Selected Papers on Maintaining Real-Time Data Quality

• Jiantao Wang, Kam-yiu Lam, Song Han, Sang H. Son, Aloysius K. Mok, "On Co-Scheduling of Periodic Update and Application Transactions with Fixed Priority Assignment for Real-Time Monitoring", to appear in the 26th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA), 2012.
  
  
• Kam-yiu Lam, Song Han, Jiantao Wang, Aloysius K. Mok, "On Least Idle Slot First Co-Scheduling of Update and Control Tasks in Real-time Sensing and Control Systems", to appear in the 17th IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS), 2011.
  
  
• Song Han, Deji Chen, Ming Xiong, Aloysius K. Mok. "Online Scheduling Switch for Maintaining Data Freshness in Flexible Real-Time Systems", in proceedings of the 30th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), pp. 115-124, Washington, D.C., USA, 2009. [slides]
  
  
• Ming Xiong, Song Han, Deji Chen, K. Y. Lam, Shan Feng. "DESH: Overhead Reduction Algorithms for Deferrable Scheduling", Real-Time System Journal (RTSJ), Volume 44, Issue 1-3, pp. 1-25, March, 2010.
  
  
• Song Han, Deji Chen, Ming Xiong, Al Mok. "Online Scheduling Policy Switch Based on Validity Constraint", in the 29th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS WIP session), Barcelona, Spain, 2008.
  
  
• Song Han, Deji Chen, Ming Xiong, Al Mok. "A Schedulability Analysis of Deferrable Scheduling Using Patterns", in proceedings of the 20th Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS), pp. 47-56, Prague, Czech Republic, 2008. (3+ Citations)
  
  
• Ming Xiong, Song Han, K. Y. Lam, Deji Chen. "Deferrable Scheduling for Maintaining Real-Time Data Freshness: Algorithm, Analysis and Results", in IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC), vol. 57, no. 7, pp. 952-964, July, 2008. (9+ Citations)
  
  
• Ming Xiong, Song Han, Deji Chen. "Deferrable Scheduling for Temporal Consistency: Schedulability Analysis and Overhead Reduction", in proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA), pp. 117-124, Sidney, Australia, 2006. (6+ Citations) [slides]
  
  
• Ming Xiong, Song Han, K. Y. Lam. "A Deferrable Scheduling Algorithm for Real-Time Transactions Maintaining Data Freshness" in proceedings of the 26th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), pp. 27-37, Miami, FL, 2005. (30+ Citations) [slides]
  
  
  

Selected Papers on Real-time and Embedded Network Systems

• Xiuming Zhu, Pei-Chi Huang, Song Han, Aloysius K. Mok, Deji Chen, Mark Nixon, "RoamingHART: A Collaborative Localization System on WirelessHART", to appearin the 18th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS 2012).
  
  
• Xiuming Zhu, Song Han, Aloysius Mok, Deji Chen, Mark Nixon, "Hardware Challenges and Their Resolution in Advancing WirelessHART" in proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics, Lisbon, Portugal, 2011. [slides]
  
  
• Song Han, Tianji Li, Chen Qian, Douglas Leith, Aloysius K. Mok, Simon S. Lam, "HartFi: An Energy-Efficient Localization System", in proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Energy and IT: from Green Networking to Smarter Systems, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2011. [slides]
  
  
• Xiuming Zhu, Song Han, Pei-Chi Huang, Aloysius K. Mok, Deji Chen, "MBStar: A Real-time Communication Protocol for Wireless Body Area Networks", in proceedings of the 23rd Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS), Porto, Portugal, 2011. [slides]
  
  
• Song Han, Xiuming Zhu, Deji Chen, Aloysius K. Mok, Mark Nixon, "Reliable and Real-time Communication in Industrial Wireless Mesh Networks" in proceedings of the 17th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), 3-12, Chicago, IL, 2011. (Nominated for Best Paper Award) (4+ Citations) (A simple demo how the system works) (Manual of our simulator) [slides]
  
  
• Song Han, Xiuming Zhu, Aloysius K. Mok, Mark Nixon, Terry Blevins, Deji Chen. "Control over WirelessHART Network", in proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), special session on Wireless Sensor Networks in Industrial and Factory Automation, Phenix, AZ, 2010. [slides]
  
  
• Song Han, Xiuming Zhu, Jianping Song, Aloysius K. Mok, Deji Chen, Mark Nixon, Wally Pratt, Veena Gondhalekar. "A Virtual Network Approach for Testing Wireless Mesh in Industrial Process Control", in proceedings of the 16th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA), 387-392, Macau, China, 2010.
  
