Mingsen Xu Department of Computer Science Georgia State University Room 1430 34 Peachtree St. Atlanta, GA 30303 Email: mxu4@student.gsu.edu On Job Market ! [Resume]

I am a Ph. D. student in the Computer Science Department at the Georgia State University. My advisor is Dr. WenZhan Song. My research interests include wireless sensor networks (WSNs), real-time and embedded systems and distributed systems. I am now a member of Sensorweb Research Laboratory.

Education

• 08/2010-05/2013        Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science
• Georgia State University, Atlanta, US (continue Ph.D program from WSU)

• 05/2008-07/2010         Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science
• Washington State University, Vancouver, US

• 09/2005-03/2008       M.S. in Telecommunication Engineering
• Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

• 09/2001-06/2005       B.E. in Telecommunication Engineering
• Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Research Projects

• 2011 - 2015 VolcanoSRI: 4D Volcano Tomography in a Large-Scale Sensor Network , funded by NSF CDI Program.

• 2010 - 2015 Collaborative Communication and Storage for Sensor Networks in Challenging Environments , funded by NSF CAREER award.

• 2007 - 2009 OASIS - Optimized Autonomous Space In-Situ Sensorweb, supported by NASA ESTO AIST program and USGS Volcano Hazard program.

Selected Awards and Honors

• Outstanding Graduate Research Award, Sensorweb Research Laboratory, 2012
• SENSYS 2010 Travel Grant Award, National Science Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland
• 2009 Southwest Washington MESA (Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement) Rewards
• PerCom'09 Travel Grant Award, National Science Foundation, 2009
• Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 2005
• University Excellent Student Scholarship, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 2001-2005

Publications

• [21] Mingsen Xu, Wen-Zhan Song. "Ravine Streams: Persistent Data Streams in Disruptive Sensor Networks", In IEEE SECON, 2013, New Orleans, LA (29% Acceptance Ratio)


• [20] Lei Shi, Wen-Zhan Song, Mingsen Xu, Qingjun Xiao, Jonathan M. Lees and Guoliang Xing. "Imaging Seismic Tomography in Sensor Network", In IEEE SECON, 2013, New Orleans, LA (29% Acceptance Ratio)


• [19] Mingsen Xu, Wen-Zhan Song. "ECPC: Preserve Downtime Data Persistence in Disruptive Sensor Networks", Submitted to IEEE ICDCS, 2013


• [18] Mingsen Xu, Wen-Zhan Song and Deukhyoun Heo. "OnCode: Opportunistic In-Network Coding and Delivery in Energy-Synchronized Sensor Networks", Submitted to TOSN


• [17] Mingsen Xu, Wen-Zhan Song, Yichuan Zhao. "Collaborative Data Collection through Opportunistic Network Erasure Coding", In IEEE Transaction on Parallel and Distributed Systems (IEEE TPDS), 2012


• [16] Debraj De, Wen-Zhan Song, Mingsen Xu, Diane Cook, and Xiaoming Huo. "FindingHuMo: Real-Time Tracking of Motion Trajectories from Anonymous Binary Sensing in Smart Environments", The 32nd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS'12), 2012. (13% Acceptance Ratio)


• [15] Marco Valero, Mingsen Xu, Nick Mancuso, Wen-Zhan Song, and Raheem Beyah. "EDR2: A Sink Failure Resilient Approach for WSNs", IEEE ICC 2012 - Ad-hoc and Sensor Networking Symposium (ICC'12 AHSN).


• [14] Lei Shi, Wen-Zhan Song, Mingsen Xu, Alex Zelikovsky, and Li Yu "Collaborative Topology Control for Lifetime Maximization", In 7th International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN), 2011


• [13] Renjie Huang, Wen-Zhan Song, Mingsen Xu, Behrooz Shirazi, and Guoliang Xing "Localized QoS-Aware MAC Protocol for Real-time Dynamic Sensor Networks", Ad hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks, Volume 13, Issue 1, 2011


• [12] Renjie Huang, Wen-Zhan Song, Mingsen Xu, and Behrooz Shirazi "Localized QoS-Aware Media Access Control in High-Fidelity Data Center Sensing Networks", The 1st International Green Computing Conference, Chicago, IL, Aug, 2010


• [11] Mingsen Xu, Wen-Zhan Song, Yichuan Zhao. "Opportunistic Network Erasure Coding in Disruptive Sensor Networks", In 8th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (IEEE MASS), 2011 (27% Acceptance Ratio)


