Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Wei Zhao

[Personal] [Education and Working Experiences] [Awards and Honors]
[Research Inventions, Grants and Contracts] [Projects] [Publications] [Ph.D. Students]
[University Services] [External Professional Activities] [Others]

PERSONAL ^{^ TOP ^}

• Born on September 12, 1953, married, two children, citizen of United States.

EDUCATION ^{^ TOP ^}

• Ph.D.: February 1986, Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Ph.D. Dissertation: A Heuristic Approach to Scheduling Hard Real-Time Tasks with Resource Requirements in Distributed Systems, nominated for ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award).
• M.S.: May 1983, Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts at Amherst (M.S. Project: Improvement on Habermann's Algorithm for Deadlock Avoidance).
• B.S. (equivalent): July 1977, Department of Physics, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an.

WORKING EXPERIENCES ^{^ TOP ^}

• 2005 - .: Division Director, Computer and Network Systems, National Science Foundation.
• 2005 - .: Senior Associate Vice President for Research, Texas A&M University.
• 2001 - 2005: Associate Vice President for Research, Texas A&M University.
• 1997 - 2001: Head, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University.
• 1996 - .: Full Professor of Computer Science, Texas A&M University.
• January 1997 - August 1997: Full Professor of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong.
• 1990 -1996: Associate Professor, Texas A&M University.
• 1988 - 1990: Senior Lecturer, University of Adelaide.
• 1986 - 1988: Assistant Professor, Amherst College.
• February 1986 - September 1986: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
• 1982 - May 1985: Teaching and Research Assistant/Associate, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
• 1977 - 1982: Instructor, Shaanxi Normal University.

AWARDS and HONORS ^{^ TOP ^}

• Keynote Speaker, the 4th IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications, July 2005.
• Keynote Speaker, the Annual Conference of Chinese Association of Science and Technology, USA, June 2005.
• Life Achievements Award, Chinese Association of Science and Technology, USA, June 2005.
• IEEE Fellow, since January 1, 2001.
• Distinguished Speaker, The Ohio State University, 2004.
• Keynote Speaker, NSFC Conference on Computer Networks, February 2004.
• Keynote Speaker, Being Professors in the USA Forum, March 2003.
• Outstanding Achievement Award, Chinese Association of Science and Technology, November 2002.
• Keynote Speaker, Sino-US Symposium on Hi-Tech and Economic Developments and the 4th Conference of FACPSU, May 2002.
• Award on Spirit of Technology Transfer, DARPA, January 2002.
• Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, 2000.
• Listed in International Man of the Millennium, International Biographical Center, 1999.
• Keynote Speaker, 10th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems, October 1998.
• Keynote Speaker, 23rd IFAC/IFIP Workshop on Real Time Programming, June 1998.
• Listed in Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 4th Edition, Marquis Who’s who, 1998.
• Listed in Twentieth Century Distinguished Who's Who, 1996.
• Invited Distinguished Speaker, International Conference on Computing Systems, October 1996.
• Listed in Asia's Who's Who of Men and Women of Achievement, Vol. IX, 1996.
• Keynote Speaker, IEEE International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Real-Time Systems, April, 1994.
• TEES Fellow, College of Engineering, Texas A&M University and Texas Engineering Experiment Station, October 1993.
• Faculty Recognition, College of Engineering, Texas A&M University and Texas Engineering Experiment Station, February 1993.
• Outstanding Paper Award of the IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, June 1992.
• Listed in Austral-Asian Who's Who, second edition, 1991.
• Scholarship from Western Computer Science Institute, Summer 1984.

INVENTIONS ^{^ TOP ^}

• Wei Zhao, B. Chen, and G. Agrawal, Local Synchronous Bandwidth Allocation in a Token Ring Network, U.S. Patent, No. 5,313,466.
• Wei Zhao, G. Agrawal, B. Chen, S. Davari, Normalized Proportional Synchronous Bandwidth Allocation in a Token Ring Network, U.S. Patent, No. 5,404,424.

EXTERNAL GRANTS and CONTRACTS (details) ^{^ TOP ^}

• Workshop on Advances in Computer and Computational Sciences, P.I.: Wei Zhao, National Science Foundation, $24,000, September 1, 2004 - December 31, 2005.
• Technology Development for Observation Systems, Co-PIs: Dick Ewing, Wei Zhao, et al, $715,000, ONR and NOAA (via Southeastern Universities Research Association), September 1, 2004 – August 31, 2005.
• Development of an Effective Cyber-Security Workforce, P.I.: Wei Zhao, National Security Agency, $160,742, September 1, 2004 - December 31, 2005.
• Intellectual Property Rights and Technology Transfer, Department of State, $199,297, Co-PIs: Nader, Rick and Wei Zhao, June 1, 2004 - May 31, 2005.
• ITR: DDDAS: Data Dynamic Simulation for Disaster Management, Co-P.I.s: J. Mandel, Bob Kremens, C. Douglas, J. Coen, L. Franca, T. Puhalskii, T. Vodacek, and Wei Zhao, $2,068,000, NSF, September 1, 2003 - August 31, 2007.
• Overlay Network Support for Remote Visualization of Time-Varying Data, Co-P.I.s: D. Xue, H. Shen (Ohio State University), and Wei Zhao, $400,000, NSF/ACR, September 1, 2003 - August 31, 2006.
• Adaptive End-to-End Quality of Service for Intelligent Dynamic Optical Wireless Networks, Co-P.I.s: A. Pavan, R. Carter, I. Cardei (Honeywell Technology Center), Wei Zhao, and R. Bettati, $488,468 (TAMU subcontract $103,845), DARPA/AFRL, April 1, 2002 - July 31, 2003.
• Real-Time Technology and Application Symposium, P.I. Wei Zhao, Co-P.I. D. Mosse, NSF, $12,000, May 2001 - April 2002.
• On a Virtual Laboratory for Network Engineering Educational Programs, P.I.: Wei Zhao, Co-P.I.s: Jyh-Charn (Steve) Liu, and Willis Marti, NSF, $343,806, September 2001 - September 2003.
• Effective Resource Management for Differentiated Services, P.I.: Biao Chen, Co-P.I.s: Wei Zhao and S. Q. Zhengi, Texas Higher Education Coordination Board, $149,100, January 2000 - December 2001.
• Secured Real-Time Communications in High Performance Networks, P.I.: Wei Zhao, Co-P.I.s: R. Bettati and Sadegh Davari, Texas Higher Education Coordination Board, $120, 706, January 2000 - December 2001.
• Providing reliable real-time communications to mission critical applications, P.I.: Wei Zhao, Co-P.I.s: R. Bettati and N. Vaidya, DARPA, $1,521,590 (+cost shared with TAMU, UIUC, and Tri-Pacific Inc), June 1999 - June 2004.
• Wireless Networking and Collaborative Knowledge Building Research, P.I.s N. Vaidya, Wei Zhao, F. Shipman, and R. Bettati, NSF, $75,000 (including TAMU matching $25,000), March 1999 - March 2000.
• Test and Analysis of Software Timing Properties, P.I.s: Wei Zhao and Jianer Chen, Millennium Technologies, funded $21,500, December 1997 – August 1999.
• Survey on Real-Time Fault-Tolerant Computation and Communication, ONR, P.I.: Wei Zhao, competitive and subject to peer review, funded $4,900, June 1997 - May 1998.
• Real-Time Resource Management Adaptation with Predictable Real-Time Performance, DARPA, P.I.: R. Jha (Honeywell Technology Center), Co-P.I.s: S. Karsten (Georgia Institute of Technology), Wei Zhao and R. Bettati (Texas A&M University), competitive and subject to peer review, $1,900,000 (TAMU subcontract $280,000), June 1997 - May 2000.
• ATM-Based Heterogeneous Communication: Traffic Analysis and Management, Hong Kong City University Strategic Research Grant, Co-P.Is.: Wei Zhao, T. Y. Cheung, and W. Jia, competitive and subject to peer review, funded HK$311,410, August 1997 – July 1999.
• Distributed Computing & Real-Time Networking Research, NSF, Co-P.I.s: N. Vaidya, J. Welch, N. Amato, and Wei Zhao, competitive and subject to peer review, funded $108,000 (including TAMU matching $35,760), March 1996 - March 1998.
• Real-Time Communications in Heterogeneous Networks, AFOSR, P.I.: Wei Zhao, competitive and subject to peer review, funded $206,000, March 1996 - March 1999.
• Connection-Oriented Real-Time Communications over Heterogeneous Networks, Texas Higher Education Coordination Board, , P.I. Wei Zhao, competitive and subject to peer review, funded $95,998, January 1996 - August 1998.
• Real-Time Technology and Applications Symposium, ONR, Co-P.I.s: Wei Zhao and J. Chen, funded $7,000, December 1995 - August 1996.
• Fault-Tolerant Real-Time Communications in High Performance Networks, ONR, P.I.: Wei Zhao, competitive and subject to peer review, funded $200,000 (including TAMU matching $25,000), November 1994 - November 1997.
• Scheduling issues for space computing systems, NASA/JSC, Co-P.I.s S. Davari (UHCL), T. Leibfried (UHCL) and Wei Zhao, competitive and subject to peer review, funded $ 58,000 (TAMU subcontract: $29,000), June 1994 - July 1995.
• Control in Distributed Real-Time Multi-Version Computation Systems, Texas Higher Education Coordination Board, P.I. Wei Zhao, competitive and subject to peer review, funded $104,402, January 1994 - January 1996.
• Using FDDI for Fault-Tolerant Real-Time Communications: source code and engineering support, Cisco, Co-P.I.s Wei Zhao and W. Marti, (cash equivalent $35,000), September 1993 - September 1995.
• Integrated Security and Real-Time Service for SAFENET, ONR, P.I.: Wei Zhao, competitive and subject to peer review, funded $119, 995, Sept 1993 - March 1997.
• Fault Tolerant Hard Real-Time Communications with the Survivable Adaptable Fiber Embedded Networks, ONR, P.I.: Wei Zhao, competitive and subject to peer review, funded $119, 305, September 1992 - September 1994.
• Fault-Tolerant Guarantee of Hard Real-Time Message Deadlines in FDDI Networks, AFOSR, P.I.: Wei Zhao, competitive and subject to peer review, funded $192,787, July 1992 - August 1995.
• Guaranteeing Hard Real-Time Deadlines with the Timed Token Protocol, NSF, P.I: Wei Zhao, competitive and subject to peer review, funded $109,322 (including TEES matching $10,000), August 1992 - July 1995.
• Parallel and Distributed Computation, NSF Small Scale Infrastructure Grant, P.I. D. Volz, L. Bhuyan, and U. Pooch, competitive and subject to peer review, funded $1,400,000 (with TEES matching), 1992 - 1995.
• Workshop on Imprecise and Approximate Computation, ONR, Co-P.I.s: Wei Zhao and S. Natarajan, funded $5,000, November 1992 - April 1993.
• Design Support Platform for Real-Time Computer Systems used in NASA Space Programs, NASA/JSC, Co-P.I.s: S. Natarajan, W. Zhao, S. Davarri (UHCL), T. Leibfried (UHCL), funded $50,000 (TAMU subcontract $25,000), December 1992 - December 1993.
• Coordinated Scheduling for Dynamic Real-Time Systems, NASA/Ames, Co-P.I.s: Wei Zhao and S. Natarajan, competitive and subject to peer review, funded $50,000, July 1992 - July 1993.
• Integrated Scheduling Support for Space Station, RICIS/UHCL, Co-P.I.s Wei Zhao and S. Natarajan, funded $8,352 + $48,984 = $57, 336, June 1991 - October 1992.
• Space Station System Integration Support, McDonnell Douglas, Co-P.I.s: Sha, L., S. Davari, and Wei Zhao, funded $50,000 (TAMU subcontract: $11,707), January 1992 - December 1992.
• Integrated Scheduling Techniques for Space Vehicle Programs, NASA/JSC, Co-P.I.s S. Davari (UHCL) and Wei Zhao, competitive and subject to peer review, funded $52,836 (TAMU subcontract: $26,576), June 1992 - April 1993.
• Token Ring Protocols for Real-Time Communication, Australian Research Council, Co-P.I.s: Lim, C. and Zhao, W., competitive and subject to peer review, funded A$29,200, January 1991 - December 1992.
• Control in Imprecise Computing Systems, Australian Research Council, Co-P.I.s: Wei Zhao, and Lim, C., competitive and subject to peer review, funded A$127,000, January 1990 - December 1992.
• Virtual Time CSMA Protocols for Real-Time Communication, Australian Research Council, Co-P.I.s: Wei Zhao and C. Barter, competitive and subject to peer review, funded A$19,500, January 1990 - December 1991.
• Programming Environment for Real-Time Software, Australian Research Council, Co-P.I.s: Wei Zhao and C. Marlin, competitive and subject to peer review, funded A$24,800, January 1990 - December 1991.
• Parallel Symbolic Processing for A.I., Australian Research Council, Co-P.I., Tao Li, and Wei Zhao, competitive and subject to peer review, funded A$45,700, January 1989 - December 1990.
• Dynamic Intelligent Controller for Operating Systems, The University of Adelaide, P.I.: Wei Zhao, competitive and subject to peer review, funded A$15,000, January 1989 - December 1990.
• Resource Management for Dynamic Distributed Hard Real-Time Systems, Australian Research Council, Co-P.I.s: Wei Zhao and T. Li, competitive and subject to peer review, funded A$21,768, January 1989 - December 1989.
• Resource Management for Dynamic Distributed Hard Real-Time Systems, Amherst College, P.I.: Wei Zhao, competitive and subject to peer review, funded $5,000, 1988.

