| Name: |
Xinyu Zhang |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| Birthyear: |
1984 |
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| Place of Birth: |
Baotou, Inner-Mongolia, China |
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| Nationality: |
Chinese |
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| Education: |
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| Sep.2008 ~ Present: |
CSE division, Dept. of EECS, |
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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S. |
| Degree: |
Ph.D. (expected in 2012) |
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| Sep.2005 ~ May.2007: |
Computer Engineering Group, Dept. of ECE, |
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University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. |
| Degree: |
Master of Applied Science (M.A.Sc) |
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| Sep.2001 ~ Jul.2005: |
Dept.
of Electronic and
Communications Engineering, |
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Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), Harbin, China. |
| Degree: |
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng) |
| Major: |
Communication and Electronic Engineering |
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| Employment: |
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| May. 2011 ~ Dec. 2011 |
Research Intern (full-time), Dept. of Mobile Communications & Networking, NEC Labs America, advised by Dr. Amir Khojastepour and Karthikeyan Sundaresan. |
| May. 2010 ~ Aug. 2010 |
Research Intern (full-time), Wireless & Networking Group, Microsoft Research Asia, advised by Dr. Kun Tan. |
| June.2007 ~ Aug. 2008 |
Research Technician (full-time), Dept. of ECE, University of Toronto, advised by Prof. Baochun Li |
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| Research Experiences: |
(Please refer to Research for more details) |
| Sep. 2008 ~ Present |
Research Assistant, Dept. of EECS, University of Michigan, advised by Prof. Kang G. Shin. |
| Sep. 2005 ~ May. 2007 |
Research Assistant, Dept. of ECE, University of Toronto, advised by Prof. Baochun Li. Topic: Large scale wireless network emulation and network coding. |
| Mar. 2004 ~ July. 2005 |
Research Assistant, Institute of Electronic Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, advised by Prof. Yicheng Jiang. Topic: Real time computer control systems. |
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| Publications: |
* Xinyu Zhang, Kang G. Shin. "E-MiLi: Energy-Minimizing Idle Listening in Wireless Networks,"
To appear in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC, fast track), 2012.
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* Xinyu Zhang, Kang G. Shin. "E-MiLi: Energy-Minimizing Idle Listening in Wireless Networks",
In the Proceedings of the 17th ACM Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom), 2011.
(29 out of 214 submissions, acceptance ratio: 13.6%)
(Best Paper Award, fast-tracked to IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing)
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* Xinyu Zhang, Kang G. Shin. "Enabling Coexistence of Heterogeneous Wireless Systems: Case for ZigBee and WiFi",
In the Proceedings of the 12th ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc), 2011.
(25 out of 127 submissions, acceptance ratio: 19.7%)
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* Xinyu Zhang, Kang G. Shin. "Adaptive Subcarrier Nulling: Enabling Partial Spectrum Sharing in Wireless LANs",
In the Proceedings of the 19th IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP), 2011.
(31 out of 189 submissions, acceptance ratio: 16.4%)
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* Xinyu Zhang, Kang G. Shin. "Cooperative Carrier Signaling: Harmonizing Coexisting WPAN and WLAN Devices",
To appear in ACM/IEEE Transactions on Networking (ToN), 2012.
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* Mohammad A. Khojastepour, Karthikeyan Sundaresan, Sampath Rangarajan, Xinyu Zhang, Sanaz Barghi. " The Case for Antenna Cancellation for Scalable Full Duplex Wireless Communications",
In 10th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks (HotNets), 2011.
(24 out of 119 submissions, acceptance ratio: 20%)
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* Xinyu Zhang, Kang G. Shin. "A Case for the Coexistence of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks",
In the Proceedings of the 3rd ACM Wireless Student Workshop (ACM S3), 2011.
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* Alexander W. Min, Xinyu Zhang, Kang G. Shin. "Detection of Small-scale Primary Users in Cognitive Radio Networks",
In IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), Special Issue on Cognitive Radio Networking and Communications, 2011.
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* Xinyu Zhang, Kang G. Shin. "Delay-Optimal Broadcast for Multi-Hop Wireless Networks Using Self-Interference Cancellation,"
To appear in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2012.
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* Alexander W. Min, Xinyu Zhang, Jaehyuk Choi, Kang G. Shin. "Exploiting Spectrum Heterogeneity in Dynamic Spectrum Market,",
To appear in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC).
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* Xinyu Zhang, Baochun Li. "On the Market Power of Network Coding in P2P Content Distribution Systems,"
In IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), 2011.
