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Yu Cheng

Assistant Professor, IEEE Senior Member

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Illinois Institute of Technology
3301 South Dearborn Street, Siegel Hall 320
Chicago, IL, 60616-3793

Phone: (312) 567-7996
Fax: (312) 567-8976
Email: cheng@iit.edu

Openings for Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Projects:

Two positions for REU research in the area of wireless networks are currently available for both junior and senior undergraduate students. This REU project is funded by National Science Fundation. The first phase of this project will last 4 weeks, starting from October 1, 2009. If you are interested, please send a two-page resume to cheng@iit.edu by September 15, 2009, indicating subject line as "REU position application". The selected students will receive a stipend of $400 per week. Depending on the performance, the students selected into the first phase can be considered for extending to the second and third phases, to be offered in Spring and Summer 2010, respectively. The applicants need to be US citizens or permanent residents to be eligible for this REU project. Women and minority students will be considered with priority.

Biography

Future Networking (FUN) Research Laboratory (under development)

Research Interests

Multi-radio multi-channel wireless networks
Next-generation Internet architecture, protocols, and management
Internet and wireless network security
Internet measurement, performance analysis, and resource allocation
Integration of heterogeneous networks

Teaching

ECE 545: Advanced Computer Communication Networks (2006 Fall, 2007 Spring, 2008 Spring)
ECE 541: Performance Evaluation of Computer Networks (2007 Fall, 2008 Fall, 2009 Fall)
ECE 719: Theory and Applications of Linear Optimization in Wireless Networks (2009 Fall)

Student Supervision

Xiaohua Tian, PhD candidate
Yong Hao, PhD candidate
Hongkun Li, PhD candidate
Jin Tang, PhD candidate
Yu Liu, PhD candidate (co-supervised with Prof. Chi Zhou)
Bin Guo, PhD candidate (co-supervised with Prof. Chi Zhou)
Seyed Mohamad Alavi, PhD candidate (co-supervised with Prof. Chi Zhou)
Devu Manikantan Shila, PhD candidate (co-supervised with Prof. Tricha Anjali)

Funded Research Projects

Scalable multicasting over application-oriented networks, Fieldhouse Research Fellowship, IIT, Jan. 2009 to Dec. 2009.
Squeezing the Most Out of Wireless Access and Backhaul Networks: A Generic Cross-Layer Analytical Approach, PI, National Science Foundation , Sept. 2008 to Aug. 2011.
Seamless Integration of Hybrid Access Networks, NEC Research Agreement, starting from Jan. 2008.
A Security Framework for Fixed/Mobile Converged Networks, Motorola University Partnership in Research (UPR) Program, Aug. 2007 to Sept. 2008.
A Scalable Application-Enabling Fabric for Next Generation Internet, Educational and Research Initiative Fund (ERIF), IIT, Jan. 2007 to Dec. 2007.

Selected Professional Activities

Associated Editor, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Technical Program Co-Chair, Wireless Networking Symposium, IEEE ICC 2009
Technical Program Committee Member, IEEE INFOCOM 2009
Technical Program Co-Chair, General Symposium, IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC) 2008
Workshops Chair, The Fifth International ICST Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness (QShine 2008)

Honors and Awards

Keynote speaker, "Design of next generation Internet based on application-oriented networking," Distributed Autonomous Network Management Systems Workshop (DANMS), 2008, co-located with IEEE GLOBECOM 2008, New Orleans, Nov. 30, 2008.
First Place Student Research Poster award, Graduate Division, IIT Research Day, May, 2008.
Best paper award, International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security, and Robustness (QShine'07), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Aug. 14-17, 2007.
Best Paper Award (3rd Place), IEEE Electro/Information Technology Conference (EIT), Chicago, Illinois, May 17-20, 2007.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, 2004
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), 2002, 2003
University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship, 2001, 2002