Projects (Real-Time Systems Group) ^{^ TOP ^}

• Network Express (NetEx)
• Network Camouflaging (NetCamo)
• Data Camouflaging (DataCamo)

PUBLICATIONS (Summary) ^{^ TOP ^}

Edited Books/DVDs	3
Book Chapters	14
Refereed Journals	62
Refereed Conferences	149
Others	31
TOTAL	259

PUBLICATIONS (Edited Books/DVDs) ^{^ TOP ^}

2005

3. Laurence T. Yang, Xingshe Zhou, Wei Zhao, Zhaohui Wu, Yian Zhu, and Man Lin (co-editors), the Proceedings of International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems (ICESS), Computer Science Lecture Notes, December 2005.
2. Xicheng Lu and Wei Zhao (co-editors), the Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Networks and Mobile Computing (ICCNMC), Computer Science Lecture Notes, August 2005.
1. Mike Liu and Wei Zhao (co-editors), the Proceedings Collections of IEEE International Conferences on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), June 2005.

PUBLICATIONS (Refereed Book Chapters) ^{^ TOP ^}

2005

14. Shengquan Wang, Ripal Nathuji, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, Real-Time Guarantees in Wireless Networks, in Resource Management in Wireless Networking, edited by Mihaela Cardei, Ionut Cardei and Ding-Zhu Du, Kluwer Academic Publishers, January 2005.

2004

13. J. Mandel, M. Chen, L. P. Franca, C. Johns, A. Puhalskii, J. L. Coen, C. C. Douglas, R. Kremens, A. Vodacek, and Wei Zhao, Dynamic Data Driven Wildfire Modeling, in Dynamic Data Driven Applications Systems, edited by F. Darema, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004.

2003

12. Shu Jiang, Nitin H. Vaidya, and Wei Zhao, Energy Consumption of Traffic Padding Schemes in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, in Real-Time System Security, edited by B. Tjaden and L. R. Welch, Nova Science Publishers, Commack, NY, pp. 21-42, 2003.

2000

11. Biao Chen, Nicholas Malcolm, and Wei Zhao, FDDI/CDDI and Real-Time Applications, in The Telecommunication Handbook, edited by Kornel Terplan and Patricia Marreale, CRC Press and IEEE Press, 2000.

1997

10. Wei Zhao, Local Area Networks, in Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 18th Edition, McGra-Hill, 1997.

1996

9. Wei Zhao, FDDI and its Applications, in The Communication Handbook, edited by J. Gibson et al, CRC Press, December 1996.
8. Sanjay Kamat and Wei Zhao, An FDDI-Based Reconfigurable Network for Fault-Tolerant Real-Time Communications, in Fault-Tolerant Parallel and Distributed Systems, edited by D. Pradhan and D. Avresky, IEEE Press, 1996.

1995

7. Wei Zhao, C. C. Lim, J. Liu, and P. Alexander, Overload Management in an Imprecise Computation System, in Imprecise and Approximate Computation, edited by Swaminathan Natarajan, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995.
6. Sanjay Kamat and Wei Zhao, Performance Comparison of Two Token Ring Protocols for Real-Time Communications, in Principle of Real-Time Systems, edited by S. Son, Prentice Hall, pp. 117-147, 1995.
5. Sanjay Kamat and Wei Zhao, Real-time performance of two token ring protocols, in Advances in Real-Time Systems, edited by S. H. Son, Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, pp. 117-147, 1995.

1992

4. C. Marlin, K. Ransom, and Wei Zhao, An integrated Environment for the Development and Analysis of Hard Real-Time Systems, in Real-Time Programming, edited by W. Halang and K. Ramamritham, Pergamon Press, Oxford, pp. 27-32, 1992.

1991

3. J. Liu, K. Lin, W. Shih, A. Yu, J. Chung, and Wei Zhao, Algorithms for Scheduling Imprecise Computations, in Foundations of Real-Time Computing: Scheduling and Resource Management, edited by Andre M. van Tilborg and Gary M. Koob, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 203-250, 1991.

1989

2. T. Li, Wei Zhao, and N. Carter, A VLSI Architecture for On-Line Scheduler in Real-Time Systems, in Computing and Information, edited by R. Janicki and W. W. Koczkodaj, North-Holland, pp. 201-206, 1989.
1. Edwin K. P. Chong and Wei Zhao, Task Scheduling for Imprecise Computer Systems with User Controlled Optimization, in Computing and Information, edited by R. Janicki and W. W. Koczkodaj, North-Holland, pp. 441-446, 1989.

PUBLICATIONS (Refereed Journals) ^{^ TOP ^}

2006

62. Ye Zhu, Xinwen Fu, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, Analysis of Flow-Correlation Attacks in Anonymity Networks, to appear in Special Issue on Computer & Network Security on International Journal of Security and Networks, accepted on May 2006.
61. Weijia Jia, Hanxing Wang, Wanqing Tu, and Wei Zhao, A New Delay Control Method for Real-time Flows, in Special Issue on Communication Networks and Internet Applications, Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, June 2006.

2005

60. Chuan He, Guan Qin, Mi Lu, and Wei Zhao, Optimized High-order Finite Difference Wave Equations Modelling On Reconfigurable Computing Platform, to appear in Special Issue on FPGA-based Reconfigurable Computing, Journal of Microprocessors and Microsystems, accepted on December 2005.
59. Rabi N. Mahapatra and Wei Zhao, An Energy efficient Slack Distribution Technique for Multimode Distributed Real-time embedded Systems, in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Vol. 16, No. 7, pp. 650-662, July 2005.
58. Shengquan Wang, Zhibin Mai, Dong Xuan, and Wei Zhao, Design and Implementation of QoS-Provisioning System for Voice over IP, to appear in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), accepted on June 2005.
57. Wei Yu, Sriram Chellappan, Dong Xuan, and Wei Zhao, Distributed Policy Processing in Active-Service Based Infrastructures, to appear in International Journal of Communication Systems (IJCS), John Wiley & Sons, accepted on May 2005.
56. Weijia Jia, Wanqing Tu, and Wei Zhao, Multi-Shared-Trees Based Multicast Routing Control Protocol Using Anycast Selection, in International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems (JPEDS), Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 69-84, March 2005.
55. Shengquan Wang, Dong Xuan, and Wei Zhao, Analyzing and Enhancing the Resilience of Structured Peer-to-Peer Systems, in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC), Vol. 65, No. 2, pp. 207-219, February 2005.

2004

54. Weijia Jia, Dong Xuan, Wanqing Tu, Lidong Lin, and Wei Zhao, Distributed Admission Control for Anycast Flows, in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Vol 15, No. 8, pp. 673-686, August 2004.
53. Shengquan Wang, Dong Xuan, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, Providing Absolute Differentiated Services for Real-Time Applications in Static-Priority Scheduling Networks, in IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 326-339, April 2004.
52. Yong Guan, Xinwen Fu, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, A Quantitative Analysis of Anonymous Communications, in IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 103-115, March 2004.

