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Dr.  Meikang Qiu

Assistant Professor,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Kentucky,

Lexington, KY 40506, USA.

223 Davis Marksbury Building,  
Tel: 859-257-1527   
Fax: 859-257-3092
Email: mqiu@engr.uky.edu    qiumeikang@yahoo.com

I am looking for self-motivated Ph.D. students (or Visiting students) working together to do interesting research in embedded systems and software, sensor networks, and computer architecture, etc. Feel free to contact me.

Education

    Ph.D.                                     Computer Science                    University of Texas at Dallas   

    M.S.                                      Computer Science                    University of Texas at Dallas   

    M.E.                                      Engineering                             Shanghai Jiao Tong University   

    B.E.                                       Engineering                             Shanghai Jiao Tong University   

 

Only the educated are free -- EPICTETUS, Discourses

Working Experiences

     I have about ten years working experiences related to high technologies, including:

 

"If the enemy leaves a door open, you must rush in"--Sun Tzu, the nine situations (65)     

Research Interests

Selected Publications

          I have published more than 140 peer reviewed journal and conference papers in recent years, including ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES) 2011 Best Paper Award, four IEEE international conference Best Paper Awards and one Best Paper Nomination.

Books       

  1. M. Qiu  and J. Li, Real-Time Embedded Systems: Optimization, Synthesis, and Networking, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1760-5, Published by Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2011
  2. M. Qiu  and E. H.-M. Sha, Heterogeneous Parallel Embedded Systems: Time and Power Optimization, ISBN: 978-3-639-09619-4, Published by VDM-Verlag, Produced in USA by Lightning Source Inc., 2008

Journal Papers       

  1. M. Qiu  and E. H.-M. Sha, Cost Minimization while Satisfying Hard/Soft Timing Constraints for Heterogeneous Embedded Systems, in ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), Vol. 14, No.2, Article 25, pp. 1-30, Apr. 2009

Win ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES) 2011 Best Paper Award

The Award recognized the best paper published in the ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems in the time window from the April 2008 issue to the January 2011 issue.

