEEE ICME, IEEE HPDC, IEEE CLUSTER, IEEE ICC, etc.


Dr. Liao serves as an peer reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Multimedia Tools and Applications, IEEE Transactions on Computer. He is the Program Chair of The 11th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies (PDCAT), the 7th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications (IEEE ISPA 2009) and the Japan-China Joint Workshop on Frontier of Computer Science and Technology (FCST 2008). He served on program committees of about 20 professional conferences/workshops. He is a member of the IEEE Computer Society.

 


Research Interests:

               desktop and system virtualization technology

                   P2P computing

                   multimedia streaming


Research Grants:

1.    Fok Ying Tong Education Foundation , Trust of shared and cooperated resources in distributed network, No.122007, (Principal Investigator, 2010.05 - 2012.05).

2.   Intel-MoE Project, Key Technologies of large-scale virtualized desktop based on cloud computing, No. MOE-INTEL-10-05,  (Principal Investigator, 2010.03 - 2013.03).

3.   NSFC (Chinese Natural Science Foundation), Research on key technologies of virtualized desktop with high reliability and efficiency in cloud computing, No.60973133, 300,000 RMB, (Principal Investigator, 2010.01-2012.12).

4.        NSFC (Chinese Natural Science Foundation), Research on flexible topology based on peer-to-peer network, No.60703050, 200,000 RMB (Principal Investigator, 01/2008 每 12/2010).

5.        NSFC (Chinese Natural Science Foundation), Collaboration based Optimization Scheme for Peer-to-Peer Streaming Overlays, No.60642010, 100,000 RMB (Principal Investigator, 01/2007 每 12/2007).

6.        Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University supported by MoE, China,  Key Issues of Desktop Virtualization, No.NCET-08-0218, 500,000 RMB (Principal Investigator, 01/2008 每 12/2010).

7.        Wuhan Chenguang Research Plan Foundation supported by Wuhan Government,  Topologies in P2P Platform, No.200850731350 , 50,000 RMB (Principal Investigator, 01/2008 每 12/2010)..

8.        National Basic Research Plan (973 Plan), Research on basic theory and technique of computing system virtualization, (team member, 07/2007 每 12/2011).

9.        NSFC (Chinese Natural Science Foundation) and RGC joint project, Large Scale Peer-to-Peer based Live Video Streaming over the Internet: Theory and Practice, No.60731160630, 335,000 RMB, (Co-Principal Investigator, 2008.01-2010.12).

10.        Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., P2P Live Streaming System on AnyView 2.0, 500,000RMB (Principal Investigator, 2008.01-2008.08).

11.    Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., P2P Video On-Demand System on IP-enabled Devices, 90,000USD (Principal Investigator, 2008.12-2009.3).


Selected Publications: (Full paper list)

       Edited Books

 

1.  Xiaofei Liao, etl, Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications (ISPA-09), Sichuan China, August 9-12, 2009, IEEE Press, ISBN 978-0-7695-3747-4.

 

       Chapters in Books:

 

2.  Hai Jin, Hao Chen, Xiaofei Liao, and Dafu Deng, ※Media-Streaming Services Based on Peer-to-Peer Networks§, Engineering the GRID 每 Status and Perspective, (Beniamino Di Martino, Jack

     Dongarra, Adolfy Hoisie, Laurence Tianruo Yang, and Hans Zima, Editors), American Scientific Publishers, 2006, pp.55-67 (ISBN: 1-58883-038-1)

 

       Journal Publications:

 

3. Haikun Liu, Hai Jin, Xiaofei Liao (corresponding author), Chen Yu and Cheng-Zhong Xu, "Live Virtual Machine Migration via Asynchronous Replication and State Synchronization", accepted by IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 2010

4. Xiaofei Liao, Hai Jin, Xiaojie Yuan, "ESPM: An optimized resource distribution policy in virtual user environment", accepted by Future Generation Computing System, 2010

5. Xiaofei Liao, Hai Jin, Liting Hu, "Energy Optimization Schemes in Cluster with Virtual Machines", accepted by Cluster Computing (Elsevier Journal), 2009

6. Sirui Yang, Hai Jin, Bo Li, Xiaofei Liao, Hong Yao, Qi Huang and Xuping Tu, "Measuring web feature impacts in Peer-to-Peer file sharing systems", COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS, Vol. 32, No.12, pp. 1418-1425, 2009

7. Sirui Yang, Hai Jin, Bo Li, and Xiaofei Liao, "A Modeling Framework of Content Pollution in Peer-to-Peer Video Streaming Systems", Elsevier Journal of Computer Networks, (2009)

    doi:10.1016/j.comnet.2009.06.004.