2003

51. Ming Li, Chi-Hung Chi, Weijia Jia, Wei Zhao, Wanlei Zhou, Jiannong Cao, Dongyang Long, and Qiang Meng, Decision Analysis of Statistically Detecting Distributed Denial-of-Service Flooding Attacks, in International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 397-405, September 2003.
50. Joseph Kee-Yin Ng, Shibin Song, and Wei Zhao, Integrated End-to-End Delay Analysis for Regulated ATM Network, in Journal of Real-Time Systems, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 93-124, July 2003.
49. Byung-Kyu Choi, Dong Xuan, Riccardo Bettati, Wei Zhao, and Chengzhi Li, Utilization-Based Admission Control for Scalable Real-Time Communications, in Journal of Real-Time Systems, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 171-202, March 2003.
48. Ming Li, Wei Zhao, Weijia Jia, Dongyang Long, and Chi-Hung Chi, Modeling Autocorrelation Functions of Self-Similar Teletraffic in Communication Networks Based on Optimal Approximation in Hilbert Space, in Journal of Applied Mathematical Modeling (Elsevier), Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 155-168, March 2003.

2002

47. Weijia Jia, Gaochao Xu, Wei Zhao, and Pui-On Au, Efficient Internet Multicast Routing Using Anycast Path Selection, in Journal of Network and Systems Management, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 417-438, December 2002.
46. Dong Xuan, Shengquan Wang, Ye Zhu, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, A Gateway-based Defense System for Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks in High-Speed Networks, to appear in IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, accepted on August 2002.
45. Xinwen Fu, Yong Guan, Riccardo Bettati and Wei Zhao, Hiding Role Assignment for Mission Critical Collaborative Systems, in Quality and Reliability Engineering International, Special Issue on Secure, Reliable Computer and Network Systems, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 201-216, May/June 2002.

2001

44. Ming Li, Weijia Jia, and Wei Zhao, Simulation of Long-Range Dependent Traffic and a Simulator of TCP Arrival Traffic, in Journal of Interconnection Networks, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 305-315, September 2001.
43. Xiaohua Jia, Wei Zhao, and Jie Li, An integrated routing and admission control mechanism for real-time multicast connections in ATM networks, in IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 49, No. 9, pp. 1515-1519, September 2001.
42. Amitava Raha, Sanjay Kamat, Wei Zhao, and Weijia Jia, Admission Control for Hard Real-Time Connections in ATM LANs, in IEE Proceedings - Communications, Vol. 148, No. 4, pp. 1-12, August 2001.
41. Yong Guan, Xinwen Fu, Dong Xuan, Prashanth U. Shenoy, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, NetCamo: Camouflaging Network Traffic for QoS-Guaranteed Mission Critical Applications, in IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 253-265, July 2001.
40. Shu Jiang, Nitin H. Vaidya and Wei Zhao, Energy Consumption of Traffic Padding Schemes in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing Practices, Vol. 4, No. 2, June 2001.

2000

39. Ming Li, Weijia Jia, and Wei Zhao, Correlation Form of Timestamp Increment Sequences of Self-similar Traffic on Ethernet, in IEE Electronics Letters, Vol. 36, No. 19, pp. 1168-1169, September 2000.
38. Ming Li, You-Sheng Wu, Bing-Han Xu, Weijia Jia, and Wei Zhao, An On-Line Correction Technique of Random Loading with a Real-Time Signal Processor for a Laboratory Fatigue Test, Journal of Testing and Evaluation, Vol. 28, No. 5, pp. 409-414, September 2000.
37. Weijia Jia, Gaochao Xu, and Wei Zhao, Integrated Fault-Tolerant Multicast and Anycast Routing Algorithms, in IEE Proceedings - Computers and Digital Techniques, Vol. 147, No. 4, pp. 266-274, July 2000.
36. Dong Xuan, Weijia Jia, Wei Zhao, and Hongwen Zhu, A Routing Protocol for Anycast Messages, in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Vol. 11, No. 6, pp 571-588, June 2000.
35. Joseph K. Ng, Shibin Song, and Wei Zhao, Statistical delay analysis on an ATM switch with self-similar input traffic, in Information Processing Letters, Vol. 74, No. 3-4, pp. 163-173, May 2000.
34. Badari Devalla, Anirudh Sahoo, Yong Guan, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, Adaptive connection management for mission critical applications over ATM Networks, in International Journal of Parallel and Distributed Systems and Networks, Special Issue on Network Architectures for End-to-end Quality-of-Service Support, Vol.3, No. 2, pp. 51-63, 2000.
33. Weijia Jia, Dong Xuan, and Wei Zhao, Integrated Routing Algorithms for Anycast Messages, in IEEE Communication Magazine, Special issue of Telecommunications at the Start of the New Millennium, Vol 38, No. 1, pp. 48-53, January 2000.

1999

32. Ming Li, Wei Zhao, and Weijia Jia, The Profile of Kernels in Time Frequency Distributions, in Journal of Ship Mechanics, Vol. 3, No. 6, pp. 48-54, December 1999.
31. Wei Zhao and Weijia Jia, Efficient Adaptive Connection Admission Control Algorithms for Real-Time ATM LANs, in IFAC Journal of Control Engineering Practice, Vol. 7. No. 12, pp. 1525-1532, December 1999.
30. Weijia Jia, Wei Zhao, Dong Xuan, and Gaochao Xu, An Efficient Fault-Tolerant Multicast Routing Protocol with Core-Based Tree Techniques, in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Vol. 10, No. 10, pp. 984-1000, October 1999.
29. Joseph K. Ng, Shibin Song, Chengzhi Li and Wei Zhao, A New Method for Integrated End-to-End Delay Analysis in ATM Networks, Journal of Communications and Networks, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 189-200, September 1999.
28. Amitava Raha, Sanjay Kamat, Xiaohua Jia, and Wei Zhao, Using Traffic Regulation to Meet End-to-End Deadlines in ATM Networks, in IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. 48, No. 9, pp. 917-935, September 1999.
27. Weijia Jia and Wei Zhao, Efficient Connection Admission Control Algorithms for Adaptive QoS Real-Time Connections over ATM Networks, in European Transactions on Telecommunications, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 135-151, May/June 1999.
26. Biao Chen, Yingbi Zhang, John Yen, and Wei Zhao, Fuzzy Adaptive Connection Admission Control for Real-Time Applications in ATM-based Heterogeneous Networks, in Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 125-135, April 1999.

1998

25. Weijia Jia and Wei Zhao, Fault-tolerant Scaleable Multicast Algorithm with Piggybacking Approach on Logical Process Ring, in IEE Proceedings - Computers and Digital Techniques, Vol. 145, No. 4, pp. 292-300, July 1998.

1997

24. Biao Chen, Sanjay Kamat, and Wei Zhao, Fault-Tolerant Real-Time Communication in FDDI-Based Networks, in IEEE Computers, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 83-90, April 1997.

1996

23. Sanjay Kamat and Wei Zhao, An Efficient Optimal Reconfiguration Algorithms for FDDI-Based Networks, in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distribtued Systems, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 411-424, April 1996.
22. Nicholas Malcolm, Sanjay Kamat, and Wei Zhao, Real-Time Communication in FDDI Networks, in Journal of Real-Time Systems, Vol. 10, No 1, pp. 75-07, January 1996.

1995

21. Lijun Yao, Wei Zhao, and Cheng-Chew Lim, A Comparative Study of Three Token Ring Protocols for Real-Time Communications, in International Journal on Mini and Microcomputers, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 85-97, 1995.
20. Nicholas Malcolm and Wei Zhao, Hard Real-Time Communication in Multiple-Access Networks, in Journal of Real-Time Systems, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 35-77, January 1995.

1994

19. Gopal Agrawal, Biao Chen, Wei Zhao, and Sadegh Davari, Guaranteeing Synchronous Message Deadlines with the Timed Token Medium Access Control Protocol, in IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 327-339, March 1994.
18. Nicholas Malcolm and Wei Zhao, The Timed-Token Protocol for Real-Time Communications, in IEEE Computers, Vo. 27, No. 1, pp. 35-41, January 1994.

1992

17. Swaminathan Natarajan and Wei Zhao, Issues in Building Dynamic Real-Time Systems, in IEEE Software, Vol. 9, No. 5, pp 16-21, September 1992.
16. Edwin K. P. Chong and Wei Zhao, User-Controlled Optimization of Task Scheduling for Imprecise Computer Systems, in Journal of Information and Software Technology, Vol 34, No. 4, pp. 263-275, April 1992.

1991

15. Cheng-Chew Lim and Wei Zhao, Performance Analysis of A Dynamic Multi-Tasking Imprecise Computation System, in IEE Proceedings - Computers and Digital Techniques, Vol. 138, No. 5, pp. 345-350, September 1991.
14. Edwin K. P. Chong and Wei Zhao, Performance Evaluation of Scheduling Algorithms for Imprecise Computer Systems, in Journal of Systems and Software, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 261-277, July 1991.
13. Jane W.S. Liu, Kwei-Jay Lin, Wei-Kuan Shih, and Albert Chuang-shi Yu, Jen-Yao Chung, and Wei Zhao, Algorithms for Scheduling Imprecise Computations, in IEEE Computer, Vol. 24, No. 5, pp. 58-69, May 1991.

1990

12. Wei Zhao, John A. Stankovic, and Krithi Ramamritham, A Window Protocol for Transmission of Time Constrained Messages, in IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. 39, No. 9, pp. 1186-1203, September 1990.
11. Nicholas Malcolm, Wei Zhao and C. Barter, Performance Comparison of Guarantee Communication Protocols for Transmission of Hard Real-Time Messages, in Australian Computer Science Communications, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 256-265, February 1990.
10. Wei Zhao and M. Berger, An Analytical Model for Imprecise Distributed Systems, in Australian Computer Science Communications, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 440-449, February 1990.

1989

9. Krithi Ramamritham and John A. Stankovic, and Wei Zhao, Distributed Scheduling of Tasks with Deadlines and Resource Requirements, in IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. 38, No. 8, pp. 1110-1123, August 1989.
8. Wei Zhao and Krithi Ramamritham, Use of Transaction Structure for Improving Concurrency, in Australian Computer Science Communications, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 153-162, 1989.
7. Wei Zhao and E. K. P. Chong, Performance Evaluation of Scheduling Algorithms for Dynamic Imprecise Soft Real-Time Computer Systems, in Australian Computer Science Communications, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 329-340, 1989.

