Education

• Ph.D., Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA

• M.S., Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

• B.S., Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Working Experience

Awards

• Faculty Early Career Award     National Science Foundation (NSF), 2006
• Best paper award                      38^th IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference, 2001

Currently funded projects

• CAREER: Power Aware Scheduling for Real-Time Embedded Systems  (PI)
  Source: National Science Foundation (NSF), $400,000,  2006 - 2011

        The research goal of this project is to leverage current operating system (OS) functionality to support real-time embedded systems and meet the increasingly stringent power/energy constraints of mobile devices. Toward this goal, we emphasize a comprehensive approach drawn from state of the art in IC and computer architecture technology, real-time theory, and practical applications, with the primary research focus on the development of novel scheduling methods and decision functions. The principle of our approach is to exploit the power management capability in advanced IC and computer architecture technology, and balance the application requirements and power/energy consumption.

• CCLI: Novel Instruction Material Development for Embedded System Education in Undergraduate Curriculum   (with Co-PI: Dr. John Bowles)
  Source: National Science Foundation (NSF), $150,000,  2007 - 2010                       

    The primary focus of this project is the development of laboratory materials for undergraduate students in embedded system design. The goal in developing these materials is to provide the students with extensive hands-on opportunities to enhance their knowledge and understanding of advanced concepts and principles in designing current and next-generation embedded systems using FPGA technology.