QING (KEN) YANG 杨庆

 

Tel: (401) 874-5880

Fax: (401) 782-6422

E-mail: qyang@ele.uri.edu
http://www.ele.uri.edu/~qyang

 

 

TITLE

 

 

Distinguished Engineering Professor,

Department of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical  Engineering, University of Rhode Island

 

 

EXPERIENCES

 

 

 

1997–Present     Professor                     Dept. of ECE, University of Rhode Island   Kingston, RI   

1993–1997         Associate Professor    Dept. of ECE, University of Rhode Island   Kingston, RI

1988–1993         Assistant Professor     Dept. of ECE, University of Rhode Island   Kingston, RI 

 

 

EDUCATION

 

 

Ph.D. with honor, Computer Engineering, The Center for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Louisiana, Lafayette,  USA, June 1988.

Dissertation Title: Analysis of Cache-based Multiple-bus Multiprocessors.

M.A.Sc., Dept. of Elec. Engin., University of Toronto, Canada, Nov.1985.  

Thesis Title: Communication Performance in Multiple-bus Systems.

B.Sc., Dept. of Computer Science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, People's Republic of China, Feb. 1982. Ranked First in the graduating class.

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

 

 

á       IEEE Fellow for contributions to computer memory and storage systems.

á       EMC Endowed Visiting Chair Professor, Tsinghua University, China, 2008.

á       Outstanding Intellectual Property Award, University of Rhode Island. 2008

á       Aurelio Lucci Faculty Excellence Award for Outstanding Entrepreneurship, URI, 2007;

á       Outstanding Intellectual Property Award, University of Rhode Island. 2007

á       Outstanding Intellectual Property Award, University of Rhode Island. 2005

á       Albert E. Carlotti Faculty Excellence Award, College of Engineering, URI, 2005.

á       ÒYellow Crane Friendship AwardÓ for Outstanding work on scholar activities and technology transfers, Wuhan, China, Sept. 2002.

á       Cover story on International Talent Magazine June 2002.

á       Keynote Speech at 2002 Shen Zhen HI-TECH Fair, Oct. 2002.

á       On the National News of China, People's Daily (overseas edition), 2002

á       Outstanding Intellectual Property Award, University of Rhode Island. 2001

á       10 Best HUST alumni overseas, 2000

á       ÒA novel cache on data storageÓ, A news article on Horizons, Spring 1999.

á       Distinguished Engineering Professor, College of Engineering, URI, since Jan. 1998.

á       Listed in ÒWho Is Who Among Asian-Americans,Ó 1993 and ÒWho Is Who in America,Ó 1994.

á       Aurelio Lucci Faculty Excellence Award, for excellence in teaching, research and services, URI, 1993

á       Outstanding Young Man of America, 1992

á       NSF (National Science Foundation) Research Initiation Award, RIA Award 1989

 

US PATENTS AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS

Note: 7 of the following patents have resulted in license income to URI for over hundreds of thousands of dollars.

1.     ÒPrime-Mapped Cache----A new cache memory system for vector processings,Ó  US Patent  No. 5,379,39.

2.     ÒDisk Caching Disk---A new architecture for high performance disk I/O systems,Ó  US Patent and Trademark Office, PTO No. 5,754,888. (with Yiming Hu)

3.     ÒRAPID-Cache (Redundant, Asymmetrically Parallel, Inexpensive Disk Cache), A new cache structure for RAID systems,'' U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, No. 6,243,795, June 5th, 2001. (with Yiming Hu)

4.     ÒSTICS--SCSI-To-IP Cache Storage,Ó US Patent and Trademark Office, US Patent No. 7,275,134. (with Xubin He).

5.     ÒRORIB--A cost effective approach for real-time, online and remote information backup,'' US Patent No. 7,177,887. (with Jian Li).

6.     ÒCache architecture for a processing unit providing reduced power consumption in cache operationÓ U.S. Patent No. 7,966,452.

7.     ÒData Recovery System and Method  including a Disk Array Architecture that  Provides Recovery of Data to Any Point of TimeÓ U.S. Patent No. 7,730,347.

8.     ÒACE: Adaptive cache engine for storage area network including systems and methods related theretoÓ United States Patent No. 7,370,163. Issued on May 6, 2008. (with Ming Zhang and Yinan Liu)

9.     ÒData replication method over a limited bandwidth network by mirroring parities,Ó U.S Patent 7,457,980.

10.  Ò`SWEET: System and Method for Maintaining Redundant Storages Coherent using Sliding Window of Eager Execution Transactions (SWEET),Ó US Patent No. 8,140,772.

11.  ÒHELP---Hardware Environment for Low-overhead Profiling/Optimization and Security Functions,Ó US Patent and Trademark Office Pending, File #7378.