1988

6. John A. Stankovic and Wei Zhao, On Real-Time Transactions, in ACM SIGMOD Record, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 4-18, March 1988.

1987

5. Wei Zhao and Krithi Ramamritham, Simple and Integrated Heuristic Algorithm for Scheduling Tasks with Time and Resource Constraints, in Journal of System and Software, Vol. 7, pp. 195-205, September 1987.
4. Wei Zhao and Krithi Ramamritham, Virtual Time CSMA Protocols for Hard Real-Time Communications, in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Vol. SE-13, No. 8, pp. 938-952, August 1987.
3. Wei Zhao, Krithi Ramamritham, and John A. Stankovic, Preemptive Scheduling Under Time and Resource Constraints, in IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. C-36, No. 8, pp. 949-960, August 1987.
2. Wei Zhao, Krithi Ramamritham, and John A. Stankovic, Scheduling Tasks with Resource Requirements in Hard Real-Time Systems, in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Vol. SE-13, No. 5, pp. 564-577, May 1987.

1980

1. Wei Zhao with Communication Project of SNU, Multi-User Communication in Electronic Time-Division Switching, in Journal of Shaanxi Normal University, No. 2, 1980.

PUBLICATIONS (Refereed Conferences) ^{^ TOP ^}

2006

149. Wei Yu, Xun Wang, P. Calyam, Dong Xuan and Wei Zhao, On Detecting Camouflaging Worm, to appear in the Proceedings of Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC), December 2006.
148. Wei Yu, Nan Zhang, and Wei Zhao, Self-Adaptive Worms and Countermeasures, to appear in the Proceedings of Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS), November 2006.
147. Ming Li, Shengquan Wang, and Wei Zhao, A Real-Time and Reliable Approach to Detecting Traffic Variations at Abnormally High and Low Rates, to appear in the Proceedings of International Conference on Autonomic and Trusted Computing (ATC), September 2006.
146. Chuan He, Guan Qin, Mi Lu, and Wei Zhao, An Optimized Finite Difference Computing Engine on FPGAs, to appear in the Proceedings of Field-programmable Custom Computing Machines (FCCM), April 2006.

2005

145. Ming Li and Wei Zhao, A Statistical Model for Detecting Abnormality in Static-Priority Scheduling Networks with Differentiated Services, in the Proceedings of International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Security (CIS), December 2005.
144. Ye Zhu, Xinwen Fu, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, Anonymity Analysis of Mix Networks against Flow-Correlation Attacks, in the Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), November 2005.
143. Chuan He, Guan Qin, and Wei Zhao, High-order Finite Difference Modeling on Reconfigurable Computing Platform, in SEG 2005 International Exposition and 75th Annual Meeting, November 2005.
142. Chuan He, Chuanwen Sun, Mi Lu, and Wei Zhao, Prestack Kirchhoff Time Migration on High Performance Reconfigurable Computing Platform, in SEG 2005 International Exposition and 75th Annual Meeting, November 2005.
141. Nan Zhang and Wei Zhao, Distributed Privacy Preserving Information Sharing, to appear in the Proceedings of International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB), September 2005.
140. Nan Zhang, Shengquan Wang, and Wei Zhao, A New Scheme on Privacy Preserving Data Classification, in the Proceedings of ACM International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (SIGKDD), August 2005.
139. Hongyun Xu, Xinwen Fu, Ye Zhu, Riccardo Bettati, Jianer Chen, and Wei Zhao, SAS: A Scalar Anonymous Communication System, to appear in the Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Networks and Mobile Computing (ICCNMC), August 2005.
138. Chuan He, Wei Zhao, and Mi Lu, FPGA-Based High-Order Finite Difference Algorithm for 2D Acoustic Wave Propagation Problems, in the Proceedings of International Conference on Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms (ERSA), June 2005.
137. Xinwen Fu, Ye Zhu, Bryan Graham, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, On Flow Marking Attacks in Wireless Anonymous Communication Networks, in the Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), June 2005.
136. Nan Zhang, Wei Zhao, and Jianer Chen, Performance Measurements for Privacy Preserving Data Mining, in the Proceedings of Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (PAKDD), May 2005.
135. Chuan He, Wei Zhao, and Mi Lu, Time Domain Numerical Simulation for Transient Waves on Reconfigurable Coprocessor Platform, in the Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines (FCCM), April 2005.
134. Jianjia Wu, Jyh-Charn Liu, and Wei Zhao, On Schedulability Bounds of Static Priority Schedulers, in the Proceedings of IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), March 2005.
133. Yang Yang, Vladimir Stankovic, Zixiang Xiong, and Wei Zhao, On Multiterminal Source Code Design, in the Proceedings of Data Compression Conference (DCC), March 2005.
132. Shengquan Wang, Sangig Rho, Zhibin Mai, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, Real-Time Component-based Systems, in the Proceedings of IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), March 2005.

2004

131. Nan Zhang, Wei Zhao, and Jianer Chen, Cardinality-based Inference Control in OLAP Systems: An Information Theoretic Approach, in the Proceedings of ACM International Workshop on Data Warehousing and OLAP (DOLAP), November 2004.
130. Yang Yang, Vladimir Stankovic, Zixiang Xiong, and Wei Zhao, Multiterminal Source Code Design Based on Slepian-Wolf Coded Quantization, in the Proceedings of Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton), October 2004.
129. Wei Yu, Thang Nam Le, Dong Xuan, and Wei Zhao, Query Aggregation for Providing Efficient Data Services in Sensor Networks, in the Proceedings of IEEE Mobile Sensor and Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), October 2004.
128. Shu Jiang, Nitin H. Vaidya and Wei Zhao, A Mix Route Algorithm for Mix-net in Wireless Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, in the Proceedings of IEEE Mobile Sensor and Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), October 2004.
127. Jianjia Wu, Dan Cheng, and Wei Zhao, Detecting Grid-Abuse Attacks by Source-based Monitoring, in the Proceedings of International Workshop on Security in Parallel and Distributed Systems, September 2004.
126. Nan Zhang, Shengquan Wang, and Wei Zhao, A New Scheme on Privacy Preserving Association Rule Mining, in the Proceedings of European Conference on Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (PKDD), September 2004.
125. J. Mandel, M. Chen, L. P. Franca, C. Johns, A. Puhalskii, J. L. Coen, C. C. Douglas, R. Kremens, A. Vodacek, and Wei Zhao, A Note on Dynamic Data Driven Wildfire Modeling, in the Proceedings of International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS), June 2004.
124. Xinwen Fu, Bryan Graham, Dong Xuan, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, Empirical and Theoretical Evaluation of Active Probing Attacks and Their Countermeasures, in the Proceedings of Information Hiding Workshop (IH), May 2004.
123. Ye Zhu, Xinwen Fu, Bryan Graham, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, On Flow Correlation Attacks and Countermeasures in Mix Networks, in the Proceedings of Workshop on Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PET), May 2004.
122. Yang Yang, Vladimir Stankovic, Zixiang Xiong, and Wei Zhao, Asymmetric Code Design for Remote Multiterminal Source Coding, in the Proceedings of Data Compression Conference (DCC), March 2004.
121. Shengquan Wang, Ripal Nathuji, Riccardo Bettati and Wei Zhao, Providing Statistical delay Guarantees in Wireless Networks, in the Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), March 2004.
120. Yiping Shen, Jyh-Charn Liu, and Wei Zhao, On the Confidential Auditing of Distributed Computing Systems, in the Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), March 2004.
119. Yong Xiong, Jyh-Charn Liu, Kang G. Shin, and Wei Zhao, On the Modeling and Optimization of Discontinuous Network Congestion Control Systems, in the Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), March 2004.

2003

118. Shengquan Wang, Dong Xuan, and Wei Zhao, On Resilience of Structured Peer-to-Peer System, in the Proceedings of the IEEE Global Communications Conference, December 2003.
117. Yang Yang, Samuel Cheng, Zixiang Xiong, and Wei Zhao, Wyner-Ziv Coding Based on TCQ and LDPC Codes, in the Proceedings of the 37th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers: Special Session on Distributed Methods in Image and Video Coding, November 2003.
116. Xiuzhong Chen, Chunfeng Wang, Dong Xuan, Zhongcheng Li, Yinghua Min, and Wei Zhao, Survey on QoS Management of VoIP, in the Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Computer Networks and Mobile Computing (ICCNMC), October 2003.
115. Xinwen Fu, Bryan Graham, Riccardo Bettati and Wei Zhao, Active Traffic Analysis Attacks and Countermeasures, in the Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Computer Networks and Mobile Computing (ICCNMC), October 2003.
114. Xinwen Fu, Bryan Graham, Riccardo Bettati, Wei Zhao, and Dong Xuan, Analytical and Empirical Analysis of Countermeasures to Traffic Analysis Attacks, in the Proceedings of International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), October 2003.
113. Weijia Jia, Hanxing Wang, Jianchao Fang, and Wei Zhao, Delay Guarantee for Real-Time Traffic Flows with High Rate, in the Proceedings of the 18th International Teletraffic Congress (ITC), September 2003.
112. Wei Yu, Dong Xuan, Sandeep K. Reddy, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, Distributed Policy Processing in Virtual Private Operation Environment for Large Scale Networks, in the Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE SMC Information Assurance Workshop, June 2003.
111. Xinwen Fu, Bryan Graham, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, On Countermeasures to Traffic Analysis Attacks, in the Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE SMC Information Assurance Workshop, June 2003.
110. Xinwen Fu, Bryan Graham, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, On Effectiveness of Link Padding for Statistical Traffic Analysis Attacks, in the Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), May 2003.
109. Weijia Jia, Hanxing Wang, Maoning Tang, and Wei Zhao, Effective Delay Control for High Rate Heterogeneous Real-time Flows, in the Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), May 2003.
108. Xinwen Fu, Bryan Graham, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, NetCamo: Camouflaging Network Traffic for Real-Time Applications, in the Proceedings of the Texas Workshop on Security of Information Systems, April 2003.
107. Shengquan Wang, Dong Xuan, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, A Study of Providing Statistical QoS Guarantees in Differentiated Services Networks, in the Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA), April 2003.
106. Zhibin Mai, Shengquan Wang, Dong Xuan, and Wei Zhao, Group Aggregation for Scalable Anycast Routing, in the Proceedings of IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), April 2003.