  1. M. Qiu,  (with X. Zhu, X. Qin), QoS-Aware Fault-Tolerant Scheduling for Real-Time Tasks on Heterogeneous Clusters, in IEEE Transactions on Computers (TOC), Vol. 60, No. 6, pp. 800-812, Jun. 2011
  2. J. Li, M. Qiu, Z. Ming, G. Quan, X. Qin, and Z. Gu, “Online Optimization for Scheduling  Preemptable tasks on IaaS Cloud systems”, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC), Vol. 72, No. 5, pp. 666-677, May 2012 (Most Download Paper of JPDC in 2012)
  3. M. Qiu, W. Gao, M. Chen, J. Niu, and L. Zhang, Energy Efficient Security Algorithm for Power Grid Wide Area Monitoring System, in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 715-723, Nov. 2011
  4. J. Li, M. Qiu, J. Niu, L. Yang, Y. Zhu, and Z. Ming, Thermal-Aware Task Scheduling in 3D Chip Multiprocessor with Real-Time Constrained Workloads, in ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS), Mar. 2011
  5. M. Qiu, L. T. Yang,  Z. Shao, and E. H.-M. Sha, Dynamic and Leakage Energy Minimization with Soft Real-Time Loop Scheduling and Voltage Assignment, in IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 501-504, Mar. 2010
  6. M. Qiu, (with M. Liu, S. Zhang, Z. Fan), “H∞ State Estimation for Discrete-Time Chaotic Systems Based on a Unified Model”,  in IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Part B: Cybernetics,, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 1053-1063, Aug. 2012
  7. M. Qiu, H. Su, M. Chen, Z. Ming, and L. T. Yang, “Balance of Security Strength and Energy for a PMU Monitoring System in Smart Grid”,  IEEE Communication Magazine, Vol. 50, No. 5, pp.142-149, May 2012
  8. C. Li,  M. Chen,  M. Qiu,  A. Vasilakos, and J. Park,  A RF4CE-based Remote Controller with  Interactive Graphical User Interface Applied to Home Automation System, accepted in special issue of ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS),  2011
  9. M. Nijim, X. Qin, M. Qiu, and K. Li, “An adaptive energy-conserving strategy for parallel disk systems”, accepted by Future Generation Computer Systems: The Int'l Journal of Grid Computing, Vol. 29, pp. 196-207, 2012.
  10. M. Qiu,  Z. Jia, C. Xue, Z. Shao and E. H.-M. Sha, Voltage Assignment with Guaranteed Probability Satisfying Timing Constraint for Real-time Multiproceesor DSP,  in Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems (JSPS) , Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 55-73, Jan. 2007
  11. J. Li, Z. Ming, M. Qiu, G. Quan, X. Qin, and T. Chen, Resource Allocation Robustness in Multi-Core Embedded Systems with Inaccurate Information, in Journal of System Architecture (JSA), Elsevier, published online, Apr. 2011.
  12. M. Qiu,   (with Z. Shao, C. Xue, Q. Zhuge,   B. Xiao and E. H.-M. Sha), Security Protection and Checking for Embedded System Integration Against Buffer Overflow Attacks via Hardware/Software in IEEE Transactions on Computers (TOC), vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 443-453, Apr. 2006
  13. F. Hu, S. Lakdawala, Q. Hao and M. Qiu,   Low-Power, Low-cost Sensor Hardware Interface for Wireless Telecardiology Data Pre-Processing, in IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, Vol. 13, No. 4,  pp. 656-663, Jul. 2009
  14. M. Qiu,   M. Guo, M. Liu, C. Xue, L. T. Yang, and E. H.-M. Sha, Loop Scheduling and Bank Type Assignment for Heterogeneous Multi-Bank Memory, in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC) Vol. 69, No. 3, pp 546-558, Mar. 2009
  15. M. Qiu,   E. H.-M. Sha, M. Liu, M. Lin, S. Hua and L. T. Yang, Energy Minimization with Loop Fusion and Multi-Functional-Unit Scheduling for Multidimensional DSP, in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC), Vol. 68, No. 4, pp 443-455, Apr. 2008
  16. M. Qiu,   (with M. Lin, L. Xu, L. Yang, X. Qin, and Z. Wu),  Static Security Optimization for Real-Time Systems, in IEEE Transaction on Industrial Informatics, Vol.5, No1. pp. 22-37, Feb. 2009
  17. Z. Shao, M. Wang, Y. Chen, C. Xue, M. Qiu,   L. T. Yang, and E. H.-M. Sha, Real-Time Dynamic Voltage Loop Scheduling for Multi-Core Embedded Systems , in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II , Vol. 54, No. 5, pp. 445 – 449, May 2007
  18. L. Zhang, M. Qiu, W.-C. Tseng, and E. H.-M. Sha,  Variable Partitioning and Scheduling for MPSoC with Virtually Shared Scratch Pad Memory,  in Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems (JSPS), Vol. 58, No. 2, pp.  247-265, 2010
  19. M. Qiu,   C. Xue, Z. Shao, M. Liu and E. H.-M. Sha, Energy Minimization for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks, in Special issue of Journal of Embedded Computing (JEC) - Embedded System Design & Optimization, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 109-117, 2007-2009
  20. D. Qi, M. Liu, M. Qiu, and S. Zhang, Exponential H∞ synchronization of general discrete-time chaotic neural networks with or without time delays, in  IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks (TNN), Vol. 21, No. 8,  pp. 1358-1365, Aug. 2010
  21. M. Chen, M. Qiu, L. Liao, J. Park, J. Ma, Distributed Multi-hop Cooperative Communication in Dense Wireless Sensor Networks, in Journal of Supercomputing (JOS), Vol. 56, No. 3, pp. 353-369,  Jun. 2011
  22. F. Hu, M. Qiu, J. Li, T. Grant, D. Tyloy, S. McCaleb, L. Butler, and R. Hamner, A Review on Cloud Computing: Design Challenges in Architecture and Security, Journal of Computing and Information Technology (CIT), Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 25-55, Mar. 2011.
  23. L. Zhang, M. Qiu, E. H.-M. Sha, and Q. Zhuge, “Variable assignment and instruction scheduling for processor with Multi-module Memory”, in Journal of Microprocessors and Microsystems (Elsevier). Vol. 35, No. 1,  pp. 308-317, May. 2011
  24. M. Qiu, (with Q. Zhuge, C. Xue, Z. Shao, M. Liu, and E. H.-M. Sha), Design Optimization and Space Minimization Considering Timing and Code Size via Retiming and Unfolding, in Journal of Microprocessors and Microsystems (Elsevier), Vol. 30, Issue 4, pp. 173-183, Jun. 2006