12.  ÒBUCS—Bottom Up Cache Structure for networked storage servers,Ó  Patent Application Filed with US Patent and Trademark Office on Oct. 20, 2003. Serial Number 60/512,728.

13.  ÒCUP: Coupling Update by Parities, A method and apparatus for maximizing data recovery,Ó Application No. 60/940,831.

14.  ÒAPS: Method and Apparatus for Approximate Positioning System in Personal Area Networks Using ZigBeeÓ Application filed on March 28, 2006. (with Yan Sun, W. Xiao, and Y. Liu)

15.  ÒMethods for detecting unfair ratings and building trust in raters in online rating systems using signal modeling techniqueÓ Application Pending: 60/894,012, ( with Yan Sun)

16.  ÒRINGS: Recover Information from NAND Gates StoragesÓ,  US Patent and Trademark Office, Filed in May 2008. Co-inventor: Weijun Xiao

 

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

REFERENCED CONFERENCE PAPERS

 

1.     Jin Ren and Qing Yang ÓI-CASH: Intelligently Coupled Array of SSD and HDDÓ in The 17th IEEE International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture, 2011 (HPCA'11), San Antonio, TX, Feb 2011.

2.     Fan Zhang, Will DiSanto, Jin Ren, Zhi Dou, Qing Yang, and He Huang, ÓA Novel CPS System for Evaluating a Neural-Machine Interface for Artificial LegsÓ ACM/IEEE Second International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, Chicago, April 12 - 14, 2011.

3.     Jin Ren and Qing Yang A New Buffer Cache Design Exploiting both Temporal and Content Localities The 30th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, ICDCS 2010. Genoa, Italy, June 21-25, 2010.

4.     Jiguang Wan, Jibin Wang, Qing Yang, and Changsheng Xie, ÓS2-RAID: A New RAID Architecture for Fast Data RecoveryÓ Proceedings of 26th IEEE Symposium on Massive Storage Systems and Technologies, Lake Tahoe, Incline Village, Nevada, May 3-7, 2010

5.     He Huang, Yan (Lindsay) Sun, Qing Yang, Fan Zhang, Xiaorong Zhang, Yuhong Liu, Jin Ren, Fabian Sierra. ÓIntegrating Neuromuscular and Cyber Systems for Neural Control of Artificial LegsÓ ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems Stockholm, Sweden. April, 2010

6.     Qing Yang ÓSecure and Efficient Data Replay in Distributed eHealthcare Information SystemÓ, International Conference on Information Society (i-Society 2010) June 28-30, 2010, London, UK.

7.     Yang, Y., Sun, Y. L., Kay, S., and Yang, Q. 2009. Defending online reputation systems against collaborative unfair raters through signal modeling and trust. In Proceedings of the 2009 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (Honolulu, Hawaii). SAC '09. ACM, New York, NY, 1308-1315. DOI= http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1529282.1529575

8.     Weijun Xiao and Qing Yang, ÓA Case for Continuous Data Protection at Block Level in Disk Array StoragesÓ Ó IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Volume 20, Issue 6 (June 2009), Pages 898-911.

9.     Weijun Xiao, Qing Yang, J. Ren, C. Xie, and H. Li, ÓDesign and Analysis of Block Level Snapshots for Data Protection and RecoveryÓ IEEE Trans. Comput. 58, 12 (Dec. 2009), 1615-1625. DOI= http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TC.2009.107

10.  Weijun Xiao and Qing Yang, ÒCan We Really Recover Data If Storage Subsystem Fails?Ó The 28th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, Beijing, China,  2008. (ICDCS'08).

11.  X. Li, Changsheng Xie, and Qing Yang, ÒOptimal Implementation of Continuous Data Protection (CDP) in Linux Kernel,Ó Proc. Of IEEE IntÕl Conference on Networking, Architecture, and Storage, Chongqing, China, June 2008.

12.  Yafei Yang, Yan Lindsay Sun, Jin Ren, and Qing Yang, ÒBuilding Trust in Online Rating Systems Through Signal Modeling,Ó  International Workshop on Trust and Reputation Management in Massively Distributed Computing Systems, June 25-29, 2007, in conjunction with ICDCS 2007

13.  Qing Yang, Weijun Xiao, and Jin Ren ， ÓTRAP-Array: A Disk Array Architecture Providing Timely Recovery to Any Point-in -timeÓ in The 33rd Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture, 2006 (ISCA'06).

14.  Qing Yang, Weijun Xiao, and Jin Ren ，ÓPRINS: Optimizing Performance of Reliable Internet StoragesÓ The 26th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, Lisbon, Portugal, 2006. (ICDCS'06).