2002

105. Riccardo Bettati and Wei Zhao, Methodologies to Ensure Schedulability in Large-Scale Distributed Real-Time Systems, in the Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Large Scale Real-Time and Embedded Systems, December 2002.
104. Weijia Jia, Pui-On Au, Gaochao Xu, and Wei Zhao, Scalable Multicast Routing Protocol using Anycast and Hierarchical-Trees, in the Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, November 2002.
103. Wei Yu, Dong Xuan and Wei Zhao, Middleware-based Approach for Preventing Distributed Deny of Service Attacks, in the Proceedings of IEEE Military Communication Conference (MILCOM), October 2002.
102. Shengquan Wang, Zhibin Mai, Walt Magnussen, Dong Xuan, and Wei Zhao, Implementation of QoS-Provisioning System for Voice over IP, in the Proceedings of IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), September 2002.
101. Yong Guan, Xinwen Fu, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, An Optimal Strategy for Anonymous Communication Protocols, in the Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), July 2002.
100. Xinwen Fu, Yong Guan, Bryan Graham, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, Using Parasite Flows to Camouflage Flow Traffic, in the Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE SMC Information Assurance Workshop, June 2002.
99. Yong Guan, Xinwen Fu, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, Modeling and Optimizing Anonymous Communication Protocols, in the Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE SMC Information Assurance Workshop, June 2002.
98. Seong-ryong Kang, Hoh Peter In, Wei Zhao, SmartClick: An Enabler for Human-Centered Wireless Web Service, in the Proceedings of the Fourth IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Issues of E-Commerce and Web-Based Information Systems (WECWIS), June 2002.
97. Yong Guan, D. Park, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, Integration of Security and Real-Time Communication in High Performance Networks Conference, in the Proceedings of International Conference on East-Asian Language Processing and Internet Information Technology (EALPIIT 2002), January 2002.

2001

96. Shengquan Wang, Dong Xuan, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, Differentiated Services with Statistical Real-Time Guarantees in Static-Priority Scheduling Networks, in the Proceedings of IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), December 2001.
95. Shu Jiang, Nitin H. Vaidya and Wei Zhao, A Dynamic Mix Method for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, in the Proceedings of IEEE Military Communication Conference (MILCOM), October 2001.
94. Ming Li, Weijia Jia, and Wei Zhao, Decision Analysis of Network-Based Intrusion Detection Systems for Denial-of-Service Attacks, in the Proceedings of IEEE International Conferences on Info-tech and Info-net (ICII), October 2001.
93. Ming Li, Weijia Jia, and Wei Zhao, A Chaotic Masking System of Network Traffic, in the Proceedings of IEEE International Conferences on Info-tech and Info-net (ICII), October 2001.
92. Ming Li, Weijia Jia, and Wei Zhao, Modeling WWW-Traffic Data by Autocorrelations, in the Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems, September 2001.
91. Weijia Jia, Gaochao Xu, and Wei Zhao, Integrated Routing Protocol for Multicast and Anycast Messages, in the Proceedings of International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), September 2001.
90. Shu Jiang, Nitin H. Vaidya and Wei Zhao, Preventing Traffic Analysis in Packet Radio Networks, in the Proceedings of the 2nd DARPA Information Survivability Conference and Exposition (DISCEX), June 2001.
89. Dong Xuan, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, A Gateway-Based Defense System for Distributed DoS Attacks in High Speed Networks, in the Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE SMC Information Assurance Workshop, June 2001.
88. Wei Yu, Dong Xuan, Bryan Graham, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, An Integrated Middleware-Based Solution for Supporting Secured Dynamic-Coalition Applications in Heterogeneous Environments, in the Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE SMC Information Assurance Workshop, June 2001.
87. Steve Liu, Willis Marti, and Wei Zhao, Virtual Networking Lab: Its Concepts and Implementation, in the Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference, June 2001.
86. Shengquan Wang, Dong Xuan, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, Providing Absolute Differentiated Services with Statistical Guarantees in Static-Priority Scheduling Networks, in the Proceedings of IEEE Real-Time Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), May 2001.
85. Shengquan Wang, Dong Xuan, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, Providing Absolute Differentiated Services for Real-Time Application in Static-Priority Scheduling Networks, in the Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), April 2001.

2000

84. Ming Li, Weijia Jia, and Wei Zhao, Simulation of Self-Similar Traffic and a TCP Traffic Simulator, in the Proceedings of International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, December 2000.
83. Ming Li, Weijia Jia, and Wei Zhao, A Method for Modeling Autocorrelation Functions of Asymptotically LRD Traffic and Its Verification, in the Proceedings of International Conference on Communication Technology (ICCT), August 2000.
82. Dong Xuan; Chengzhi Li, Riccardo Bettati, Jianer Chen, and Wei Zhao, Utilization­Based Admission Control for Real­Time Applications, in the Proceedings of International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), August 2000.
81. Ming Li, Weijia Jia, and Wei Zhao, A Whole Correlation Structure of Asymptotically Self-Similar Traffic in Communication Networks, in the Proceedings of IEEE 1st International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering (WISE), June 2000.
80. Shu Jiang, Nitin H. Vaidya and Wei Zhao, Optimal Routing in Packet Radio Networks to Prevent Traffic Analysis, in the Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Information Assurance and Security, June 2000.
79. Yong Guan, Xinwen Fu, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, Efficient Traffic Camouflaging in Mission-Critical QoS-Guaranteed Networks, in the Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Information Assurance and Security, June 2000.
78. Byung-Kyu Choi, Dong Xuan, Chengzhi Li, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, Scalable QoS Guaranteed Communication Services for Real-Time Applications, in the Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), April 2000.

1999

77. Badari Devalla, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, Fault Tolerant Real-time Connection Admission Control for Mission Critical Applications over ATM-based Networks, in the Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA), December 1999.
76. Ming Li, Weijia Jia, and Wei Zhao, Analysis of Pattern Similarity between Choi-Williams Kernel and Born-Jordan Kernel, in the Proceedings of Second International Conference on  Information, Communications & Signal Processing (ICICS'99), December 1999.
75. Yong Guan, Chengzhi Li, Dong Xuan, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, Preventing Traffic Analysis for Real-Time Communication Networks, in the Proceedings of Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), November 1999.
74. Weijia Jia, Wei Zhao, Dong Xuan, and Gaochao Xu, An Efficient Fault-Tolerant Multicast Routing Protocol with Core-Based Tree Techniques, in the Proceedings of International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), September 1999.
73. Chengzhi Li, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, New Delay Analysis in High Speed Networks, in the Proceedings of International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), September 1999.
72. Weijia Jia, Gaochao Xu, Wei Zhao, and Dong Xuan, An Integrated Routing Protocol for Reliable Anycast and Multicast Communications, in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems, August 1999.
71. Riccardo Bettati, Wei Zhao, and D. Teodor, Real-Time Intrusion Detection and Suppression in ATM Networks, in the Proceedings of the 1st USENIX Workshop on Intrusion Detection and Network Monitoring, April 1999.

1998

70. Weijia Jia, Dong Xuan, and Wei Zhao, Integrated Routing Algorithms for Anycast Messages, in the Proceedings of IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), November 1998.
69. Badari Devalla, Anirudh Sahoo, Yong Guan, Chengzhi Li, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, Adaptive Connection Admission Control for Mission Critical Real-Time Communication Networks, in the Proceedings of Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), October 1998.
68. Weijia Jia and Wei Zhao, Adaptive Real-Time QoS Model and its Usage for Connection Admission Control in ATM LANs, in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems, October 1998.
67. Badari Devalla, Yong Guan, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, Delay Guaranteed Communication Services Over ATM Networks, in the Proceedings of The 3rd Annual Multimedia Technology and Applications Conference (MTAC), September 1998.
66. Chengzhi Li, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, Response Time Analysis for Distributed Real-Time Systems with Bursty Job Arrivals, in the Proceedings of International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), August 1998.
65. Dong Xuan, Weijia Jia, and Wei Zhao, Routing Algorithms for Anycast Messages, in the Proceedings of International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), August 1998.
64. Anirudh Sahoo, Badari Devalla, Yong Guan, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, Adaptive Connection Management for Mission Critical Applications over ATM Networks (Winner of the Best Student Paper Award), in the Proceedings of IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics Conference, July 1998.
63. Weijia Jia and Wei Zhao, Efficient Connection Admission Control Algorithms for Adaptive Real-Time Connections over ATM LANs, in the Proceedings of 23rd IFAC/IFIP Workshop on Real-Time Programming, June 1998.

1997

62. Joseph Kee-Yin Ng, Shibin Song, and Wei Zhao, Integrated Delay Analysis of Regulated ATM Switch, in the Proceedings of IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), December 1997.
61. Chengzhi Li, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, Static Priority Scheduling for ATM Networks, in the Proceedings of IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), December 1997.
60. J. Huang, R. Jha. W. Heimerdinger, M. Muhammad, S. Lauzac, B. Kannikeswaran, K. Schwan, Wei Zhao, R. Bettati, RT-ARM: A Real-Time Adaptive Resource Management System for Distributed Mission-Critical Applications, in the Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Middleware for Distributed Real-Time Systems and Services, December 1997.
59. Anirudh Sahoo, Chengzhi Li, Badari Devalla, and Wei Zhao, Design and Implementation of NetEx: A Toolkit for Delay Guaranteed Communications, in the Proceedings of Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), November 1997.
58. Anirudh Sahoo, Wei Zhao, and Weijia Jia, Partition-Based Admission Control in Heterogeneous Networks for Hard Real-Time Connections, in the Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, October 1997.
57. Weijia Jia and Wei Zhao, An Efficient and Reliable Atomic Multicast Protocol: Design and Analysis, in the Proceedings of ISCA 10th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems, October 1997.
56. Weijia Jia and Wei Zhao, Fault-Tolerant Scaleable Multicast Algorithm Using Piggybacking Approach on Logical Process Ring, in the Proceedings of the 11th Annual International Symposium on High Performance Computing (HPCS), July 1997.
55. Badari Devalla, Chengzhi Li, Anirudh Sahoo, and Wei Zhao, Connection-Oriented Real-Time Communication for Mission Critical Applications, in the Proceedings of IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics Conference, July 1997.
54. Anirudh Sahoo, Biao Chen, Wei Zhao, and Amitava Raha Connection-Oriented Communications for Real-Time Applications in FDDI-ATM-FDDI Heterogeneous Networks, in the Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), May 1997.
53. Chengzhi Li, Amitava Raha and Wei Zhao, Stability in ATM Networks, in the Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), April 1997.