8. Xiaofei Liao, Hai Jin, Liting Hu, Haikun Liu, "Towards virtualized desktop environment", Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience (SCI Index), Published Online: Sep 18 2009, DOI:10.1002/cpe.1500 (http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/122602243/PDFSTART)

9.  Dingding Li, Hai Jin, Yingzhe Shao, Xiaofei Liao, Kai Chen, "A High-Performance Inter-Domain Data Transferring System for Virtual Machines", accepted by Journal of Software, 2009

10.  Xiaofei Liao, Hai Jin, Yunhao Liu, Lionel M. Ni, "Scalable Live Streaming Service Based on Inter-Overlay Optimization", IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, pp.1663-1674, Volume: 18, Issue: 12, 2007

11.  Xiaofei Liao, Hai Jin, Wenbin Jiang, "Moving P2P Live Streaming to Mobile and Ubiquitous Environment", Computing and Informatics, Vol.27, No. 5, pp.823-835, 2008

12. Xiaofei Liao, Hai Jin, "A new distributed storage scheme for video server", Journal of Systems Architecture, 2005, 51(2): 79-94.

13. Xuping Tu, Hai Jin, Xiaofei Liao, Jiannong Cao, "Nearcast: A locality-aware P2P live streaming approach for distance education", ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (TOIT) , Volume 8 Issue 2, February 2008

14. Bin Cheng, Lex Stein, Hai Jin, Xiaofei Liao, Zheng Zhang, "GridCast: Improving peer sharing for P2P VoD", ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMCCAP), Volume 4 , Issue 4 (October 2008), Article No. 26

15. Bin Cheng, Xuezheng Liu, Zheng Zhang, Hai Jin, Lex Stein, and Xiaofei Liao, ※Evaluation and Optimization of a Peer-to-Peer Video-on-Demand System§, Journal of Systems Architecture, Vol.54, pp. 651-663, 2008

16. Wenbin Jiang, Hai Jin, Xiaofei Liao, Zhi Yuan, "A Multicast Based Bandwidth Saving Approach for Wireless Live Streaming System", International Journal of Smart Home, Security Engineering Research Support Center, Korea, Vol.2, No.1, January 2008, pp.65-80 

       Conference Publications:

 

17. Haikun Liu, Hai Jin, Xiaofei Liao, Chen Yu, "Migration of Virtual Machine Based on Full-System Trace and Replay", IEEE HPDC 2009

18. Sirui Yang, Hai Jin, Bo Li, Xiaofei Liao, Hong Yao, and Xuping Tu, ※The Content Pollution in Peer-to-Peer Live Streaming Systems: Analysis and Implications,§ IEEE ICPP 2008

19. Xiaofei Liao, Hai Jin, Xianjie Xiong, Liting Hu, "LVD: A Lightweight Virtual Desktop Management Architecture", Proceeding of 2nd International DMTF Academic Alliance Workshop on Systems and Virtualization Management: Standards and New Technologies (DMTF SVM 2008), Springer-Verlag, October 2008, Munich, Germany, pp. 25 - 36 (ISBN: 978-3-540-88707-2).

20. Liting Hu, Hai Jin, Xiaofei Liao, Xianjie Xiong, Haikun Liu, "Magnet: A Novel Scheduling Policy for Power Reduction in Cluster with Virtual Machines", Proceeding of 2008 IEEE International Conferenc on Cluster Computing (Cluster 2008), IEEE Computer Society, Sept. 29 2008-Oct. 1 2008, Japan, pp. 13 - 22.

21. Xiaofei Liao, Hai Jin, Lili Zhu, ※DPLM: A Novel Application-layer Routing Scheme for Low Delay VoIP§, Proceeding of 2008 ASIAN Internet Engineering Conference (AINTEC 2008), ACM, November, 2008

22. Hai Jin, Xiaofei Liao, Song Wu, Zhiyuan Shao, Yingwei Luo, "ChinaV: Building Virtualized Computing System", Proceeding of 10th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC 2008), IEEE Computer Society

23. Bin Cheng, Hai Jin, Xiaofei Liao, "Supporting VCR Functions in P2P VoD Services Using Ring-Assisted Overlays", IEEE ICC 2007

24. Xiaofei Liao, Hai Jin, Yunhao Liu, Lionel M. Ni and Dafu Deng, "AnySee: Peer-to-Peer Live Streaming", IEEE INFOCOM 2006 (Cited number: over 190)