  25. M. Qiu,  K. Zhang, and M. L. Huang, Usability in Mobile Interface Browsing in Web Intelligence and Agent Systems Journal (WIAS), IOS Press. Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 43-60, 2006, ISSN: 1570-1263 [First Page]
  26. K. Zhang, J. Kong,   M. Qiu,  and G.L Song, Multimedia Layout Adaptation Through Grammatical Specifications in ACM/Springer Multimedia Systems, pp. 245-260, Vol. 10, No. 3, 2005 [First Page]

Conference Papers

  1.  M. Qiu,  Z. Chen,  L. T. Yang,  X. Qin,  and B. Wang, “Towards Power-Efficient Smartphones by Energy-Aware Dynamic Task Scheduling”, in 9th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems (ICESS), Liverpool, UK, pp. 1466-1472, Jun. 2012. (Best Paper Award).
  2.  Z. Chen, M. Qiu, J. Niu, Z. Lu, and Y. Zhu, “Data Allocation Using Genetic Algorithm for MPSoC Systems with Hybrid Scratch-Pad Memory”, in 18th IEEE Real Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS) WIP, pp. 61-64, Beijing, China, Apr. 2012.
  3. M. Qiu (with Z. Ding, X. Jiang, S. Yin, X. Ruan, X. Qin, K.-H. Chang)  “Multicore-Enabled Smart Storage for Clusters", accepted by IEEE Cluster, Beijing, China, Sep.  2012
  4.  M. Qiu,  J. Niu,  L. T. Yang,  X. Qin,  S. Zhang and  B. Wang, Energy-Aware Loop Parallelism Maximization for Multi-Core DSP Architectures,  IEEE/ACM GreenCom, pp. 205-212, Hangzhou, China, Dec. 2010. (Best Paper Award)
  5.  M. Qiu  (with H. Huang, G. Quan, J. Fan),  Throughput Maximization for Periodic Real-Time Systems under the Maximal Temperature Constraint, accepted in IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Diego, CA, USA, Jun. 2011.
  6. J. Li, M. Qiu, J. Niu, and T. Chen, Battery-Aware Task Scheduling in Distributed Mobile Systems with Lifetime Constraint Systems, in IEEE ASP-DAC, pp. 743-748, Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 2011.
  7. M. Qiu, (with Z. Zheng, Y. Zhu, X. Wang,  Z. Que, T. Huang, X. Yin, H. Wang, G. Rong),  Revealing Feasibility of FMM on ASIC: Efficient Implementation of N-Body Problem on FPGA, in IEEE CSE, pp. 132-139, Hong Kong, Dec.  2010. (Best Paper Award).
  8. M. Qiu, (with Y. Guo, Q. Zhuge, J. Hu, E. H.-M. Sha), “Optimal Data Allocation for Scratch-Pad Memory on Embedded Multi-core Systems”, in IEEE ICPP, pp. 464-471, Taipei, Taiwan, Sep.  2011.
  9. M. Qiu, L. Zhang, and E. H.-M. Sha, ILP Optimal Scheduling for Multi-Module Memory, in IEEE/ACM CODES+ISSS, Grenoble, France, pp.277-286, Oct. 2009.
  10. M. Qiu, L. T. Yang, and E. H.-M. Sha,  Rotation Scheduling and Voltage Assignment to Minimize Energy for SoC, in IEEE Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC+CSE), Vancouver, Canada, pp.48-55, Aug. 2009. (Best Paper Award).
  11. M. Qiu (with J. Hu, C. Xue, W. Tseng, Yi He, and E. H.-M. Sha), Reducing Write Activities on Non-volatile Memories in Embedded CMPs via Data Migration and Re-computation,  in IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference (DAC), pp. 350-355,  Anaheim, California, USA, Jun. 2010.
  12. S. Liu and M. Qiu,  Thermal-Aware Scheduling for Peak Temperature Reduction with Stochastic Workloads,  in IEEE/ACM RTAS WIP, Stockholm, Sweden, pp. 53-56, Apr. 2010.
  13. M. Qiu,  C. Xue, Z. Shao, and E. H.-M. Sha, Energy Minimization with Soft Real-time and DVS for Uniprocessor and Multiprocessor Embedded Systems, in IEEE/ACM Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) , Acropolis, Nice, France, April 16-20, 2007.
  14. M. Qiu, H. Li, E. H.-M. Sha, and M. Liu, Heterogeneous Real-Time Embedded Software Optimization Considering Hardware Platform, in ACM SAC, Honolulu, Hawaii, vol. 3, pp 1637-1641, Mar.  2009.
  15. C. Xue, E. H.-M. Sha, Z. Shao and M. Qiu, Effective Loop Partitioning and Scheduling under Memory and Register Dual Constraints, in Proc. ACM/IEEE Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), Munich, Germany, pp.1202-1207,Mar. 10-14, 2008.