15.  W. Xiao, Y. Liu, Qing Yang, J. Ren, and C. Xie. ÒImplementation and Performance Evaluation of Two Snapshot Methods on iSCSI Target StoragesÓ  in NASA/IEEE 14th Conf. on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies, College Park, Maryland, May 2006

16.  Qing Yang ÒOn Performance of Parallel iSCSI Protocol for Networked Storage SystemsÓ  in IEEE 20th Int'l Conf on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, Vienna, Austria, April 2006.

17.  Weijun Xiao; Yan Sun; Yinan Liu; Qing Yang, ÒTEA: Transmission Error Approximation for Distance Estimation between Two Zigbee DevicesÓ NAS (Networking, Architecture, and Storage) 2006.

18.  Ming Zhang and Qing Yang, ÒBUCS - A Bottom-Up Cache Structure for Networked Storage ServersÓ, International Conference on Parallel Processing., Montreal, Canada, Aug, 2004, pp.310-317.

19.   Ming Zhang, Yinan Liu, and Qing Yang, ÒCost-Effective Remote Mirroring Using the iSCSI ProtocolÓ, 21st IEEE Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies, April, 2004, pp.385-398.

20.   Ming Zhang, Qing Yang, and Xubin He, ÒSPEK: A Storage Performance Evaluation Kernel Module for Block Level Storage SystemsÓ, in Proceedings of  11th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS), Orlando, October 12-15, 2003.

21.   Ming Zhang, Xubin He, and Qing Yang, ÒA Unified, Low-overhead Framework to Support Continuous Profiling and OptimizationÓ, Proc. Of IEEE IPCCC 2003, Apr, 2003.

22.   Ming Zhang and Qing Yang, ÓEvaluating Availability of Networked Storages Using Commercial WorkloadÓ,  presented at Sixth Workshop on Computer Architecture Evaluation using Commercial Workloads (CAECW), Feb, 2003.

23.   Ming Zhang and Qing Yang, ÒN-SPEK: A Performability Benchmark Tool for Networked Storage SystemsÓ, to be presented at Workshop on Parallel I/O in Cluster Computing and Computational Grids., 12-15 May 2003, Toshi Center Hotel, Tokyo, JAPAN

24.  Xubin He, Qing Yang, and Ming Zhang, ÓA Caching Strategy to Improve iSCSI Performance,Ó in Proc. of IEEE Annual Conference on Local Computer Networks, Nov. 6-8,2002.

25.  Xubin He, Qing Yang, and Ming Zhang, ÓIntroducing SCSI-To-IP Cache for Storage Area NetworksÓ, IEEE International conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP'2002), August 2002, pp. 203-210

26.  Ming Zhang, Xubin He, and Qing Yang, ÒImplementation and Performance Evaluation of RAPID-Cache under Linux,Ó Proc. of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'2002), June 2002.

27.  Ming Zhang and Xubin He, ÒA Unified, Low-overhead Framework to Support Continuous Profiling and OptimizationÓ, to appear in Proceedings of 22nd IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCCÕ2003),Phoenix, Arizona, April 2003.

28.  Xubin He, Ming Zhang, and Qing Yang, ÓDRALIC: A Peer-to-Peer Storage ArchitectureÓ Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'2001), Volume II, June 2001, pp. 908-913.

29.  Xubin He and Qing Yang, ÓCharacterizing the Home PagesÓ Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Internet Computing (ICÕ2001), June 2001, pp. 976-982.

30.  Xubin He and Qing Yang, ÓVC-RAID: A Large Virtual NVRAM Cache for Software Do-it-yourself RAIDÓ Proceedings of the International Symposium on Information Systems and Engineering (ISE'2001), June 2001, pp.334-340.

31.  Xubin He and Qing Yang, ÓPerformance evaluation of distributed webservers under commercial workloadÓ in Proceedings of Internet Conference'2000, Las Vegas

32.  Xubin He and Qing Yang, ÓA DCD Filter Driver for Windows NT 4Ó Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering (CAINE-99), Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Nov. 4-6,1999.

33.  Yiming Hu, Ashwini Nanda and Qing Yang, ÓMeasurement, Analysis and Performance Improvement of the Apache Web ServerÓ, in the 18th IEEE International Performance, Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC'99), Phoenix/Scottsdale,Arizona, February 1999.

34.  T. Nightingale, Y. Hu, and Qing Yang, ÒDesign and Implementation of a DCD Device Driver for UnixÓ, in Proceedings of the 1999 USENIX Annual Technical Conference, Monterey, Califoria, June 1999.

35.  Y. Hu, Q. Yang, and T. Nightingale, ÒRAPID-Cache --- A Reliable and Inexpensive Write Cache for Disk I/O SystemsÓ, in the 5th International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA-5). Orlando, Florida. Jan. 1999. 

36.  Y. Hu and Q. Yang, ÓDCD---Disk Caching Disk: A New Approach for Boosting I/O Performance,Ó 23rd Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture, Philadelphia PA May, 1996.

