Education
- Ph.D. in Computer Sciences, December 1994,
Purdue University, USA
- B.S. in Computer Science, July 1987,
Zhongshan (Sun Yet-Sen) University, China
Employment History
- 1/2006-Present,
Research Manager,
Microsoft Research - Asia,
China
- 9/1994-1/2006,
Senior Research Scientist,
HRL Laboratories LLC (formerly Hughes Research Labs),
USA
- Lead research projects in the networking and information security areas
- Drive technical innovations with major business impacts
- Built three research areas for HRL:
satellite networks, ad-hoc networks, and wireless security
- Capture and execute external-funded research contracts
from DARPA, NASA, and Boeing/Raytheon/Hughes
(totaling ~$9M funding)
- 8/2000-5/2003,
Adjunct Assistant Professor/Visiting Scientist,
Department of Computer Sciences,
The University of Texas at Austin, USA
- Initiated, developed, and taught three new courses
(in networking and systems)
- Advised graduate and undergraduate students in research projects
- Conducted collaborative research with other faculties
- 1/1996-3/1996,
Visiting Lecturer,
Department of Computer Science,
University of California at Los Angeles, USA
- 1/1990-5/1994,
Graduate Assistant,
Department of Computer Sciences,
Purdue University, USA
- 7/1987-8/1989,
Staff Research Assistant,
Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China
Research Project Experience
- Experimentation Platform for Wireless Networks, 2001-2005
Build a software environment for developing and testing wireless
ad-hoc network systems without a physical network testbed.
While in progress, made major impact in HRL's R&D capability and
led to new contracts/business.
- ML-IPsec (Multi-Layer IPsec), 1998-2005
Provide both security and performance enhancement for wireless networks.
Make TCP-PEP cooperate with IPsec.
Benefit owners' satellite/wireless network business.
- TCP over MANET, 2001-2005
Develop two new TCP mechanisms: TCP-DOOR and EBN.
Implement and experiment with XCP in Linux.
Develop new control theoretical approach for better congestion control.
- HRL's WINS Network, 1996-2005
Create and oversee $1M+ state-of-the-art experimental network at HRL
to support HRL's networking R&D projects.
- DARPA CN Project, 2003-2004
Develop energy-efficient radios and network protocols for DARPA.
- Intrusion Detection for Wireless Networks, 1999-2003
The first to propose IDS for MANET vision and develop new techniques.
Open new direction with many followers.
- SPACEWAY Study, 1998-2001
Study and model owner's future-generation broadband satellite product/service.
Implement simulator module used by engineering team in evaluation and planning.
- DARPA NGI Program, 1999-2001
Lead the proposal effort and develop
hybrid satellite and mobile multi-hop wireless network technologies
for DARPA's Next Generation Internet.
- DARPA ACN Project, 2000-2001
Develop wireless networking techniques for
DARPA's airborne communication nodes.
- UDLR (UniDirectional Link Routing), 1996-2000
Develop networking technology to support unidirectional links
in Internet routing.
Standardize solution with IETF and benefit satellite network industry.
- Internet-over-Satellite Experiments, 1997-1999
Investigate Internet-over-satellite and develop protocols.
Design and conduct highly visible experiments over real satellite systems:
with NASA ACTS, and MBone-over-satellite during IETF-40/-41.
- DARPA ICV Program, 1997-1999
Design network protocols for the semantics multicast concept
in multimedia networking.
- DARPA SUO/OBS Project, 1998-1999
Develop and demonstrate a 3G wireless data network concept
with base-station/switch on-board an unmanned airborne vehicle.
- DARPA TRP Project, 1996-1998
Provide technical leadership in big industry/university consortium project
to develop commercial digital wireless network technologies
for DARPA/DoD applications.
- DARPA GloMo Program, 1995-1997
Develop system architecture and protocols for
internetworking satellite and terrestrial wireless networks.
Build a rapid deployable wireless network concept, a working prototype,
and highly visible demonstrations.
- Heterogeneous Information System, 1994-1995
Develop reliability and adaptability techniques for
transactional heterogeneous and federated database systems.
- cxterm, 1991-1995
Build a Chinese terminal emulator and character input system for X window.
Turn this "hobby" project into worldwide popularity and
large commercial license from a leading software company.
- Ph.D. Thesis Research, 1991-1994
Develop new mechanisms and conduct experimental study
for scaling distributed database systems from local network
to wide-area internet environment.
- The XYZ Project, 1987-1989
Develop an object-oriented software module management system for
a national-award-winning CASE system based on executable temporal logic.