1996

52. Biao Chen, Yingbi Zhang, John Yen, and Wei Zhao, Fuzzy Adaptive Connection Admission Control for Real-Time Applications in ATM-Based Heterogeneous Networks, in the Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Logic and Industrial Control Applications, November 1996.
51. Wei Zhao and Biao Chen, On Guaranteeing Message Deadlines in ATM-Based Heterogeneous Networks, in the Proceedings of International Conference of Computing Science, October 1996.
50. Fang Feng, Cen Li, Amitava Raha, Shiqian Yu, and Wei Zhao, Modeling and Regulation of Host Traffic in ATM Networks, in the Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, October 1996.
49. Riccardo Bettati and Wei Zhao, Distributed Connection Establishment Schemes for Hard Real-Time Communication over Degraded Wormhole Networks, in the Proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Embedded Fault-Tolerant Systems, September 1996.
48. Biao Chen, Hong Li, and Wei Zhao, Meeting Delay Requirements in Computer Networks with Wormhole Routing, in the Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), May 1996.
47. Zhaohui Wang, Sadegh Davari, George Collins, and Wei Zhao, Asynchronous Mode of FDDI for Real-Time Multimedia Communication, in the Proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Real-Time Systems, April 1996.
46. Amitava Raha, Sanjay Kamat, and Wei Zhao, Admission Control for Hard Real-Time Connections in ATM LAN, in the Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), March 1996.
45. Fang Feng, Wei Zhao, and Amit Kumar, Bounding Application-to-Application Delays for Multimedia Traffic in FDDI-Based Communication Systems, in the Proceedings of the SPIE Multimedia Computing and Networking, March 1996.

1995

44. Biao Chen, Sanjay Kamat, and Wei Zhao, Fault-tolerant Real-Time Communication in FDDI-Based Networks, in the Proceedings of IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), December 1995.
43. Amitava Raha, Nicholas Malcolm, and Wei Zhao, Hard Real-Time Communications with Weighted Round Robin Service in ATM Local Area Networks, in the Proceedings of the First IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems (ICECCS), November 1995.
42. Amitava Raha, Sanjay Kamat, and Wei Zhao, Using Traffic Regulation to Meet End-to-End Deadlines in ATM LANs, in the Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP), November 1995.
41. Fang Feng, Sanjay Kamat, and Wei Zhao, Guaranteeing Application-to-Application Deadlines in Distributed Real-Time Systems, in the Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), October 1995.
40. Amitava Raha, Sanjay Kamat, and Wei Zhao, Guaranteeing End-to-End Deadlines in ATM Networks, in the Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), May 1995.

1994

39. Amitava Raha, Nicholas Malcolm, and Wei Zhao, Performance Evaluation of Admission Policies in ATM Based Embedded Real-Time Systems, in the Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, October 1994.
38. Sanjay Kamat and Wei Zhao, An FDDI-Based Reconfigurable Network for Fault-Tolerant Real-Time Communications, in the Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Fault-Tolerant Parallel and Distributed Systems, June 1994.
37. Biao Chen, Hong Li, and Wei Zhao, Some Timing Properties of Timed Token Medium Access Control Protocol, in the Proceedings of International Conference on Communication Technology, June 1994.
36. Lijun Yao, Wei Zhao, and Cheng-Chew Lim, Performance of Three Token Ring Protocols for Real-Time Communications, in the Proceedings of International Conference on Communication Technology, June 1994.
35. Sanjay Kamat, Gopal Agrawal, and Wei Zhao, On Available Bandwidth in FDDI-Based Reconfigurable Networks, in the Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), June 1994.
34. Wei Zhao, Amit Kumar, Gopal Agrawal, Sanjay Kamat, Nicholas Malcolm, and Biao Chen, Real-Time Communication in FDDI-Based Reconfigurable Networks, in the Proceedings of IEEE Workshop of Real-Time Operating Systems and Software, May 1994.
33. Gopal Agrawal, Sanjay Kamat, and Wei Zhao, Architectural Support for FDDI-Based REconfigurable Networks, in the Proceedings of IEEE Workshop Architectures for Real-Time Applications (WARTA), April 1994.

1993

32. Sanjay Kamat, Nicholas Malcolm, and Wei Zhao, Performance Evaluation of a Bandwidth Allocation Scheme for Guaranteeing Synchronous Messages with Arbitrary Deadlines in an FDDI Network, in the Proceedings of IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium, December 1993.
31. Swaminathan Natarajan, Wei Zhao, and Andre Goforth, The R-Shell Approach: Using Scheduling Agents in Complex Distributed Real-Time Systems, in the Proceedings of AIAA Conference on Computing in Aerospace, October 1993.
30. Nicholas Malcolm and Wei Zhao, Guaranteeing Synchronous Messages with Arbitrary Deadline Constraints, in the Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), September 1993.
29. Sanjay Kamat and Wei Zhao, On Probability of Guaranteeing Synchronous Real-Time Messages in an FDDI Network, in the Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (IC3N), June 1993.
28. Sadegh Davaril, Ted F. Leibfried Jr., Swami Natarajan, David Pruett, Lui Sha, Wei Zhao, Real-Time Issues in the Design of the Data Management System for Space Station Freedom, in the Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Real-Time Applications, May 1993.
27. Swaminathan Natarajan and Wei Zhao, Scheduling and resource management in R-Shell, in the Proceedings of IEEE Workshop of Real-Time Operating Systems, May 1993.
26. Sanjay Kamat and Wei Zhao, Real-Time Schedulability of Two Token Ring Protocols, in the Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), May 1993.
25. Gopal Agrawal, Biao Chen, and Wei Zhao, Local Synchronous Capacity Allocation Schemes for Guaranteeing Message Deadlines with the Timed Token Protocol, in the Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), March 1993.

1992

24. Lijun Yao, Wei Zhao, and Cheng-Chew Lim, An Efficient Window Protocol for Real-Time Communications in Token Ring Networks, in the Proceedings of IEEE 2nd International Conference on Computer Science, December 1992.
23. Biao Chen, Gopal Agrawal, and Wei Zhao, Optimal Synchronous Capacity Allocation for Hard Real-Time Communications with the Timed Token Protocol, in the Proceedings of IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), December 1992.
22. P. Alexander, C. Lim, J. Liu, and Wei Zhao, Managing Transient Overload in an Imprecise Computation System, in the Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Imprecise and Approximate Computation, December 1992.
21. Wei Zhao and J. Liu, Performance of Scheduling Algorithms for Multi-Server Systems, in the Proceedings of ISMM Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems, October 1992.
20. Nicholas Malcolm and Wei Zhao, Advanced in Hard Real-Time Communication with Local Area Networks, in the Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), September 1992.
19. Cheng-Chew Lim, Lijun Yao, and Wei Zhao, Transmitting Time-Dependent Multimedia Data in FDDI Networks, in the Proceedings of SPIE Symposium on Optic Engineering, September 1992.
18. Gopal Agrawal, Biao Chen, Wei Zhao, and Sadegh Davari, Guaranteeing Synchronous Message Deadlines with the Timed Token Protocol (Winner of the Best Paper Award), in the Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), June 1992.
17. Swaminathan Natarajan and Wei Zhao, Issues in Hard Real-Time Systems, Selected for the Seed Presentation, in the Proceedings of IEEE Workshop of Real-Time Operating Systems, May 1992.

1991

16. Gopal Agrawal, Biao Chen, Wei Zhao, and S. Davari, Architectural Impact of FDDI Network on Scheduling Hard Real-Time Traffic, in the Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Architectural Aspects of Real-Time Systems, December 1991.
15. Nicholas Malcolm and Wei Zhao, Version Selection Schemes for Hard Real-Time Communications, in the Proceedings of IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), December 1991.
14. Cheng-Chew Lim, Li-jun Yao, and Wei Zhao, A Comparative Study of Three Token Ring Protocols for Real-Time Communications, in the Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), May 1991.
13. C. Marlin, K. Ransom, and Wei Zhao, GARTEN: A ReaProgramming Environment for Real-Time Software Development, in the Proceedings of Joint 8th IEEE Workshop on Real-Time Operating Systems and Software and 17th IFAC Workshop on Real-Time Programming Languages, May 1991.
12. Lijun Yao and Wei Zhao, Performance of an Extended IEEE 802.5 Protocol in Hard Real-Time Systems, in the Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), April 1991.

1990

11. Nicholas Malcolm, Wei Zhao, and Chris Barter, Guarantee Protocols for Communication in Distributed Hard Real-Time Systems, in the Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), June 1990.
10. M. Berger and Wei Zhao, Imprecise Computation and Load Sharing in Computer Generated Imaging Systems, in the Proceedings of Graphics Interface, May 1990.
9. Chris Marlin, Wei Zhao, Graeme Doherty, and Andrew Bohonis, GARTL: A Real-time Programming Language Based on Multi-version Computation, in the Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Languages, March 1990.

1989

8. Wei Zhao and Jack A. Stankovic, Performance Analysis of FCFS and Improved FCFS Scheduling Algorithms for Dynamic Real-Time Computer Systems, in the Proceedings of IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), December 1989.
7. Wei Zhao, Chris Barter, and Nicholas Malcolm, Virtual Time CSMA Protocols with Two Version Message Model for Real-Time Communications, in the Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Networks, July 1989.

1988

6. Wei Zhao, Jack A. Stankovic, and Krithi Ramamritham, A Multi-access Window Protocol for Transmission of Time Constrained Messages, in the Proceedings of IEEE Eighth International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), June 1988.
5. Wei Zhao, Using Continuous Simulation Clock to Control Distributed Discrete-Event Simulation, in the Proceedings of IEEE 21st Annual Simulation Symposium, March 1988.

1987

4. Krithi Ramamritham, John A. Stankovic, and Wei Zhao, Meta-Level Control in Distributed Real-Time Systems, in the Proceedings of IEEE Seventh International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), September 1987.

