Deji Chen

Visiting scholar in the Department of Computer Sciences from Emerson Process Management

Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Texas at Austin (1999)
M.Sc. in Computer Science, University of Texas at Austin (1995)
M.Eng. in Computer Science and Engineering, Tongji University (1991)
B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering, Tongji University (1989)

Publications (View complete list)

X. Zhu, P.-C. Huang, S. Han, A. Mok, D. Chen, and M. Nixon, RoamingHART: A Collaborative Localization System on WirelessHART. Real-Time Technology and Applications Symposium, 2012.
X. Zhu, S. Han, P.-C. Huang, A. K. Mok, and D. Chen, MBStar: A Real-time Communication Protocol for Wireless Body Area Networks. Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems, 2011.
S. Han, X. Zhu, A. K. Mok, D. Chen, and M. Nixon, Reliable and Real-time Communication in Industrial Wireless Mesh Networks. Real-Time Technology and Applications Symposium, 2011.
D. Chen, M. Nixon, and A. Mok, WirelessHART - Real-Time Mesh Network for Industrial Automation, Springer, 2010.
M. Xiong, S. Han, D. Chen, K.-Y. Lam, and S. Feng, DESH: Overhead Reduction Algorithms for Deferrable Scheduling, Real-Time Systems Journal, 2010.
S. Han, J. Song, X. Zhu, A. K. Mok, D. Chen, M. Nixon, W. Pratt, and V. Gondhalekar, Wi-HTest: Compliance Test Suite for Diagnosing Devices in Real-Time WirelessHART Network. Real-Time Technology and Applications Symposium, 2009.
M. Xiong, S. Han, K.-Y. Lam, and D. Chen, Deferrable Scheduling for Maintaining Real-Time Data Freshness: Algorithms, Analysis, and Results, IEEE Transactions on Computers, 57(7), July, 2008.
J. Song, A. K. Mok, D. Chen, M. Nixon, T. Blevins, and W. Wojsznis, Improving PID Control with Unreliable Communications, ISA EXPO Technical Conference, 2006. (Received ISA 2007 Excellence in Documentation Award.)
D. Chen and A. K. Mok, The Pinwheel: A Real-Time Scheduling Problem, Handbook of Scheduling: Algorithms, Models, and Performance Analysis, Joseph Y-T Leung (editor), Chapman Hall, CRC Press, 2004.
D. Chen, A. K. Mok, and T.-W. Kuo, Utilization Bound Re-visited, IEEE Transactions on Computers, 2003.
D. Chen, Real-Time Data Management in the Distributed Environment, Ph.D thesis, the University of Texas at Austin, 1999.
A. K. Mok and D. Chen, A Multiframe Model for Real-Time Tasks, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 1997.

US Patents

7,945,339: T. Blevins, D. Chen, M. Nixon, and G. McMillan, Non-periodic control communications in wireless and other process control systems, 2011.
7,822,802: D. Chen, S. Yang, M. Nixon, T. Aneweer, J. R. Shepard, and A. K. Mok, Apparatus and method for merging wireless data into an established process control system, 2010.
7,640,007: D. Chen, M. Nixon, K, Burr, and N. Peterson, Wireless handheld communicator in a process control environment, 2009.
7,620,460: T. Blevins, D. Chen, M. Nixon, and G. McMillan, Process control with unreliable communications, 2009.
7,587,252: T. Blevins, D. Chen, M. Nixon, and G. McMillan, Non-periodic control communications in wireless and other process control systems, 2009.
6,947,389: D. Chen, S. Bonwell, D. Christensen, D. DelGuzzi, N. Peterson, and R. Ramachandran, Two-mode foundation fieldbus device configurator, 2005.

cdj@cs.utexas.edu