37.  H. Wang, T. Sun, and Q. Yang, ÓCaching Address Tags: A technique to reduce chip area cost for on-chip caches,Ó 22nd Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture,Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy, June, 1995.

38.  Q. Yang and Liping W. Yang, ÓA novel cache design for vector processing,Ó Proc. of 19th Int'l Symp. on Computer Architecture, May 1992, pp. 362-371.

39.  Li Yang, X. Pei, and Qing Yang ÒPerformance Analysis of A new Disk Architecture as A Netserver for NFS Network SystemsÓ, IntÕl Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering (CAINE-96), Dec. 1996.

40.  T. Sun and Q. Yang, ÒEvaluating cache performance for vector computers,Ó In Proc. IntÕl  Conf. on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Oct. 1994

41.  Chenyi Hu, Baker Kearfott, Joe Sheldon and  Qing Yang, ÒSolving  nonlinear systems on vector supercomputers,Ó In Proc. Int'l  Conf. on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Oct. 1994.

42.  Sibabrata Ray, Hong Jiang and Qing Yang, ÒA New Approach To Network Latency Reduction of Multiprocessors by Data Migration in The Absence of Cache Coherence MechanismsÓ In Proc. ISCA Int'l  Conf. on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Oct. 1994.

43.  N. Annupindi, M. An, J. W. Cooley and Qing Yang, ÒA new and efficient FFT algorithm for distributed memory systems,Ó in Proceedings of Internation Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Dec. 1994, Taiwan

44.  T. Sun and Q. Yang, ÒA comparison of cached and uncached vector  computers,Ó in Proceedings of IEEE 1994 IntÕl Conf. on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Oct. 1994.

45.  Tao Yang, Shengbin Hu and Qing Yang, ÓA closed form formula for queueing delays in diskarrays ,Ó Proceedings of 94' Int'l Conf. on Parallel Processing, Aug. 1994.

46.  Q. Yang and S. Adina, ÓA one's complement cache,Ó Proceedings of 94' Int'l Conf. on Parallel Processing, Aug. 1994.

47.  H. Wang and Q. Yang, ÒOn fault tolerant computation of orthogonal transforms on hypercube multiprocessors,Ó In Proc. of 21th Int'l Conf. on Parallel Processing, Vol. 1, Aug. 1992.

48.  Q. Yang, ÒEffects of arbitration protocols on the performance of multiple-bus multiprocessors,Ó In Proc. of 20th Int'l Conf. on Parallel Processing, Vol. 1, 1991.

49.  H. Wang and Q. Yang, ÒA Prime-Cube graph approach for processor allocation in hypercube multiprocessors,Ó In Proc. of 20th Int'l Conf. on Parallel Processing, Vol. 1, pp. 25-32, 1991

50.  Qing Yang and X. Qian, ÒLoad balancing on distributed multiprocessor architectures with LALÓ, in Proc. on 11th Int,l Conf. on Distributed Computing Systems, May 1991, pp. 402-409.

51.  C. Hu, M. Bayoumi, B. Kearfott and Q. Yang, ÒA parallelized algorithm for the preconditioned interval Newton method,Ó Proc. 5th SIAM Conf. on Parallel Processing, March, 1991

52.  Q. Yang,  G. Thangadurai and L. N. Bhuyan, ÒAn adaptive cache coherence scheme for hierarchical shared-memory multiprocessors,Ó  IEEE Symp. on Parallel Processing, Dec. 1990.

53.  Qing Yang and R. Ravi, ÒDesign and  analysis of multiple-bus arbiters with different priority schemesÓ, in Proc. of PARBASE-90--Int. Conf. on Database, Parallel Architectures, and Their Applications, pp 238-247  March, 1990

54.  Q. Yang, ÒOn performance improvement of cache coherence protocols for hierarchical multiprocessors,Ó ISMM Int'l Conf. on  Parallel and Distributed Computing, and Systems, Oct. 1990.

55.  Qing Yang, ÒPerformance analysis of a cache coherent multiprocessor based on hierarchical busesÓ, in Proc. of PARBASE-90--Int. Conf. on Database, Parallel Architectures, and Their Applications, pp 248-257  March, 1990. 

56.  Q. Yang and  L.N. Bhuyan, ÒA queueing network model for cache coherence protocol on asynchronous multiple-bus multiprocessors,Ó in   88'Int,l Conf. on Parallel Processing, pp. 130-137, 1988. 

57.  Q. Yang,  L.N. Bhuyan, and R. Pavaskar, ÒPerformance analysis of packet switched multiple-bus multiprocessor systems,Ó in Proceedings of Eighth Real-Time System Symposium, Dec. 1987, pp. 170-178.