1986

3. Wei Zhao and Krithi Ramamritham, A Virtual Time CSMA Protocol for Hard Real-Time Communications, in the Proceedings of IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), December 1986.

1985

2. Wei Zhao and Krithi Ramamritham, Distributed Scheduling Using Bidding and Focused Addressing, in the Proceedings of IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), December 1985.

1984

1. Wei Zhao and Harold Stone, Process Locality and Deadlock Avoidance, in the Proceedings of IEEE First International Conference on Computer and Applications, June 1984.

PUBLICATIONS (others) ^{^ TOP ^}

2004

31. Shengquan Wang, Sangig Rho, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, Toward Real-Time Component-based Systems, in the Proceedings of IEEE International Real-time Systems Symposium (RTSS) Work-In-Progress Session, December 2004.
30. Jianjia Wu, Jyh-Charn Liu, and Wei Zhao, On Schedulability Bounds of Static Priority Schedulers, in the Proceedings of IEEE Real-time Systems Symposium (RTSS) Work-In-Progress Session, December 2004.

2003

29. Yong Xiong, Jyh-Charn Liu, Wei Zhao, On the Smoothing of Traffic Flows Using ON-OFF Control, in the Proceedings of IEEE Real-time Systems Symposium (RTSS) Work-In-Progress Session, December 2003.
28. Wei Zhao, Guest Editorial: Special Section on Security in Distributed Computing Systems, in IEEE Transactions on Distributed and Parallel Systems, Vol. 14, No. 9, pp. 817-817, September 2003.
27. Wei Zhao, Dragon Star Program: An Academic Exchange Program with the PRC, in the Proceedings of Being Professors in the USA Forum, pp. 10-10, March 2003. 

2002

26. Wei Zhao, Effectiveness of Traffic Camouflaging in Internet, in the Proceedings of CAST Symposium on Telecommunication and Networking, November 2002.

2001

25. Wei Zhao, Challenges in Design and Implementation of Middlewares for Real-Time Systems: Guest Editor's Introduction, in Journal of Real-Time Systems, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 115-116, March 2001.

1999

24. Gaochao Xu, Weijia Jia and Wei Zhao, Fault-tolerant efficient CBT Multicast Routing Using Anycast Path Selection, in the Proceedings of International Workshop Advance Parallel Processing Technology, 3rd Sino-German Workshop, pp. 291-295, October 1999.

1998

23. Wei Zhao, Adaptive Real-Time Communications in ATM Networks, in the Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems, pp. 1, October 1998.

1997

22. Dong Xuan, Weijia Jia, and Wei Zhao, Efficient Routing Algorithms for Anycast Communication, in the Proceedings of Second International Workshop on CSCW in Design, pp. 30-36, November 1997.
21. Y. Xue, Weijia Jia, and Wei Zhao, Adaptive Real-time Connection Model and Its Connection Admission Control Algorithm, in the Proceedings of Second International Workshop on CSCW in Design, pp. 337-342, November 1997.

1996

20. Anirudh Sahoo, Wei Zhao, and Biao Chen, Resource Allocation for Multi-Media Communication in Heterogeneous Network, in the Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Resource Allocation for Multi-Media Systems, December 1996.
19. Wei Zhao, Connection-Oriented Communications for Real-Time Applications in ATM-Based Heterogeneous Networks, in the Proceedings of the 10th IEEE Computer Communications Workshop, September 1996.

1995

18. Wei Zhao, Real-Time Communications in High Performance Networks, in the Proceedings of the 10th IEEE Computer Communications Workshop, September 1995.

1994

17. Sanjay Kamat, Wei Zhao, Fault-Tolerant FDDI Networks for Real-Time Communications, in the Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Composability of Fault-Resilient Real-Time Systems, December 1994.

1993

16. Wei Zhao, Issues in Supporting Multimedia Traffic, in the Proceedings of Workshop on the Role of Real-Time in Multimedia/Interactive Computing Systems, pp. 29-31, November 1993.
15. Swaminathan Natarajan, Wei Zhao, and Andre Goforth, The R-Shell approach - Using Scheduling Agents in Complex Distributed Real-Time Systems, AIAA Computing in Aerospace Conference, pp. 383-389, October 1993.
14. Wei Zhao, Predictability and Scalability of Real-Time Scheduling, in the Proceedings of the 5th Euromicro Workshop on Real-Time Systems, pp. 137, June 1993.
13. Wei Zhao, Guarantees of Hard Real-Time Communications in FDDI Networks, in the Proceedings of the IDA Workshop on Large, Distributed, Parallel Architecture Real-Time Systems, pp 119-129, March 1993.
12. Wei Zhao, Fault-Tolerant Hard Real-Time Communications with SAFENET, in the Proceedings of the 1st ONR Workshop on Embedded Systems, pp. 57, January 1993.

1992

11. Sanjay Kamat and Wei Zhao, Performance Comparison of Token Ring Networks for Real-Time Applications, in the Proceedings of the RICIS Symposium on Mission Safety Critical Systems, October 1992.
10. Wei Zhao and Swaminathan Natarajan, Co-operative Resource Management in R-Shell, in the Proceedings of Complex Systems Engineering Synthesis and Assessment Technology Workshop, July 1992.

1991

9. Sadegh Davarri and Wei Zhao, RMS Aids Real-Time Scheduling, in RICIS Review, Vol 3, No. 1, pp. 2-8, 1991.
8. J. W. S. Liu, K. Lin, W. K. Shih, A. C. Yu, J. Y. Chung, and Wei Zhao, Algorithms for Scheduling Imprecise Computations, in the Proceedings of ONR 3rd Annual Workshop on Foundations of Real-Time Computing Research Initiative, pp. 95-125, October 1990.

1990

7. Lijun Yao and Wei Zhao, Token Ring Protocols for Transmission of Time Constrained Messages, in the Proceedings of Australian Fast Packet Switching Workshop, July 1990.

1989

6. Lijun Yao and Wei Zhao, Implementing the Minimum-Laxity-First Transmission Policy in a Real-Time Token Ring Networks, in the Proceedings of 4th Australian Telecommunication Seminar, December 1989.
5. Wei Zhao and M. Berger, OSPERT - An Expert System for Control of Operating Systems in Large and Complex Systems, in the Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Expert Systems and Neural Networks, pp. 178-182, August 1989.
4. Wei Zhao and M. Berger, Adaptive Control of Imprecise Distributed Systems, in the Proceedings of International Conference on Adaptive and Knowledge-based Control and Signal Processing, pp. 217-221, August 1989.
3. Nicholas Malcolm, Wei Zhao, and Chris Barter, CSMA Guarantee protocols for Hard Real-Time Communications, in the Proceedings of 4th Australian Telecommunications and Electronics Research Board Fast Packet Switching Workshop, Sydney, July 1989.
2. Wei Zhao, Guest Editor's Introduction - Special Issue on Real-Time Computing Systems, in Operating Systems Review, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 12-13, July 1989.

1986

1. Wei Zhao, A Heuristic Algorithm for Scheduling Hard Real-Time Tasks with Resource Requirements, in the Proceedings of IEEE Third Workshop on Real-Time Operating Systems, pp. 61-66, February 1986.

PH.D. STUDENTS ^{^ TOP ^}

• Gopal Agrawal, Texas A&M University at Texarkana.
• Biao Chen, University of Texas at Dallas.
• Badari Devalla, Nortel.
• Fang Feng, IBM.
• Xinwen Fu, Dakota State University.
• Young Guan, Iowa State University.
• Sanjay Kamat, Lucent.
• Nick Malcolm, HP.
• Amitava Raha, Fujisu.
• Anirudh Sahoo, India Institute of Technology.
• Steven Swanson, Astronaut Candidate, NASA.
• Dong Xuan, Ohio State University.
• Lijun Yao, Australia Telecom.

UNIVERSITY SERVICES ^{^ TOP ^}

• Chair of Patriot Act Task Force, 2002 - 2005.
• Liaison of Telecommunication and Information Technology Task Force, 2001 - 2005.
• Funding Director of Texas A&M Center of Information Assurance and Security, 2002 - .
• Director of Texas A&M Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technologies, 2001 - .

EXTERNAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES ^{^ TOP ^}

Professional Societies ^{^ TOP ^}

• Fellow of IEEE, 2001 - .
• Chair of Executive Committee of IEEE CS Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems, 2005 – 2006.
• Vice Chair of Executive Committee of IEEE CS Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems, 2003 – 2004.
• Member of Advisory Committee of IEEE CS Technical Committee on Distributed Processing, 2003 - .
• Member of ACM.
• Member of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).

Federal Agencies ^{^ TOP ^}

• Chair of Large Scale Networking Coordination Committee, National Coordination Office for Networking and Information Technology Research and Development, 2005 - .
• Division Director of National Science Foundation.
• Panelist
  • National Science Foundation, USA, 1994, 2000 - 2003.
  • Site visitor for National Science Foundation, USA, 2001.
• Reviewer
  • National Science Foundation, USA, 1988, 1990, 1992 - 1996, 2000, 2002 - .
  • Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC), 1994-present.
  • IEEE Computer Society: Research Initiation Grants Program, U.S.A., 1992.
  • State of Louisiana Board of Regents, 1992.
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada, 1988.

Journals ^{^ TOP ^}

• Editor/Associate Editor
• International Journal of Security and Networks (IJSN), 2005 - .
• Journal called International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking (IJHPCN) 2003 - .
• Chinese Science Bulletin, China Academy of Science, 2003 - .
• IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems, 2001 - .
• (Guest Editor) Special Issue on Security in Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems, 2003.
• International Journal on Foundations of E-Commerce, 2001 - .
• Journal of Computer Science and Technology (JCST), 2000 - .
• Journal of Real-Time Systems, 1997 - 2001.
• IEEE Transactions on Computers (1992 - 1996).
• Journal of Computer and Software Engineering, 1993 - .
• (Guest Editor) Special Issue on Real-Time Operating Systems, ACM Operating System Review, Vol 23, No. 3, July 1989.
• Referees
  • IEEE Transactions on Computers.
  • IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering.
  • IEEE Computer.
  • IEEE Software.
  • IFAC Journal of Control Engineering Practice.
  • International Journal of Computer Aided VLSI Design.
  • International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking.
  • Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • International Journal of Real-Time Systems.
  • Journal of Systems and Software.
  • International Journal of Computer Systems Science and Engineering.