  
• Junghoon Lee, Song Han, Aloysius K. Mok. "Design of a Reliable Communication System for Grid-Style Traffic Control Networks", in proceedings of the 16th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), pp. 133-142, Stockholm, Sweden, 2010. (9+ Citations) [slides]
  
  
• Xiuming Zhu, Wei Dong, Aloysius K. Mok, Song Han, Jianping Song, Deji Chen, Mark Nixon. "A Location-determination Application in WirelessHART", in proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA), pp. 263-270, Beijing, P.R.China, 2009. (2+ Citations)
  
  
• Song Han, Jianping Song, Xiuming Zhu, Aloysius K. Mok, Deji Chen, Mark Nixon, Wally Pratt and Veena Gondhalekar. "Wi-HTest: Compliance Test Suite for Diagnosing Devices in Real-Time WirelessHART Network", in proceedings of the 15th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), pp. 327-336, San Francisco, CA, 2009. (15+ Citations) (This Test Suite is now commercially available at HART Foundation.) [slides]
  
  
• Xuming Zhu, Aloysius K. Mok, Song Han, Jianping Song, Deji Chen, Mark Nixon. "A Location Aware Application In WirelessHART", in the 29th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS WIP session), Barcelona, Spain, 2008.
  
  
• Jianping Song, Song Han, Xiuming Zhu, Al Mok, Deji Chen, Mark Nixon. "Demonstration of a Complete WirelessHART Network", in proceedings of the 6th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys 08 Demo), pp. 381-382, Raleigh, NC, 2008 (4+ Citations)
  
  
• Song Han, Jianping Song, Xiuming Zhu, Al Mok, Deji Chen, Mark Nixon,Wally Pratt, Veena Gondhalekar. "HTest-W: Testing Suite for Diagnosing WirelessHART Devices and Networks", in proceedings of The 6th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys 08 Poster), pp. 437--438, Raleigh, NC, 2008.
  
  
• Jianping Song, Song Han, Al Mok, Deji Chen, Mike Lucas, Mark Nixon and Wally Pratt. "WirelessHART: Applying Wireless Technology in Real-Time Industrial Process Control", in proceedings of the 14th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), pp.377-386, St. Louis, MO, 2008. (101+ Citations) [slides]
  
  
• Jianping Song, Song Han, Aloysius K. Mok, Deji Chen, Mark Nixon, "A study of process data transmission scheduling in wireless mesh networks", in ISA EXPO Technical Conference, Houston, TX, 2007. (7+ Citations)
  
  
• Song Han, Zifei Zhong, Hongxing Li, Guihai Chen, Edward Chan, Aloysius K. Mok. "Coding-Aware Multi-path Routing in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks", in proceedings of the 27th IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), pp. 93-100, Austin, TX, 2008. (2+ Citations)
  
  
• Edward Chan, Song Han. "Energy Efficient Residual Energy Monitoring in Wireless Sensor Networks", In the International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, Vol. 5, pp. 1-23, 2009.
  
  
• Song Han, Edward Chan, Reynold Cheng, K. Y. Lam. "A Statistics-based Sensor Selection Scheme for Continuous Queries in Sensor Networks", In Real Time Systems Journal (RTSJ), Vol . 35, No. 1, pp. 33-58, Jan 2007. (9+ Citations)
  
  
• Song Han, Edward Chan, Reynold Cheng, K. Y. Lam. "A Statistics-based Sensor Selection Scheme for Continuous Queries in Sensor Networks", Proc. 11th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA), pp. 331-336, Hong Kong, P.R.China, 2005. (5+ Citations)
  
  
• Song Han, Edward Chan. "Probabilistic Continuous Update Scheme in Location Dependent Continuous Queries" ,Proc. 6th International Workshop on Advanced Parallel Processing Technologies (APPT), LNCS 2834, Hong Kong, P.R.China, 2005.
  
  
• Yuequan Chen, Edward Chan, Song Han. "Energy Efficient Multipath Routing in Large Scale Sensor Networks with Multiple Sink Nodes", Proc. 6th International Workshop on Advanced Parallel Processing Technologies (APPT), LNCS 2834, Hong Kong, P.R.China, 2005. (7+ Citations)
  
  
• Song Han, Edward Chan. "Continuous Residual Energy Monitoring in Wireless Sensor Networks", Proc. 2nd International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing and Applications (ISPA), LNCS 3358, Hong Kong, P.R.China, 2004. (13+ Citations)
  
  

Selected Papers on Data Mining

• Feng Zou, Fu Lee Wang, Xiaotie Deng, Song Han, "Evaluation of Stop Word List in Chinese Language", the 5th edition of the International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), Genoa, Italy, 2006.
  