58.  Q. Yang and L.N. Bhuyan, ÒDesign and analysis of decentralized multiple-bus multiprocessor,Ó in Proceedings of 87'Int'l Conf. on Parallel Processing, Aug. 1987, pp. 889-892

59.  Q. Yang, D. Ghosal and L.N. Bhuyan, ÒAnalysis of Multiple Token-ring and Multiple Slotted-ring Networks,''  IEEE Proceedings Computer Networking Symposium, Washington D.C., Nov. 1986, pp 79-86. 

60.  Q. Yang, D. Ghosal and L.N. Bhuyan, ÒDesign and analysis of multiple-ring networks for distributed processing,Ó  In TR 86-3-1, CACS, USL, 1986.

61.  Qing Yang, D. Ghosal, and S. K. Tripathi, ÒPerformance study of two protocols for data/voice intergration on ring networks,Ó  UMIACS-TR-90-46, Univ. of Maryland, 1990.

62.  Yiming Hu, Ashwini Nanda and Qing Yang,  ÓProfiling and performance enhancement of Appache web servers,Ó Tech. Report, URI

 

JOURNAL PAPERS

 

63.  Zhang, X.;   Liu, Y.;   Zhang, F.;   Ren, J.;   Sun, Y.;   Yang, Q.;   Huang, H.; On Design and Implementation of Neural-Machine Interface for Artificial Legs, in: Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on, Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/TII.2011.2166770  
Date of Publication: 06 September 2011.

64.  J. Yang, Q. Cao, X. Li, C. Xie, and Q. Yang ÒST-CDP: Snapshots in TRAP for Continuous Data Protection,Ó IEEE Trans. On Computes, http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TC.2011.150

65.  Jin Ren and Qing Yang, ÒBLUVS: A Block Level Unlimited Versioning System,Ó Submitted to IEEE Transaction on Computers.

66.  Weijun Xiao, Qing Yang, Jin Ren, Changsheng Xie, and Huaiyang Li, ÒDesign and Analysis of Block Level Snapshots for Data Protection and Recovery,Ó  IEEE Transaction on Computer, 58, 12 (Dec. 2009), 1615-1625..

67.  Weijun Xiao, Jin Ren, and Qing Yang, ÒA Case for Continuous Data Protection at Block Level in Disk Array Storages,Ó  IEEE Transaction on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Volume 20, Issue 6 (June 2009), Pages 898-911.

68.  Weijun Xiao, Yan Sun, Yinan Liu, and Qing Yang, ÒTEA: Transmission Error Approximation for distance estimation between two Zigbee devices,Ó Int. J. High Performance Computing and Networking, 2008, to appear.

69.  Xubin He, Ming Zhang, and Qing Yang, ÒSPEK: A storage performance evaluation kernel module for block level storage systems under faulty conditionsÓ IEEE Transaction on Dependable and Secture Computing , Vol. 2, No. 2, April-June 2005, pp. 138-149.

70.  Xubin He, Ming Zhang, and Qing Yang, ÓSTICS: SCSI-To-IP Cache for Storage Area NetworksÓ, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing , vol. 64, No. 9, pp. 1069-1085, September 2004.

71.  Scott Lloyd, Jian Li, Joan Peckham, and Qing Yang, ÒRORIB, An economic and efficient solution for Real-time, Online, Remote Information Backup,Ó in Journal of Database Management, JDM S00-294, Vol. 14, No. 3, July-Sept. 2003, pp. 56-73.

72.   Y. Hu, T. Nightingale and Q. Yang, ÓRAPID-Cache --- A Reliable and Inexpensive Write Cache for High Performance Storage SystemsÓ, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Vol. 13, No. 3. March 2002, pp.290-307.

73.  Xubin He and Qing Yang ÒPerformance Evaluation of Distributed Web Server Architectures under E-Commerce WorkloadsÓ Submitted to Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing.

74.  Xubin He, Ming Zhang, and Qing Yang, ÒSTICS: SCSI-To-IP Cache for Storage Area Networks,Ó Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems.

75.  Yiming Hu, Ashwini Nanda and Qing Yang, ÓMeasurement, Analysis and Performance Improvement of the Apache Web ServerÓ,  International Journal of Computers and Their Applications,  Vol. 8, No. 4, Dec. 2001.

76.  Xubin He and Qing Yang ÓOn Design and Implementation of a Large Virtual NVRAM Cache for Software RAIDÓ,  in Special Issue of Calculateurs Parallel Journal on Parallel I/O for Cluster Computing, 2002 spring.

77.  Y. Hu and Q. Yang, Ó A New Hierarchical Disk ArchitectureÓ, IEEE Micro, Vol. 18, No. 6, Nov/Dec. 1998.

78.  T. Sun and Q. Yang, ÓA comparative analysis of cache memories for vector processing,Ó in IEEE Trans. on Computers, Vol. 48, No.3 March 1999, pp. 331-344.

