Chun Zhang     (email: zchun AT yahoo DOT com)

Education

• 2000-2006 Ph.D. in Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts (UMass), Amherst, USA
• 1996-1999 M.S. in Department of Computer Science, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei 
• 1991-1996 B.S. in Department of Computer Science, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei 

Research Interests

• Routing optimization in wired and wireless networks
• Protocol design and Performance evaluation
• Network simulation and measurement

Research Experience

• Research Assistant in Computer Networks Research Group, directed by Professor Jim Kurose and Professor Don Towsley, Department of Computer Science, UMass, Amherst (2000-Present)
  • Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA), 2003-present
  • Secure Group Communication in Mobile, Wireless Network (SecureGroups), 2000-2003

Teaching Experience

• Teaching Assistant, fall 2004, Advanced Foundations of Computer Networks, Department of Computer Science, UMass, Amherst
• Teaching Assistant, fall 1996, Graph Theory, Department of Computer Science, USTC

Publications

• An Optimal Capacity Planning Algorithm for Provisioning Cluster-Based Failure-Resilient Composite Services
  Chun Zhang, Rong N. Chang, Chang-shing Perng, Edward So, Chungqiang Tang and Tao Tao  
  Proceedings of IEEE SCC 2009

• Separation of Sensor Control and Data in Closed-Loop Sensor Networks
  Victoria Manfredi, Jim Kurose, Naceur Malouch, Chun Zhang and Michael Zink  
  Proceedings of IEEE SECON 2009

• Black-Box Performance Control for High-Volume Non-Interactive Systems
  Chunqiang Tang, Sunjit Tara, Rong N. Chang and Chun Zhang  
  Proceedings of USENIX 2009

• vPath: Precise Inference of Transaction Execution Paths from Easily Observable Thread and Network Activities
  Byung Chul Tak, Chunqiang Tang, Chun Zhang, Sriram Govindan, Bhuvan Urgaonkar, Rong N. Chang  
  Proceedings of USENIX 2009

• Leveraging Service Composition Relationship to Improve CPU Demand Estimation in SOA Environments
  Chun Zhang, Rong Chang, Chang-Shing Perng, Edward So, Chunqiang Tang, Tao Tao  
  Proceedings of SCC 2008

• QoS-Aware Optimization of Composite-Service Fulfillment Policy
  Chun Zhang, Rong Chang, Chang-Shing Perng, Edward So, Chunqiang Tang, Tao Tao  
  Proceedings of SCC 2007

• Distributed Resource Management and Admission Control of Stream Processing System with Max Utility
  Cathy Xia, Don Towsley, Chun Zhang  
  Proceedings of ICDCS 2007

• A Distributed Algorithm for Joint Sensing and Routing in Wireless Networks with Non-Steerable Directional Antennas
  Chun Zhang, Jim Kurose, Yong Liu, Don Towsley, Michael Zink  
  ICNP 2006 [ps.gz] [pdf] [ppt]  
  A longer version is available as UMass CMPSCI Technical Report 06-12 [pdf][ps.gz]

• On Optimal Communication Cost for Gathering Correlated Data Through a Wireless Sensor Network
  Junning Liu, Micah Adler, Don Towsley, Chun Zhang
  ACM Mobicom 2006.

• Inference and Evaluation of Split-Connection Approaches in Cellular Data Networks
  Wei Wei, Chun Zhang, Hui Zang, Don Towsley, Jim Kurose 
  Proceedings of Passive and Active Measurement 2006.

• Optimal Power Allocation in Wireless Networks with Transmitter-Receiver Power Tradeoffs
  Sudarshan Vasudevan, Chun Zhang, Dennis Goeckel, Don Towsley 
  Proceedings of Infocom 2006. A version available as UMass CMPSCI Technical Report 05-31 [pdf][ps.gz] 
  

• Optimal Routing with Multiple Traffic Matrices: Tradeoff between Average Case and Worst Case Performance
  Chun Zhang, Zihui Ge, Jim Kurose, Yong Liu, Don Towsley 
  Proceedings of ICNP 2005. [pdf]  
  A longer version available as UMass CMPSCI Technical Report 05-32 [pdf][ps.gz] 
  

• On Optimal Routing with Multiple Traffic Matrices
  Chun Zhang, Yong Liu, Weibo Gong, Jim Kurose, Robert Moll, Don Towsley 
  Proceedings of Infocom 2005 [pdf][ps.gz], talk sides [ppt]  
  A longer version is available as UMass CMPSCI Technical Report 04-60 [pdf][ps.gz] 
  

• Classification of Access Network Types: Ethernet, Wireless LAN, ADSL, Cable Modem or Dialup?
  Wei Wei, Bing Wang, Chun Zhang, Jim Kurose, Don Towsley 
  Proceedings of Infocom 2005 [pdf]
  A longer version is available as UMass CMPSCI Technical Report 04-46 [pdf]

• An Optimal Distributed Algorithm for Joint Resource Allocation and Routing in Node-based Wireless Networks
  Chun Zhang, Jim Kurose, Yong Liu, Don Towsley  
  UMass CMPSCI Technical Report 05-43 [ps.gz] [pdf]  
  

• On Dynamic Subset Difference Revocation Scheme
  Weifeng Chen, Zihui Ge, Chun Zhang, Jim Kurose, Don Towsley 
  Proceedings of IFIP TC6 Third Networking Conferences (Networking) 2004 [pdf][ps.gz]  
  A longer version is available as UMass CMPSCI Technical Report 03-22 [pdf][ps.gz]

• Comparison of Inter-Area Rekeying Algorithms for Secure Wireless Group Communications
  Chun Zhang, Brian DeCleene, Jim Kurose, Don Towsley
  Performance Evaluation 49(1-4) 2002 1-20 [pdf][ps.gz], talk sides [ppt]

• Secure Group Communications for Wireless Networks
  Brian DeCleene, Lakshminath Dondeti, Sean Griffin, Thomas Hardjono, Diane Kiwior, Jim  Kurose, Don Towsley, Sudarshan Vasudevan, Chun Zhang
  IEEE Military Conference (MILCOM) 2001 [pdf][ps.gz] 

Ongoing work

• On the Value of Separation of Control and Data in a Distributed Meteorological Sensing Network
  Naceur Malouch, Victoria Manfredi, Jim Kurose, Chun Zhang
  Under Submission.

Last Update: 11/26/06