  
• Feng Zou, Fu Lee Wang, Xiaotie Deng, Song Han, "Automatic Identification of Chinese Stop Words", a special issue on Advances in Natural Language Processing of the journal Research on Computing Science, pp. 151-162, 2006. (10+ Citations)
  
  

Technical Reports, Surveys and Publications in Chinese

• Song Han, Deji Chen, Ming Xiong, Kam-yiu Lam, Aloysius K. Mok, Krithi Ramamritham. "Schedulability Analysis of Deferrable Scheduling Algorithms for Maintaining Real-Time Data Freshness". The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Computer Science. Report# TR-11-38 (regular tech report). November 2nd, 2011.
  
  
• Song Han, Kam-yiu Lam, Jiantao Wang, Sang H. Son, Aloysius K. Mok. "Adaptive Co-Scheduling for Periodic Update and User Transactions in Real-Time Database Systems". The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Computer Science. Report# TR-11-35 (regular tech report). October 12th, 2011.
  
  
• Song Han, Jianping Song, Xiuming Zhu, Aloysius K. Mok, Deji Chen, Mark Nixon, Wally Pratt, Veena Gondhalekar. "Wi-HTest: Compliance Test Tool for Real-Time WirelessHART Mesh Network Devices". The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Computer Science. Report #TR-10-41 (regular tech report). December 18th, 2010.
  
  
• Song Han, Xiuming Zhu, Aloysius K. Mok, Deji Chen, Mark Nixon. "Reliable and Real-time Communication in Industrial Wireless Mesh Networks". The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Computer Sciences. Report #TR-10-34 (regular tech report). October 7th, 2010.
  
  
• Ming Xiong, Song Han, K. Y. Lam, Deji Chen. "Deferrable Scheduling for Maintaining Real-Time Data Freshness: Algorithm, Analysis and Results". The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Computer Sciences. Report #TR-07-44 (regular tech report), September 5, 2007.
  
  
• Song Han, Mike Sheldon, Deji Chen, Mark Nixon, Aloysius K. Mok. "A Practical Approach to Deploy Large Scale Wireless Sensor Networks", The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Computer Sciences. Report# TR-08-05 (regular tech report). January 28, 2008
  
  
• Guihai Chen, Hongxin Li, Song Han, Zifei Zhong, Edward Chan. "Coding-Aware Multi-path Routing in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks", Journal of Software. (in Chinese)

Awards and Honors

Emerson Publication Award, Emerson Process Management 2011

Cyber Physical System Week NSF Travel Grant 2011

Department Travel Award, UT Austin 2011

James C. Browne Graduate Fellowship, UT Austin 2009-2010

Professional Development Award, UT Austin 2009

Student Travel Award for Cyber Physical System Week 2009

Professional Development Award, UT Austin 2008

Student Travel Award for Cyber Physical System Week 2008

Emerson Publication Award, Emerson Process Management 2008

Microelectronics and Computer Development (MCD) Fellowship, UT Austin 2006 - 2009

Excellent Graduate Award, Nanjing University, China 2003

People's Scholarship, Nanjing University, China 2000 - 2003

First Prize of "Hope-Cup" National Mathematical Contest for High School, China 1998

Talks and Presentations

"Network Infrastructure and Data Management for Cyber-Physical Systems" Research Proposal Exam.

"Applying Wireless Technology in Real-Time Industrial Process Control: Standards, Test Suite and Management", Research Preparation Exam.

"HartFi: An Energy-Efficient Localization System", in GreenNet 2011.

"Reliable and Real-time Communication in Wireless Industrial Mesh Networks", in RTAS 2011.

"Control over WirelessHART Networks", in IECON 2010.

"A Virtual Network Approach for Testing Wireless Mesh in Industrial Process Control", in RTCSA 2010.

"Online Scheduling Switch for Maintaining Data Freshness in Flexible Real-Time Systems", in RTSS 2009.

"Online Scheduling Policy Switch Based on Validity Constraint", in RTSS, 2008

"Wi-HTest: Compliance Test Suite for Diagnosing Devices in Real-Time WirelessHART Network", in RTAS, 2009.

"Coding-Aware Multi-path Routing in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks", in IPCCC, 2008.

"A Statistics-based Sensor Selection Scheme for Continuous Queries in Sensor Networks", in RTCSA, 2005.

"Probabilistic Continuous Update Scheme in Location Dependent Continuous Queries" in APPT, 2005.

"Hierarchy Energy Scan in Wireless Sensor Network using in-network aggregation", in ISPA, 2004.