79.  Li Yang, X. Pei, and Qing Yang ÒPerformance Analysis of A new Disk Architecture as A Netserver for NFS Network SystemsÓ, in Int'l Journal on Computers and Their Applications, Vol. 6, No. 3, Sept. 1999, pp. 159-165.

80.  H. Wang, T. Sun, and Q. Yang, ÓMinimizing area cost of on-chip cache memories by caching address tagsÓ,  In IEEE Trans. on Computers, Vol. 46, No. 11. Nov. 1997, pp. 1187-1201.

81.  Q. Yang, Sridah Adina and T. Sun, ÓDesigning on-chip cache using complement numbersÓ, in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Academic Press. Vol. 48, pp. 143-164, 1998

82.  Qing Yang and Tao Yang, ÓA memory interference model for regularly patterned multiple stream vector accesses,''IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Vol. 6, No. 5, pp. 520-530, May 1995.

83.  Qing Yang, ÒIntroducing a new cache design into vector computers,'' in IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. 42, No. 12, Dec. 1993, pp. 1411-1424. The Prime-mapped Cache

84.  Nagesh Anupindi, Qing Yang and M. An, ÒTensor Product Formulations of Data Partition and Migration for Matrix Transpose and FFT AlgorithmsÓ, in  Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing.

85.  S. Ray, H. Jiang and Q. Yang, ÒA Compiler-directed Approach to Network Latency Reduction in Distributed Shared Memory MultiprocessorsÓ, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Special Issue on Compilation Techniques for Distributed Memory Systems

86.  C-M Chung, D-A Chiang and Qing Yang  ÓA comparative analysis of  different arbitration protocols for multiple-bus multiprocessorsÓ International Journal of Computer Science and Enigeering. Vol. 11, No. 3,May 1996.

87.  C. Hu, A. Frolov, B. Kearfott, and Q. Yang, ÒA General Sparse Interval Linear Solver and its Parallelization for the Interval Newton's MethodsÓ, International Journal on Reliable Computing, No. 3, 1995.

88.  C. Hu, J. Sheldon, B. Kearfott, and Q. Yang, Optimizing INTBIS on the CRAY Y-MP, International Journal on Reliable Computing, No. 3, 1995.

89.  Q. Gan, Q. Yang and C. Y. Hu, ÒParallel all-row preconditioned interval linear solver for nonlinear equations on multiprocessors,'' Parallel Computing, (20) 1994.

90.  Qing Yang, ÒGuest Editor's Introduction,Ó in  IEEE Computer Society Tech. Comm. on Comp. Arch. Newsletter, Special Issue on Cache Memories for Supercomputers, Oct. 1993.

91.  Qing Yang, ÒPerformance of cache memories for vector computers,'' in Journal of Parallel and  Distributed Computing, Special Issue on Performance of Supercomputers. 19 pp.163-178, 1993.

92.  Xiaoshu Qian and Qing Yang, ÒAn analytical model for load balancing on symmetric multiprocessor systems,'' in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Vol. 20, 1994, pp. 198-211.

93.  Qing Yang and H. Wang, ÒA  graph approach to minimizing processor fragmentations on hypercube multiprocessorsÓ, in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Oct. 1993, pp. 1165-1171.

94.  Qing Yang, D. Ghosal, and S. K. Tripathi, ÒPerformance study of two protocols for voice/data integration on ring networksÓ, in Computer Networks and ISDN Vol. 23, 1992, pp. 267-285.

95.  Qing Yang,  G. Thangadurai and L. N. Bhuyan, ÒDesign of a dynamic cache coherence scheme for large scale multiprocessorsÓ, in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Vol. 3, No. 3, May 1992, pp.281-293.

96.  Qing Yang and L. N. Bhuyan, ÒAnalysis of Packet-Switched Multiple-Bus Multiprocessor Systems,'' in IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. 30, No. 3, March 1991, pp. 352-357.

97.  Qing Yang and L. N. Bhuyan, ÒPerformance of Multiple-Bus Interconnections for Multiprocessors,'' in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, 8. pp. 267-273 (1990).

98.  Qing Yang, L. N. Bhuyan and B. Liu, ÒAnalysis and Comparison of Cache Coherence Protocols for a Packet-Switched Multiprocessor,'' in  IEEE Transactions on Computers, Special Issue on Distributed Computer Systems, Aug. 1989, pp 1143-1153.

99.  L. N. Bhuyan, D. Ghosal, and Qing Yang, ÒApproximate Analysis of Single and Multiple-ring Networks,'' in  IEEE Transactions on Computers, July 1989, pp 1027-1040.

100.                 L. N. Bhuyan, Qing Yang and D. P. Agrawal, ÒPerformance of Multiprocessor Interconnection NetworksÓ, IEEE Computer, vol. 22, No. 2, pp.25-37,  Feb. 1989.

101.                 Qing Yang and S. G. Zaky, ÒCommunication performance in multiple-bus systemsÓ, IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. 32, No. 7, pp. 848-853, July 1988.