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* Xinyu Zhang, Baochun Li. "Network Coding
Aware Dynamic Subcarrier Assignment in OFDMA Wireless Networks,"
In IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT), 2011.
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* Xinyu Zhang, Kang G. Shin. "Chorus: Collision Resolution for Efficient Wireless Broadcast,"
In the Proceedings of 29th IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), 2010.
(276 out of 1575 submissions, acceptance ratio: 17.5%)
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* Xinyu Zhang, Kang G. Shin. "DAC: Distributed Asynchronous Cooperation for Wireless Relay Networks,"
In the Proceedings of 29th IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), 2010.
(276 out of 1575 submissions, acceptance ratio: 17.5%)
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* Alexander W. Min, Xinyu Zhang, Kang G. Shin. "Spatio-Temporal Fusion for Small-scale Primary Detection in Cognitive Radio Networks,"
In the Proceedings of 29th IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM, mini-conference), 2010.
(106 mini-conference papers out of 1575 submissions)
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* Xinyu
Zhang, Baochun Li. "Optimized Multipath Network Coding
in Lossy Wireless Networks,"
In IEEE Journal on
Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), Special Issue
on Network Coding for Wireless Communication Networks, 2009.
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* Xinyu Zhang, Baochun Li. "On the Market Power of Network Coding in P2P Content Distribution Systems,"
In the Proceedings of 28th IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), 2009.
(282 out of 1435 submissions, acceptance ratio: 19.7%)
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* Xinyu Zhang, Baochun Li. "Dice: a Game Theoretic Framework for Wireless Multipath Network Coding,"
In the Proceedings of the 9th ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc), 2008.
(44 out of 300 submissions, acceptance ratio: 14.7%)
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* Xinyu Zhang, Baochun Li. "Optimized Multipath Network Coding in Lossy Wireless Networks,"
In the Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), 2008.
(102 out of 638 submissions, acceptance ratio: 16%)
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* Xinyu Zhang, Baochun Li. "Drift: A Highly Condensed Emulation Framework for Mobile Nodes in Server Clusters,"
In the Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), 2008
(26 regular plus 5 extended papers out of over 250 submissions, acceptance ratio: 12.4%)
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* Xinyu Zhang, Baochun Li. "On the Benefits of Network Coding in Multi-Channel Wireless Networks,"
In the 5th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), 2008.
(64 out of 304 submissions, acceptance ratio: 21%)
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* Xinyu Zhang, Baochun Li. "Network Coding Aware Dynamic Subcarrier Assignment in OFDMA Wireless Networks,"
In the Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2008.
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* Xinyu Zhang, Baochun Li. "Joint Network Coding and Subcarrier Assignment in OFDMA-Based Wireless Networks,"
In the Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop on Network Coding, Theory, and Applications (NetCod), 2008.
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* Cunhui Chen, Xinyu Zhang and Xiao Hu. "An Intelligent Musical Doorbell Based on MCU," (in Chinese)
In the Proceedings of the Fifth National Conference on Embedded Systems, Beijing, China. 2004. |
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| Teaching Experiences: |
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| Jan.2007 ~ Apr.2007 |
Teaching assistant for ECE106 (Computer Fundamentals), University of Toronto |
| Sep.2006 ~ Dec.2006 |
Teaching assistant for ECE253 (Digital & Computer Systems), University of Toronto |
| Jan.2006 ~ Apr.2006 |
Teaching assistant for ECE243 (Computer Organization), University of Toronto |
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| Major Honors and Awards: |
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| 2011: |
ACM MobiCom
2011 Best Paper Award.
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| 2011: |
NSF Student Travel Grant for IEEE ICNP.
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| 2011: |
ACM MobiCom
Student Travel Grant.
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| 2010: |
Chinese
Government Award for
Outstanding Overseas
Students, 2010. |
| 2005 ~ 2007: |
Graduate Fellowship, University of Toronto. |
| 2005: |
Outstanding Graduate of the Heilongjiang Province, China. |
| 2005: |
Outstanding Graduate, Harbin Institute of Technology. |
| 2005: |
Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award, Harbin Institute of Technology. |
| 2003: |
"ZyXEL" Sci-tech Scholarship. |
| 2002: |
People's Scholarship for Academic Excellence (Special Prize). |
| 2001 ~ 2004: |
People's Scholarship for Academic Excellence (First Prize for three semesters). |
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| Hobbies: |
New age music; bamboo flute; Tremolo harmonica; foosball |
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