Conferences ^{^ TOP ^}

• Chairs of Program/Organization Committee
  • Publication Co-Chairs, International Conference on Parallel Processing, August 2006.
  • Ex-Officio, IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium, April 2006.
  • Ex-Officio (TC-Chair), IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium, December 2005.
  • General Co-Chair, International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, December 2005.
  • General Co-Chair, Computer Innovation 6016, November 2005.
  • General Co-Chair, International Workshop on Resource Provisioning and Management in Sensor Networks, November 2005.
  • Co-Chair of Program Committee, International Conference on Computer Network and Mobile Computing, August 2005.
  • General Chair, International Workshop on Security in Distributed Computing Systems, June 2005.
  • Publication Co-Chairs, IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, June 2005.
  • General Co-Chair, IEEE 1st International Workshop on Networked Embedded Computing, 2004.
  • General Chair, International Workshop on Security in Parallel and Distributed Systems, September 2004.
  • Co-Chair of Program Committee, NSFC Workshop on Opportunities in Computer Science, 2003.
  • General Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, May 2003.
  • Coordinator of Roundtable Sessions in China-US Relations Conference, 2003.
  • Chair of Program Committee, Texas Workshop on Information Assurance and Security, 2003.
  • Financial Chair, IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium, 2002 - 2004.
  • Co-Chair of Program Committee, IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, April 2001.
  • Financial Chair, IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium, 2001 - 2005.
  • General Chair, IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium, December 2000.
  • Chair of Program Committee, IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium, December 1999.
  • Co-General Chair, IEEE Pacific Rim International Symposium on Fault-Tolerant Systems (PRFTS'99), December 1999.
  • Co-Chair of International Liaison, IEEE Int. Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, May 1998.
  • General Chair, IEEE Workshop on Middle-ware of Distributed Real-Time Services, December 1997.
  • Co-Chair of Publication, IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium, December 1996.
  • General Chair, IEEE Symposium on Real-Time Technology and Applications, June 1996.
  • Chair of Program Committee, IEEE Symposium on Real-Time Technology and Applications, May 1995.
  • Chair of Publication, IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium, December 1994.
  • Vice-Chair of Program Committee, IEEE Int. Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, 94 & 95.
  • Chair of Registration, IEEE International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Real-Time Systems, 1994.
  • Chair of Registration, IEEE International Workshop on Fuzzy Control and Intelligent Systems, 1993.
  • Co-Chair of Program Committee, IEEE Workshop on Imprecise Computation and Communication, 1992.

• Member of Advisory/Steering Committee
  • International Conference on High Performance Computing and Applications (HPCA), August 2004.
  • International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems, 1999 and 2001.
  • International Workshops on Parallel and Distributed Real-Time Systems, 1996, 2001-2005.
• Member of Program/Organization Committee
  • International Workshops on Parallel and Distributed Real-Time Systems, April 2006.
  • International Workshop on Information Assurance in Distributed Systems, November 2005.
  • International Workshop on Embedded Computing, June 2005.
  • International Conference on Real-time and Embedded Computing Systems and Applications Conference, August 2004.
  • International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications, June 2004.
  • IEEE Real-Time Technologies and Applications Symposium, 2004 - 2006.
  • IEEE International Conference on Computer Networks and Mobile Computing (ICCNMC-2003), October 20-23 in Shanghai.
  • IEEE PRDC (Pacific Rim Dependable Computing) Conference, 2001 and 2002.
  • ACM Workshop on Wireless Security, 2002.
  • International Conferences on Web-based Learning, 2002 – 2003.
  • IEEE International Conference on Algorithms and Architecture for Parallel Processing (ICA3PP), 2000, and 2002.
  • IEEE Second International Workshop on Advanced Issues of E-Commerce and Web-based Information Systems, June 2000.
  • IEEE Real-Time Technology and Applications Symposia, 1999 and 2000.
  • International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), 2000.
  • IEEE Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Real-Time Systems, 2000.
  • Euro-micro ECRTS'00 conference, 2000 and 2001.
  • 7th International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Real-Time Systems (WPDRTS), April 1999.
  • 23rd and 24th IFAC/IFIP Workshops on Real Time Programming, 1998 and 1999.
  • IEEE&ACM 2nd International Workshop on Active, Real-time and Temporal Database Systems, September 1997.
  • 8th International Database Workshop, July 1997.
  • 1st Workshop on Real-Time Databases, March 1996.
  • IEEE International Conferences on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), 1996 and 1997.
  • ISCA International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems, 1994.
  • IEEE Workshop on Real-Time Operating Systems and Software, 1991 & 1994.
  • IEEE Workshop on the Role of Real-Time in Multimedia/Interactive Computing Systems, 1993.
  • IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, 1993 & 1996.
  • 2nd International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, 1993.
  • Global Communication Conference, 1993.
  • 1st International Workshop on Fuzzy Control and Intelligent Systems, 1991.
  • IEEE Real-Time System Symposium, 1989 - 1992, 1995, 1997, 2001 - 2002.

• Session Chairman
  • AACP/TAMU Winter Conference, November 2000.
  • International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), Sept 1999.
  • IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols, November 1995.
  • Workshop on the Role of Real-Time in Multimedia/Interactive Computing Systems, November 1993.
  • ISCA International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems, November 1993.
  • IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, 1991, 1993, 2004.
  • Mission Safety Critical Systems Conference, October 1992.
  • IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium, 1988 and 1990,
  • IEEE 4th Workshop on Real-Time Operating Systems, 1987.
• Panel Chair, Organizer, and Member
  • (Chairman) IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, 2005
  • (Panelist) IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference, April 2004
  • (Panelist) National Academy of Engineering Mini-Symposium, March 2001
  • (Panelist) IEEE Real-Time System Symposium, 1999
  • (Organizer) IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), March 1996.
  • (Chairman) IEEE Workshop Real-Time Operating Systems and Software, 1994.
  • (Chairman) IEEE Workshop on the Role of Real-Time in Multimedia/Interactive Computing Systems, 1993.
  • (Panelists) IEEE Computer Communications Workshop, 1995 and 1996.
  • (Panelist) 14th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium, December 1993,
  • (Panelist) 5th EUROMICRO Workshop on Real-Time Systems, June 1993.
  • (Panelist) IDA Workshop on Large, Distributed, Parallel Architecture Real-Time Systems, March 1993.
  • (Panelist) 1st ONR Workshop on Embedded Systems, January 1993.
  • (Panelist) Mission Safety Critical Systems Conference, October 1992.
• Tutorial
  • Real-Time Communications in ATM Networks, IEEE Real-Time Technology and Applications Symposium, June 1999.
  • Hard Real-Time Communications with Local Area Networks, Mission Safety Critical Systems Conference, October 1992.
• Referees
  • IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium.
  • IEEE International Conferences on Distributed Computing Systems.
  • ACM and IEEE International Conference on Computer Architecture.
  • Australian Computer Science Conferences.
  • Australian Joint Artificial Intelligence Conferences.
  • Symposium on Formal Techniques in Real-Time and Fault-Tolerant Systems.
  • IEEE Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems.
  • IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering.
  • Infocom: Joint IEEE Computer and IEEE Communications Societies Conference.

Ph.D. Examination ^{^ TOP ^}

• International Review Member/External Examiner
  • Dipartimento di Informatica, Universita' di Pisa, 1998.
  • Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, 2000 (Cheung Sau Kuen) and 2002 (Ming Li).

Invited Talks ^{^ TOP ^}

• Secretary of Defense Highlands Forum Enrichment on Next Generation Networks, April 2006.
• Keynote Speaker, the 4th IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications, July 2005.
• Keynote Speaker, the Annual Conference of Chinese Association of Science and Technology, USA, June 2005.
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2005.
• Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana, 2005.
• The University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 2005.
• The Pennsylvania State University, 2005.
• National Science Foundation, 2004.
• Zhongsan University, 2004. 
• Distinguished Speaker, The Ohio State University, 2004.
• Keynote Speaker, NSFC Conference on Computer Networks, February 2004.
• Keynote Speaker, Being Professors in the USA Forum, March 2003.
• Keynote Speaker, Sino-US Symposium on Hi-Tech and Economic Developments and the 4th Conference of FACPSU, May 2002.
• 8th Eighth Yangling Agricultural High-Tech Expo Opens, 2002.
• University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2002.
• Harvard University, 2002.
• Institute of Computing Technology, 2001.
• Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, 2000.
• Nanjing University, 2000.
• Keynote Speaker, 10th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems, October 1998.
• Keynote Speaker, 23rd IFAC/IFIP Workshop on Real Time Programming, June 1998.
• BBN, 1998.
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University, June 1997 and December 1999.
• Beijing University, June 1996.
• Hong Kong City University, May 1996.
• Invited Distinguished Speaker, International Conference on Computing Systems, October 1996.
• Mitre, October 1994 and October 2000.
• Navy High Performance Network Working Group Meeting, September 1994.
• Fudan University, July 1994.
• Keynote Speaker, IEEE International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Real-Time Systems, April, 1994.
• Navy Safenet Working Group Meetings, July 1992 and March 1993.
• Texas A&M University, April 1993.
• Honeywell, 1993 and 1996.
• Concordia University, February 1992.
• Stanford University, March 1990.
• University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, March 1990.
• University of Rochester, March 1990.

China Related Activities ^{^ TOP ^}

• Co-Chair of Program Committee, Scientific Research Roundtables, US-China Relations Conference, November 2005.
• Chair of Program Committee, Joint NSF/US and NSF/China Forum on Information and Mathematical Sciences, 2004.
• Chair of Program Committee, NSFC Workshop on Opportunities in Computer Science, 2003.
• Advisor of Texas A&M China Club, 2002 – 2003.
• Keynote Speaker in NSFC Conference on Computer Networks, 2004.
• Coordinator of Roundtable Sessions in China-US Relations Conference, 2003.
• Chairman of Oversea Advisory Committee, COEI, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 2001 - .
• Co-Chairman of Dragon Star Executive Committee, 2002 - 2004.
• Honorable Dean, the School of Physics and Electronics, Shaanxi Normal University, 2002 - .
• Oversea Advisor, Shaanxi Normal University, 2002 - .

others ^{^ TOP ^}

• Oversea Alumni Association of Shaanxi Normal University (under construction)