 

BOOK CHAPTERS

 

102.                 Scott J. Lloyd, Joan Peckham, Jian Li and Qing (Ken) Yang, ÒSimultaneous Database Backup Using TCP/IP and Specialized Network Interface Card,Ó Chapter IV, Advanced Topics in Database Research, Vol. 4, IGP: Idea Group Publishing

103.                 Xubin He, Qing Yang, ÒA Large Virtual NVRAM Cache for Software RAID,Ó Parallel I/O for   Cluster Computing (Chapter 7), Editors: Christophe CƒRIN and Hai JIN, 2002 September.

104.                 Chapter 15: RAPID-Cache --- A Reliable and Inexpensive Write Cache for Disk I/O Systems , in Hai Jin, Toni Cortes, and Rajkumar Buyya (editors), High Performance Mass Storage and Parallel I/O: Technologies and Applications, IEEE & Wiley Press, ISBN 0-471-20809-4, New York, USA, 2001.

105.                 L. N. Bhuyan, D. Ghosal, Q. Yang  ÓApproximate analysis of single and multiple ring networksÓ, in Fiber Optic Local Area Networks, Ed: Eric G. Rawson, SPIE Press, 1990.

106.                 Qing Yang, ÒPerformance analysis of a cache coherent multiprocessor based on hierarchical busesÓ, in Parallel Architectures, Ed: N. Rishe, S. Navathe and D. Tal, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1990.

107.                 Qing Yang and R. Ravi, ÒDesign and  analysis of multiple-bus arbiters with different priority schemesÓ, in Parallel Architectures, Ed: N. Rishe, S. Navathe and D. Tal, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1990.

108.                 Qing Yang, ÒA conflict-free cache design Ò, in Practical Aspects of Parallel Computing, Ed: L. Tao, 1994.

109.                 Qing Yang, ÒProcessor allocation in multicomputers,Ó in Practical Aspects of Parallel Computing, Ed: L. Tao, 1994.

110.                 Qing Yang, L. N. Bhuyan and B. Liu, ÒAnalysis and Comparison of Cache Coherence Protocols for a Packet-Switched Multiprocessor,'' in  Readings on Performance Evaluation for Computer Architects, 1994 Editor: C. M. Krishna

 

 

RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

1.     Qing Yang, ÒIntroducing I-CASH, A New Disk IO ArchitectureÓ, THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, CCF - SOFTWARE & HARDWARE FOUNDATION CCF-1017177, Aug. 1 2010 - July 31, 2014.

2.     ÒTowards Neural-controlled Artificial Legs using High-Performance Embedded ComputersÓ, $1.38Million, NSF-CISE Cyber Physical System Program, September 2009-Sept. 2013. with He Huang and Yan Sun

3.     ÒDesign of a Real-Time Fusion-based Neural Controlled Artificial LegsÓ National Institutes of Health, R21, with He Huang .    

4.     Qing Yang, ÒUnderstanding, Analyzing, and Designing Storage Subsystem Architectures for Maximum Data Recoverability,Ó National Science Foundation, Aug. 1, 2008 to Aug. 1, 2011. Principal Investigator, 1 of 1.

5.     Qing Yang, ÒValidation and Evaluation of a New Data Replication Technology,Ó National Science Foundation, SGER Grant, Feb. 2006 to July 2007.

6.     Qing Yang and B. Nassersharif , ÒReshaping computer engineering education and training for the information era,Ó NASA NNX06AB10G, Sept. 2006-Sept 2008. (PI)

7.     Qing Yang, ÒDesign and Analysis of Data Processing and Storage in Image Processing Systems,Ó NI, Aug. 1, 2007 to Sept. 2008. Principal Investigator, 1 of 1.

8.     Qing Yang, ÒHELP - A Profiling Tool for Disk I/O and Networked Storage,Ó National Science Foundation, CCR-0312613, ITR grant, Aug. 2003 to July 2006. Principal Investigator 1 of 1.

9.     Qing Yang, ÒBoosting Webserver Performance Using DRALIC----Distributed RAID and Location Independence CachingÓ, National Science Foundation, 3 years, Sept. 2000 to Sept. 2003, Principal Investigator 1 of 1.

10.  Qing Yang, ÒA New Spectrum of Hierarchical Storage Architectures for High Performance Disk I/Os.Ó National Science Foundation, Grant No. MIP-9714370, (PI 1 of 1).

11.  Qing Yang, ÒExploring desgin space for high performance low cost memory hiearchy,Ó National Science Foundation Grant No. MIP-9505601, Aug. 1995-Aug. 1998. Principal Investigator (1 of 1).

12.  Qing Yang, ÒIntroducing a new cache design into vector computers,Ó National Science Foundation Grant No. MIP-9208041, three years from June 1992 to Dec. 1995, Principal Investigator (1 of 1).