 

  1. M. Qiu, G. Wu, C.  Xue, J. Hu, W. Tseng, and E. H.-M. Sha, Energy Minimization and Latency Hiding for Heterogeneous Parallel Memory Modules,  the IEEE 15th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS), Shenzhen, China, pp. 504-510, Dec. 2009.
  2. M. Qiu,  and J. Wu, Loop Scheduling and Assignment with Prefetching to Minimize Energy while Hiding Memory Latencies, in ACM GLSVLSI , Orlando, Florida, May 2008.
  3. M. Qiu, J. Wu, C. Xue, J. Hu, J. Tseng, E. H.-M. Sha, Loop Scheduling and Assignment to Minimize Energy while Hiding Latency for Heterogeneous Multi-Bank Memory, in IEEE International Conference on Field Programmable Logic and Applications (FPL 2008), pp. 459-462, Heidelburg, Germany, Sep. 2008.
  4. J. Li, M. Qiu, J. Niu, W. Gao, Z. Zong, and X. Qin, Feedback Dynamic Algorithms for Preemptable Job Scheduling in Cloud Systems, in Proc. IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence,  pp. 561-564, Toronto, Canada, Sep. 2010.
  5. M. Qiu, J. Deng, and E. H.-M. Sha, Failure Rate Minimization with Multi-FU Scheduling for Heterogeneous WSN, in IEEE GlobeCom, New Orleans, LA, pp. 5213-5217, Dec. 2008.
  6. M. Qiu and E. H.-M. Sha, Energy Minimization with Bank-Type Assignment for Heterogeneous Multi-Bank Memory, in IEEE VLSI-SoC, Rhodes Islands, Greece, pp 493-496, Oct. 2008.
  7. M. Qiu, J. Wu, F. Hu, S. Liu, and L. Wang, Voltage Assignment for Soft Real-Time Embedded Systems with Continuous Probability Distribution,  IEEE RTCSA, Beijing, China, pp.413-418, Aug. 2009.
  8. M. Qiu,  and E. H.-M. Sha, Energy-Aware Online Algorithm to Satisfy Sampling Rates with Guaranteed Probability for Sensor Applications , in Proc. International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC-07) , Houston, USA, Sep. 2007.
  9. M. Qiu,  C. Xue, Q. Zhuge, Z.Shao, M. Liu, and E. H.-M. Sha, Voltage Assignment and Loop Scheduling for Energy Minimization while Satisfying Timing Constraint with Guaranteed Probability, in IEEE 17th International Conference on Application-specific Systems, Architectures and Processors (ASAP) , Steamboat Springs, Colorado, pp. 178-181, September 11-13, 2006.
  10. M. Qiu,  C. Xue, Z. Shao, Q. Zhuge, M. Liu, and E. H.-M. Sha, Efficient Algorithm of Energy Minimization for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Network, in Proc. 2006 IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Embedded And Ubiquitous Computing (EUC'2006), Lecture Note in Computer Science (LNCS), Springer, Korea, Aug 2006
  11. M. Qiu,  K. Zhang, and M.L. Huang, An Empirical Study of Web Interface Design on Small Display Devices, in Proc. 2004 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence, , Beijing, China, 20-24 September 2004, IEEE CS Press, pp.29-35. (accept rate: 15%) ISBN 0-7695-2100-2, IEEE Computer Society Publisher.[Slides] [First Page]
  12. M. Qiu,  G.L Song, J. Kong, and K. Zhang, Spatial Graph Grammars for Web Information Transformation , in Proc. VL2003 - 2003 IEEE Symposium on Visual/Multimedia Languages , Auckland, New Zealand, 28-31 October 2003, IEEE CS Press, pp.84-91. (accept rate: 20%) [First Page]
  13. J. Kong,  M. Qiu,  and K. Zhang, Authoring Multimedia Documents Through Grammatical Specifications , in Proc. ICME2003 - 2003 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo , Baltimore, USA, 6-9 July, 2003, IEEE CS Press, pp.629-632. [First Page]
  14. K. Zhang, J. Kong,  M. Qiu, Multimedia Layout Adaptation Through Grammatical Specifications , Technical Report , UTDCS-08-03, University Of Texas at Dallas, 2003. [First Page] [First Page]