• [10] Mingsen Xu, Wen-Zhan Song. "Collaborative Data Delivery in Energy-Synchronized Sensor Networks", In the Eighth IEEE International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems (IEEE INSS), 2011


• [9] Renjie Huang, Wen-Zhan Song, Mingsen Xu, Nina Picone, Behrooz Shirazi, Richard LaHusen. "Real-World Sensor Network for Long-Term Volcano Monitoring: Design and Findings", In IEEE Transaction on Parallel and Distributed Systems (IEEE TPDS), 2011


• [8] Xiaogang Yang, Mingsen Xu, Paul Stickney, Wen-Zhan Song. "SimX: An Integrated Sensor Network Simulation and Evaluation Environment", In Journal of Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks, 2010.


• [7] Aaron Kiely, Mingsen Xu, Wen-Zhan Song, Renjie Huang, Behrooz Shirazi. "Adaptive Linear Filtering Compression on Realtime Sensor Networks", In The Computer Journal, Vol.53 No. 10, 2010.


• [6] Wen-Zhan Song, Renjie Huang, Mingsen Xu, Andy Ma, Behrooz Shirazi, Rick LaHusen. "Design and Deployment of Sensor Network for Real-time High-fidelity Volcano Monitoring", In IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), 2010


• [5] Gang Lu, Debraj De, Mingsen Xu, Wen-Zhan Song and Behrooz Shirazi. "TelosW: Enabling Ultra-Low Power Wake-On Sensor Network", In Seventh International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems (INSS), June, 2010


• [4] Mingsen Xu, Wen-Zhan Song, Renjie Huang, Yang Peng, Behrooz Shirazi, Richard Lahusen, Aaron Kiely, Nina Peterson, Andy Ma, Lohith Anusuya-Rangappa, Michael Miceli, Devin McBride. "Design of Smart Sensing Components for Volcano Monitoring", In Pervasive and Mobile Computing (PMC), 2009.


• [3] Aaron Kiely, Mingsen Xu, Wen-Zhan Song, Renjie Huang, Behrooz Shirazi. "Adaptive Linear Filtering Compression on Realtime Sensor Networks", In the Seventh Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom), 2009 (13% Acceptance Ratio)


• [2] Yang Peng, Wen-Zhan Song, Renjie Huang, Mingsen Xu, Behrooz Shirazi, Rick LaHusen. "Cascades: A Reliable Dissemination Protocol for Data Collection Sensor Network", In IEEE Aerospace, 2009


• [1] Wen-Zhan Song, Renjie Huang, Mingsen Xu, Andy Ma, Behrooz Shirazi, Rick LaHusen. "Air-dropped Sensor Network for Real-time High-fidelity Volcano Monitoring", In 7th Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services (ACM MobiSys), 2009 (20% Acceptance Ratio)

Course Work

• CS 560 Operating Systems, Fall 2008
• CS 455 Computer Networks, Fall 2008
• CS 541 Artificial Intelligence, Spring 2009
• CS 558 Advanced Wireless Networking, Spring 2009
• CS 516 Theory of Computing, Fall 2009
• CS 542 Computer Graphics, Fall 2009
• CS 580 Advanced topics in Computer Science, Spring 2010
• CSc 8550 VLSI CAD/Network Algorithms, Fall 2010
• CSc 8980 Seminar: Sensorweb and Its Technologies, Fall 2010
• CSc 8980-B: Approximation Algorithms & Metaheuristics, Spring 2011
• MATH 8450: Probabilistic Combinatorics, Spring 2011
• Csc 8320 Advanced Operating Systems, Fall 2011
• Csc 6610 Numerical Analysis I, Fall 2011

What I do

Research Subjects

• Lossless Compression Algorithm
• Distributed Time Synchronization Design
• Ad-hoc Routing Protocol Design
• Renewable Energy Prototype and Energy Harvesting Testbed
• Network Erasure Coding Algorithm and Protocol
• Network Diagnosis

Professional Skills

• Familiar Language: C/C++, nesC, Java, Python, Perl, R, PHP, JavaScript, VB
• Real-time Embedded Operating System Program: TinyOS, Contiki, DuinOS, FreeRTOS
• Other System Level Environments: Linux Kernel, MacOS Kernel Darwin
• Network Protocols: TCP/IP stack, 802.11, 802.15.4, Zigbee, Miscellaneous Routing Protocols (AODV, BGP, RIP, OSPF and etc.)
• Simulation Tools: MatLab, TOSSIM, Cooja, CORE(communication emulator), NS-3
• Android Application Development
• Web-based Application Development

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