Publications

New Works in 2009

X. Tian, Y. Cheng, B. Liu, "Design of a scalable multicast scheme with an application-network cross-layer approach," IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, to appear.
D. Shila, Y. Cheng, T. Anjali, "Mitigating selective forwarding attacks with a channel-aware approach in WMNs," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, under revision.
Y. Cheng, X. Ling, and W. Zhuang, "A protocol-independent approach for analyzing the optimal operation point of CSMA/CA protocols", IEEE INFOCOM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Apr. 19-25, 2009.
H. Li, Y. Cheng, C. Zhou, and W. Zhuang, "Minimizing end-to-end delay: a novel routing metric for multi-radio wireless mesh networks", IEEE INFOCOM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Apr. 19-25, 2009.
D. Shila, Y. Cheng, and T. Anjali, "Channel-aware detection of gray hole attacks in wireless mesh networks,", IEEE GLOBECOM, Honolulu, Hawaii, Nov. 30-Dec.4, 2009.
J. Tang, Y. Cheng, and C. Zhou, "Sketch-Based SIP Flooding Detection Using Hellinger Distance,", IEEE GLOBECOM, Honolulu, Hawaii, Nov. 30-Dec.4, 2009.
Y. Liu, C. Zhou, and Y. Cheng, "Integrated BS/ONU Placement in Hybrid EPON-WiMAX Access Networks,", IEEE GLOBECOM, Honolulu, Hawaii, Nov. 30-Dec.4, 2009.
B. Guo, O. Sotoudeh, C. Zhou, and Y. Cheng, "Antenna Diversity for a Mobile Terminal: Theory, Simulation and Measurement,", IEEE GLOBECOM, Honolulu, Hawaii, Nov. 30-Dec.4, 2009.
S. M. Alavi, C. Zhou, and Y. Cheng, "Low complexity resource allocation algorithm for IEEE 802.16 OFDMA system", IEEE ICC, Dresden, Germany, Jun. 14-18, 2009.
Y. Cheng, A. Leon-Garcia, V. Ravindran, and H. Li, "Edge-based Internet traffic characterization by packet-pair dispersion measurement," IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, under review.
C. Hu, B. Liu, S. Wang, J. Tian, Y. Cheng, and Y. Chen, "Adaptive non-linear sampling method for accurate flow size estimation," IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, under review.

Other Representative Publications

X. Ling, Y. Cheng, J. W. Mark, and X. Shen, "A renewal theory based analytical model for the contention access period of IEEE 802.15.4 MAC", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 2340-2349, Jun. 2008.
Y. Cheng, A. Leon-Garcia, and I. Foster, "Towards an autonomic service management framework: A holistic vision of SOA, AON, and autonomic computing", IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 138-146, May 2008.
Y. Cheng, V. Ravindran, and A. Leon-Garcia, "Internet traffic characterization using packet-pair probing", in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM'07, Anchorage, Alaska, May 6-12, 2007.
W. Song, Y. Cheng, W. Zhuang, "Improving voice and data services in cellular/WLAN integrated network by admission control", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 6, no. 11, pp. 4025-4037, Nov. 2007.
Y. Cheng, W. Zhuang and L. Wang, "Calculation of loss probability in a finite size partitioned buffer for quantitative assured services", IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 55, no. 9, pp. 1757-1771, Sept. 2007.
Y. Cheng, X. Ling, W. Song, L. Cai, W. Zhuang, and X. Shen, "A cross-layer approach for WLAN voice capacity planning", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas of Communications, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 678-688, May 2007.
Y. Cheng, W. Zhuang, and X. Ling, "Towards an FBM model based network calculus framework with service differentiation", Mobile Networks and Applications, vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 335-346, Dec. 2007. (Extended version of QShine'07 Best Paper Award)
Y. Cheng and W. Zhuang, "Dynamic inter-SLA resource sharing in path-oriented differentiated services networks", IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 657-670, Jun. 2006.
Y. Cheng, R. Farha, A. Tizghadam, M. S. Kim, M. Hashemi, A. Leon-Garcia, and J. W.-K. Hong "Virtual network approach to scalable IP service deployment and efficient resource management", IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 43, no. 10, pp. 76-84, Oct. 2005.
Y. Cheng and W. Zhuang, "Effective bandwidth of multiclass Markovian traffic sources and admission control with dynamic buffer partitioning", IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 51, no. 9, pp. 1524-1535, Sept. 2003.

PhD Thesis

Y. Cheng, "Efficient resource allocation in differentiated services networks", University of Waterloo, Canada, August, 2003

Invited Talk

Y. Cheng, Keynote speech, "Design of next generation Internet based on application-oriented networking," Distributed Autonomous Network Management Systems Workshop (DANMS), 2008, co-located with IEEE GLOBECOM 2008, New Orleans, Nov. 30, 2008.
Y. Cheng, "Design of Next Generation Internet Based on Application-Oriented Networking", Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Toronto, June, 2008
Y. Cheng, "Edge-Based Internet Traffic Characterization by Packet-Pair Dispersion Measurement", Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Waterloo, June, 2008
Y. Cheng, "New Packet-Pair Dispersion Techniques for Bandwidth Estimation and Traffic Characterization", Department of Electrical Engineering, Northen Illinois University, May, 2008
Y. Cheng, "A Cross-Layer Framework for Wireless Access Network Capacity Analysis", Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, February, 2008
Y. Cheng, "Quantitative QoS and Efficient resource allocation in differentiated services networks", IEEE Vehicular Technology Chapter Presentation, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, November, 2005

Last updated in July 2009 by Y. Cheng.