13.  Qing Yang, ÒDesign and analysis of high performance cache-coherent multiprocessors based on shared busesÓ, National Science Foundation grant CCR-8909672, Aug. 1989 - July 1992, Principal Investigator (Research Initiation Award).

14.  ÒEquipment for diverse computer architecture researchÓ National Science Foundation, Jan. 1998-Jan. 1999, co-PI with Gus Uht, Don Tufts, J-C. Lo.

15.  Qing Yang ÒEffects of disk accesses on the performance of computer systemsÓ,NSF, November 1996 - June 1997.

16.  ÒEvaluating Web Server performance on multiprocessorsÓ, IBM December 1996 --December 1997,

17.  Qing Yang ÒPrototyping DCDÓ, URI Research Council.

18.  Qing Yang ÒResearch Experience for UndergraduatesÓ, National Science Foundation, Aug. 1996 - July 1998. Principal Investigator.

19.  Qing Yang,ÓOptimization of Parallel Computing on Cache-Coherent MultiprocessorÓ, Research Council Grant for July 1991-July 1992, Principal Investigator

20.  Travel grant from National Science Foundation for to present a paper at ISCA92 in Australia.

21.  Qing Yang, ÒInnovative architecture designs for supercomputers,Ó URI Research Council for  Aug. 1992 - Dec. 1992., Principal Investigator

22.  Qing Yang, ÒUpgrading Computer Organization Lab,Ó Intel Corp.    April 1993,  Principal Investigator.

23.  Qing Yang, United Nation Industrial Development Organization, UNIDO, Training In ternational scholars  May 1993

24.  Qing Yang, United Nation Industrial Development Organization, UNIDO, Training In ternational scholars  May 1994.

25.  Qing Yang, ÒComputer Applications in Industry,Ó Xifeng Industrial Inc.

 

gRADUATE STUDENTS ADVISED

 

PH.D. GRADUATES

1.     Jin Ren, Ph.D, Jan. 2011, Senior software architect, VeloBit, Inc.

2.     Weijun Xiao, Ph.D,May 2009. Named as Computing Innovation Fellow by the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) and the Computing Research Association (CRA) funded by NSF

3.     Ming Zhang, May, 2005, Senior Research Architect, Tandberg Co.

4.     Xubin Ben He, Ph.D,  July 2002, Tenured Assoc. Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tennessee Technological University

5.     Yiming Hu, Ph.D, Jan. 1999, Tenured Assoc. Prof. U. of Cincinnati, winner of NSF 2000Õ Career Award.

6.      Hong Wang, Ph.D,  Jan. 1996, Director of Intel Microprocessor Research Lab. Senior Principal Researcher (Sr. Principal Engineer), Intel Co. Winner of 1999 Intel Accomplishment Award.

7.     Nagesh Anupindi, 1994, Senior Scientist, Aware Inc., Cambridge, MA

8.     Tong Sun, 1996, Principle Scientist, Xerox Co., Rochester, New York

 

MASTER GRADUATES

Kurt R. Almquist, George Thangadurai, Ravi Raja, Qi Gan, V. Geetha, J. Huang, Adina Sridha, Kevin Yee, Gregory Bussiere, Jie Lu, Xiaosong He, Brian Capoccia, John Didier, Jian Li, Yaodong Hu.

 

pROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

á       IEEE Fellow

á       General Chair, International Symposium on Computer Architecture, 2011, (the premier conference in the field)

á       Co-Founder and Chair for IEEE International Conference on Networking, Architecture and Storages. Successfully held for 5 consecutive years.

á       Program Committee Member: International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture, 2006

á       Program Committee Member: IEEE International Symposium on Workload Characterization, 2005,

á       Program Committee Member: International Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing, 2005, SBAC-PAD05

á       Program Committee Member: IFIP International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing 2005

á       Founder and Workshop Chair, International Workshop on Storage Network Architecture and Parallel I/Os, SNAPIÕ05. SNAPI has been successfully held annually for 4 years.

á       Served in two NSF Panels in 2005.

á       Associate Editor, IEEE Transaction on Parallel and Dsitributed Systems, 1999-2001.

á       Membership Chair, IEEE TCCA, 2002-present.

á       Distinguished Speaker of IEEE Computer Society, 1996-1999.

á       Program Committee Chairman, IntÕl Conf. On Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering, Nov. 1999

á       Program Committee Chairman, International Workshop on High Performance Computing, Beijing China, 1995

á       Publication Chairman, International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture 1995

á       Program Committee Members of several international conferences.

á       Guest editor of several professional journals.

á       Invited speaker for numerous universities and companies in the world.

á       Referees for several professional journals.

pERSONAL INFORMATION

Married with two daughters and two sons. Love Tennis, badminton, and boating.