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Research

     Our research is supported by NSF, Office of Naval Research (ONR), etc.

Teaching Experience

Students Graduated

Current Students

Editor

Panel

·         NSF Panel 2008, 2009, 2011

·         DOE Panel 2009, 2010

 

Program Committee

 

·         Program Chair of 8th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Computing, Dalian, China, Sep. 25-27, 2009 (EmbeddedCom-09).

·         Program Chair of The Fourth International conference on Embedded and Multimedia Computing (EM-Com 2009), Jeju, Korea, December 10 - 12, 2009.

·         Vice Program Chair of the 11th IEEE Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE 08), Brazil, 2008

·         Publicity Chair, The Fifth IEEE International Symposium on Embedded Computing, (SEC 2008), Beijing, China, October 6-9, 2008

·         Program Chair of the 3rd IEEE ESO workshop, Shanghai, China, Dec. 2008

·         Publication Chair of the 15th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA 2009).

·         Publicity Chair of The 2011 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Green Computing and Communications (GreenCom 2011), Chengdu, Sichuan, China, August 1-3, 2011.

·         Track Chair (Power-Aware Computing track) of 9th IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC-11), Melbourne, Australia, on October 24-26, 2011.

·         Track/Vice chair (Embedded Computing and Systems) of FCST-11, Changsha, China, Nov. 16-18, 2011.

·         Program Committee of the 16th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA), Japan, 2011.

·         Publication Chair of 11th International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing (ICA3PP), Melbourne, Australia, October 24-26, 2011.

·         Program Committee of the 2012 International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA), Seoul, Korea, Aug. 2012. 

·         Program Committee of the 10th IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC-12).

Reviewer

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Member of Associations & Awards

Talks

     I have given talks to more than 40 different Universities in US and worldwide. I have presented papers at more than 40 different conferences, for example,

  1. “Towards Power-Efficient Smartphones by Energy-Aware Dynamic Task Scheduling”, in IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems (ICESS), Liverpool, UK, 25-27 June 2012, (Best Paper Award).
  2. “ILP Security Optimization Method for Embedded Systems with Timing Constraints”, in ACM Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop (CSIIRW), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA, Oct. 2011.
  3. "Energy-Aware Loop Parallelism Maximization for Multi-Core DSP Architectures",  IEEE/ACM GreenCom, Hangzhou, China, Dec. 2010. (Best Paper Award)
  4. “Rotation Scheduling and Voltage Assignment to Minimize Energy for SoC”, in IEEE EUC+CSE, Vancouver, Canada, Aug. 2009. (Best Paper Award).
  5. “ILP Optimal Scheduling for Multi-Module Memory”, in IEEE/ACM CODES+ISSS 2009, Grenoble, France, Oct. 2009.
  6. “Loop Scheduling and Assignment to Minimize Energy while Hiding Latency for Heterogeneous Multi-Bank Memory”, in IEEE International Conference on Field Programmable Logic and Applications (FPL 2008), Heidelburg, Germany, Sep. 2008.
  7. “Loop Scheduling and Assignment with Prefetching to Minimize Energy while Hiding Memory Latencies”, in ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI), Orlando, Florida, May 4-6, 2008.
  8. “Voltage Assignment and Scheduling with Probability via Rotation Scheduling”, presentation in IEEE 17th International Conference on Application-specific Systems, Architectures and Processors (ASAP), Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Sep. 2006.
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