STUDENT SUPERVISION

 

Ph.D. Students (49 graduated):

 

Tak-Sun Yuen (finished August 1985)

Thesis Title : Hashing Based Dynamic File Structures for Associative Retrieval

Initial Employer : Pace University

 

Kou-Chuan Chang (finished June 1986)

Thesis Title : On Via Minimization and Layer Assignment Problems,

Initial Employer : Boeing Electronics Company

 

Fernando Naveda (joint with Professor Ibarra ; finished June 1986)

Thesis Title : On the Routing Problem for Printed Circuit Boards

Initial Employer : University of Kansas

 

Suzanne Sharrock (finished March 1987)

Thesis Title : Voice/Data/Video Integration on Local Area Networks

Initial Employer : Network Architecture Company

 

Richard Enbody (finished June 1987)

Thesis Title : On Multiple Layer Channel Routing Problems

Initial Employer : Michigan State University

 

Lee-Chin Liu  (finished March 1989)

Thesis Title : Routing Problems for VLSI Designs

Initial Employer : IBM, Rochester, Minnesota

 

Ren-Ben Shu  (finished June 1989)

Thesis Title : Efficient and Reliable Architectures for Massively Connected Multiprocessors

Initial Employer : National Singapore University

 

Hung-Chuan Yen (finished June 1989)

Thesis Title : Timing Analysis for VLSI

Initial Employer : Cadence Co.

 

Shu-Ping Chang (finished December 1989)

Thesis Title : Multiple Packet Multiple Channel Local Area Networks

Initial Employer : IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

 

Yean-Shiang Leu (finished by March 1990)

Thesis Title : Network Architectures for High-Speed Communications

Initial Employer : IBM, San Jose, California

 

Ichiang Lin (finished June 1990)

Thesis Title : New Techniques for Performance Driven Layout

Initial Employer : IBM, Kingston, New York

 

Chih-Hsiang Chou (finished Dec. 1990)

Thesis Title : Network Architectures for Metropolitan Area Networks

Initial Employer : IBM, Rochester, Minnesota

 

Ching-Tin Wu (finished September 1991)

Thesis Title : Performance-Driven Layout and Wafer Packing Problems for

VLSI

Initial Employer : 3M, Minnesota

 

Swie Tsing Tan (finished  July 1991)

Thesis Title : Distributed Processor Allocation for Hypercube Multiprocessors and Embedded Virtual Incomplete Hypercubes for High-Speed Optical Networks

Initial Employer : AT&T Bell Lab

 

Lee-Ren Liu (Finished August 1991)

Thesis Title : Efficient Algorithms for Timing Verification and Delay Fault Testing

Initial Employer : Actel, California

 

Hsi-Chuan Chen (Finished Jan. 1992)

Thesis Title : Study of Timing Verification and Timing Optimization of Combinational Circuits

Initial Employer : AT&T Bell Lab

 

Ron Vetter (finished June 1992)

Thesis Title : Network Architectures for High Performance Computing Environment

Initial Employer : Moorhead State University, Moorhead, Minnesota

 

Kent Williams (finished August 1992)

Thesis Title : Study of Design Issues for High-Speed Optical Passive Star Networks

Initial Employer : North Carolina A&T University

 

Keumog Ahn (finished June 1993; joint with S. Sahni)

Thesis Title : Study of VLSI Circuits Layout Design Issues

Initial Employer : AT&T Bell Labs

 

Sanghyun Ahn (finished January 1994),

Thesis Title : ATM Network VP Layout Design and Multicasting Group Communication Problems

Initial Employer : Seoul City University (Korea)

 

Sheau-Ru Tong (finished March 1994)

Thesis Title : Hot-Spot Problem for Interconnection Networks and High Performance Computing on Passive Star Networks

Initial Employer : Industrial Technology Research Center (Taiwan)

 

Meng-Jou Lin (finished September 1994)

Thesis Title : Distributed Network Computing Over Switch-Based High-SpeedLocal Area Networks

Initial Employer : Apple Computer

 

Rose Tsang (finished Sept. 1995)

Thesis Title : High Speed Network Support for Multimedia Traffic

Initial Employer : National Sandia Lab

 

James Schnepf (finished Sept. 1995)

Thesis Title : Multimedia Support for Distance Education

Initial Employer : St. John's University, Minnesota

 

Juho Kim (finished Sept. 1995)

Thesis Title : Timing Analysis of CMOS VLSI and Performance Optimization

Initial Employer : Cadence Corp.