25. Xiaofei Liao, Hai Jin. A new cluster-based distributed video record server, in: Min Wu ed. Proceeding of IEEE ICME. Baltimore, USA. 2003. New York, NY, USA: IEEE Press, 2003. 249-252

26. Hai Jin, Xiaofei Liao, "Owl: A New Multimedia Data Splitting Scheme for Cluster Video Server", Proceeding of Euromicro Conference, Dortmund, Germany, 2002, IEEE Press, 2002, pp.144-151

 

Research Students:

       Students in my group:

        Sirui Yang, Ph.D candidate, A Study on Epidemic Defensive Strategies in Overlay Networks, graduated.

        Bin Cheng, Ph.D candidate, P2P VoD Services, graduated.

        Qi Huang, Ph.D candidate, P2P Reliability, Year 3, now in Connell Univ.

        Liting Hu, Ph.D candidate, Energy Saving in Virtualization System, Year 2, now in Georgia Institute of Technology.

        Honglei Jiang, Ph.D candidate, Relay Scheme in P2P SIP VoIP, Year 2.

        Fei Xu, Ph.D candidate, Reliability in P2P SIP VoIP, Year 2.

        Haikun Liu, Ph.D candidate, Checkpointing for Virtualization System, Year 2.

        Dingding Li, Ph.D candidate, Disk Optimization in Virtualization System, Year 1.

        He Li, Ph.D candidate, Inter Domian Communication for Virtualization System, Year 1.

        There are over 20 graduated  masters in my research group.


Professional Scientific Activities:

        Conference/Workshop Chairs:

1.     PC Co-chair, The 7th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications (ISPA-09).

2.     PC Co-Chair, The 2008 Japan-China Joint Workshop on Frontier of Computer Science and Technology (FCST 2008).

3.    PC Co-Chair, 2008 International Workshop on End-User Virtualization (EUV2008) in conjunction with the The 2008 IEEE/IFIP International Conference On Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC 2008).

4.     Organizor, International Workshop on Virtualization Technology (IWVT2008) held in conjunction with the 35th International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA 2008).

5.   PC Co-chair, The 11th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies (PDCAT 2011)

 

       Conference/Workshop Committee Members:

5.   Member of Program Committee, International Workshop on Peer-To-Peer Networking - P2PNet 2009.

6.    Member of Program Committee, The 2009 IEEE International Workshop on Multi-Core Software Systems in conjunction with The 15th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems
(ICPADS 2009).

7.    Member of Program Committee, The 1st IEEE Symposium on Web Society, 2009.

8.    Member of Program Committee, 2009 Fifth International Conference on Communications and Networking.

9.   Member of Program Committee, 2009 International Symposium of Multidisciplinary Autonomous Networks and System (MANS 2009) in Conjunction with the Joint International Conferences ATC 2009 and UIC 2009.

10. Member of Program Committee, International Conference on Communications and Networking in China (CHINACOM 2008).

11. Member of Program Committee, The 2008 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC-08).

12. Member of Program Committee, 2008 IEEE The Asia-Pacific Services Computing Conference (APSCC 2008).

13.     Member of Program Committee, 2009 International Conferences on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE 2009).

 14.  Member of Program Committee, International Conference on Convergence Technology and Information Convergence 2007.

15.     Member of Program Committee, The 2007 International Workshop on High Performance Data Mining and Applications (HPMDA'07).

16.     Member of Program Committee, 2007 SIWN International Conference on Complex Open Distributed Systems (CODS*2007).

17.     Member of Program Committee, Peer-to-Peer Streaming and IP-TV Workshop (P2P-TV) in SIGCOMM 2007.

18.     Member of Program Committee, 2006 International Workshop on P2P for High Performance Computational SciencesㄛP2P-HPCS*06.

19.     Member of Program Committee, The 2006 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications.

20.     Member of Program Committee, The 2007 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications.

21.     Member of Program Committee, International Conference on Communications and Networking in China (CHINACOM 2006).

22.     Member of Program Committee, The IEEE 20th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications in 2006.

 

       Journal Reviewer:

IEEE Transactions on Parallel & Distributed Systems

Future Generation Computer Systems

the Frontiers of Computer Science in China
IETE Technical Review
IEEE Communications Magazine
IEEE Communications Magazine
Computer Networks

International Journal of Computers and Applications
ACM Multimedia Systems Journal


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Last Revised: July. 28, 2010