 

Shang-Zhi Sun (finished Nov. 1995)

Thesis Title : Studies on Timing Analysis, Clock Period Optimization and Testability

Initial Employer : Lattice  Semiconductor

 

Mohamad Rooholamini (finished May 1996; joint with V. Cherkassky)

Thesis Title : ATM as the System Interconnect of a Multimedia Server

Initial Employer : Dell Computer

 

Yaun-Chung Hsu (finished in June 1996)

Thesis Title : Study on Timing Analysis and Clocking Problems of Logic Circuits

Initial Employer : IBM Rochester

 

Ching-Liang Liu (finished in June 1996)

Thesis Title : Efficient Design of Video on Demand Server

Initial Employer : Washington State University

 

Ren-Wei Hsieh (finished in June 1997)

Thesis Title: High-Speed Network Support for High-Performance Network and Multimedia Communications

Initial Employer: Dell Computer

 

Sangyup Shim (finished in July 1997)

Thesis Title: Supporting I/O Intensive Applications in A High Performance Storage System

Initial Employer: San Jose State University

 

Yuewei Wang (finished in September 1997)

Thesis Title: Video Allocation Schemes for Video-on Demand Services

Initial Employer: IxMicro Inc., California

 

A. Pavan (finished in March 1998)

Thesis Title: Topological Issues in Time and Wavelength Division Multiplexed Multihop Lightwave Networks

Initial Employer: Honeywell Technology Center

 

Yen-Jen Lee (finished in February 2000)

Thesis Title: Scalable Architectures for Multimedia Communications in

Education and Entertainment

Initial Employer : Streaming21, San Jose, California

 

Wei-Hsiu Ma (finished in June 2000)

Thesis Title: Video Delivery and Caching with Proxy Servers for Reducing Bandwidth Requirement over Wide Area Networks

 

Initial Employer: Streaming21, San Jose, California

 

Seijun Song (Joint with Zhi-Li Zhang; finished in August 2000)

Thesis Title: A Software-Based Approach to Scalable Fault-Tolerant Real-Time Ethernet for Networked Control Systems

Initial Employer: Cisco

 

Srihari Nelakuditi (Joint with Zhi-Li Zhang; finished in October 2001)

Thesis Title: Localized Approach to Providing Quality-of-Service

Initial Employer: University of South Carolina

 

Tai-Sheng Chang (finished in December 2002)

Thesis Title: On Several Design Issues of Intelligent High-Performance Storage Systems

Initial Employer: General Electric Medical Imaging Division

 

Zhenhai Duan (joint with Zhi-Li Zhang; finished in July 2003)

Thesis Title: On Scalable Support of Quality of Services in the Internet

Initial Employer: University of Florida State

 

Yingfei Dong (Joint with Zhi-Li Zhang; finished in July 2003)

Thesis Title: Efficient Resource Management in Multimedia Network Systems

Initial Employer: University of Hawaii at Manoa

 

Bae Young Choi (Joint with Zhi-Li Zhang; finished in August 2003)

Thesis Title: Scalable Network Monitoring in High-Speed Large Networks

Initial Employer: US Sprint

 

Ewa Kusmierek (Joint with Zhi-Li Zhang; finished in May 2004)

Thesis Title: Adaptive Streaming Techniques for Large Scale Video Delivery

Initial Employer: Poznan Supercomputer Center (Poland)

 

Dan Edeen (finished in May 2005)

Thesis Title: An Model for ADSL Link Aggregation with Qualify of Service Support

Initial Employer: Qwest Communications

 

Ying-Ping Lu (finished in November 2005)

Thesis Title: Design Issues in Networked Intelligent Storage Systems : Performance and Quality of Service

Initial Employer: Silicon Graphics Inc.

 

James Beyer (finished in March 2006)

Thesis Title: Control Algorithms for Observation Systems

Initial Employer: CRAY Research

 

Dingshen He (finished in August 2006)

Thesis Title: Data Management in Intelligent Storage Systems

Initial Employer: Microsoft

 

Xiaobo Zhang (finished in July 2006)

Thesis Title: Tape Storage Solutions:  Meeting Growing Data Demands

Initial Employer: Symantec

 

Hyeran Lim (finished in September 2006)

Thesis Title: Designing Fair, Efficient and Scalable Storage Systems Based on Emerging Storage Technologies

Initial Employer: Samsong Electronics (Korea)

 

Aravindan Raghuveer  (finished in January 2008)

Thesis Title: Techniques for Streaming, Storage and Search of Video

Initial Employer: Yahoo India

 

Sarah Sharafjabdu (passed WPE)

 

Jaehoon Jeong (passed WPE and oral preliminary; expected to finish in July 2009)

 

Nagapramod Mandagere  (passed WPE)

 

Guanlin Lu (passed WPE)

 

 

Several other potential Ph.D. students are currently doing research with me.

 

Master Students 

 

 Supervised and graduated 80 MS theses and projects.