The Homepage of Dr. Feng XIA

PhD, MIEEE, MACM
Associate Professor of Computer Science, PhD Supervisor School of Software, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), China Email: f.xia{at}ieee{dot}org; f.xia{at}acm{dot}org URL: http://FengXia.NET []

The Cyber-Physical Systems Group at DUT: http://CPSChina.org

- Brief Bio - Experience - Research Interests - Publications - Activities - Teaching - Honors - Contact - Group/Lab -

Dr. Feng Xia has served on the editorial boards of several international scientific journals, and on the program committees of a number of international conferences. He has authored/co-authored one book (research monograph published by Springer) and 60+ scientific papers (about 30 indexed by ISI SCIE, 30+ indexed by EI Compendex). He is a member of IEEE and ACM, and the founding coordinator of the Cyber-Physical Systems Group at DUT.

What is NEW!

	[07/2010] I'm looking for PhD and Master Students and Post-Doc Research Fellows in the broad area of cyber-physical systems, mobile computing, cloud computing, wireless networks, green computing, and software systems. If interested, email me!
	[08/2010] 2nd CALL FOR PAPERS: IOTS 2010 - The 1st IEEE/ACM Internet of Things Symposium, Hangzhou, China, December 18-20, 2010. (NEW Deadline: 22 Sep 2010)
	[08/2010] 2nd CALL FOR PAPERS: GreenCom 2010 - The 2010 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Green Computing and Communications, Hangzhou, China, December 18-20, 2010. (NEW Deadline: 22 Sep 2010)
	[06/2010] CALL FOR PAPERS: MobiCPS 2010 - The 1st IEEE International Workshop on Mobile Cyber-Physical Systems, Xi'an, China, October 2010. (Deadline: 30 June 2010) CLOSED
	[05/2010] CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS: CPSCom 2010 - The 3rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, Hangzhou, China, December 18-20, 2010. CLOSED
	[05/2010] Dr. Xia becomes General Co-Chair of IOTS 2010.
	[03/2010] Dr. Xia becomes Workshop Chair of CPSCom 2010.
	[03/2010] Dr. Xia becomes Program Chair of GreenCom 2010.
	[03/2010] Dr. Xia becomes corresponding General Chair of MobiCPS 2010.
	[03/2010] The website for the course Computing Networking launched: http://fengxia.net/cn/.
	[12/2009] The research of Dr. Xia is funded by Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).
	[11/2009] The Sensors Journal Special Issue on Wireless Sensor Technologies and Applications, guest edited by Dr. Xia, was published. [Guest Editorial]
	[7/2009] Dr. Xia attends the ARTIST Summer School on Embedded Systems Design in China (July 19-24, 2009. Beijing)
	[7/2009] Dr. Xia's profile will appear in the 2010 Edition of Marquis Who's Who in the World.
	[4/2009] Dr. Xia receives MDPI Certificate of Editorial Achievement.
	[4/2009] Dr. Xia gives a talk on Cyber-Physical Systems at DUT. [Slides]

Experience

Mar 2009 - Present	Associate Professor, PhD Supervisor, School of Software Dalian University of Technology (DUT), Dalian, China
Apr 2007 - Feb 2009	Assistant Professor, Postdoctoral Fellow, College of Computer Science and Technology Zhejiang University (ZJU), Hangzhou, China
Apr 2007 - Jul 2008	Visiting Research Fellow, Faculty of Information Technology Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia
2006	PhD, in Control Discipline, College of Information Science and Engineering Zhejiang University (ZJU), Hangzhou, China Advisor: Academician Prof. Youxian Sun
2001	B.Eng., College of Information Science and Engineering Zhejiang University (ZJU), Hangzhou, China

Research Interests

	Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) wireless networking, body area networks, internet of things, smarter communities, intelligent transportation
	Green Computing and Communications (Energy Efficiency) power-aware computing, energy-efficient networking and communications, green software and systems
	Mobile Cloud Computing location-based services, mobile healthcare, mobile social networking, mobile sensing

Selected Publications

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Book
	Feng Xia and Youxian Sun. Control and Scheduling Codesign: Flexible Resource Management in Real-Time Control Systems, Springer, 2008, 272 pages, ISBN: 978-3-540-78254-4. Jointly published with Zhejiang University Press in China. (research monograph)
Book Chapter
	Feng Xia, Xiangjie Kong, and Zhenzhen Xu. Cyber-Physical Control over Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks with Packet Loss, to appear in: Wireless Network Based Control, edited by Sudip K. Mazumder, Springer, Dec 2010.
Journal
	Guowei Wu, Chi Lin, Feng Xia, Lin Yao, He Zhang, and Bing Liu. Dynamical Jumping Real-Time Fault-Tolerant Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks, Sensors, 10(3):2416-2437, 2010.
	Lin Yao, Lei Wang, Xiangwei Kong, Guowei Wu, Feng Xia. An Inter-Domain Authentication Scheme for Pervasive Computing Environment, Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 2010. DOI:10.1016/j.camwa.2010.01.010
	Feng Xia. Editorial: Wireless Sensor Technologies and Applications, Sensors, 2009, 9(11): 8824-8830. DOI:10.3390/s91108824
	Feng Xia, Longhua Ma, Wenhong Zhao, Youxian Sun, Jinxiang Dong. Enhanced Energy-Aware Feedback Scheduling of Embedded Control Systems. Journal of Computers, 4(2): 103-111, 2009.
	Feng Xia, Youxian Sun, Yu-Chu Tian. Feedback Scheduling of Priority-Driven Control Networks, Computer Standards and Interfaces, vol.31, pp.539-547, 2009, DOI:10.1016/j.csi.2008.03.020. (SCI Impact Factor: 1.074)
	Feng Xia, Youxian Sun, Yu-Chu Tian, Moses O. Tadé, Jinxiang Dong. Fuzzy Feedback Scheduling of Resource-Constrained Embedded Control Systems, Int. J. of Innovative Computing, Information and Control, vol.5, no.2, pp.311-321, Feb 2009. (SCI Impact Factor: 2.791)
	Chen Peng, Dong Yue, Zhou Gu and Feng Xia. Sampling period scheduling of networked control systems with multiple-control loops. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, vol.79, no.5, pp.1502-1511, Jan 2009. DOI:10.1016/j.matcom.2008.06.004 (SCI Impact Factor: 0.930)
	Longhua Ma, Feng Xia, and Zhe Peng. Integrated Design and Implementation of Embedded Control Systems with Scilab. Sensors, 2008, 8(9), 5501-5515, DOI: 10.3390/s8095501. (SCI Impact Factor: 1.870)
	Feng Xia, Longhua Ma, Chen Peng, Youxian Sun, Jinxiang Dong. Cross-Layer Adaptive Feedback Scheduling of Wireless Control Systems. Sensors, 2008, 8(7), 4265-4281, DOI: 10.3390/s8074265. (SCI Impact Factor: 1.870)
	Feng Xia, Liping Liu, Longhua Ma, Youxian Sun, Jinxiang Dong. Performance-Aware Power Management in Embedded Controllers with Multiple-Voltage Processors. Information Technology Journal, 7(6): 942-947, 2008. DOI: 10.3923/itj.2008.942.947
	Feng Xia, Longhua Ma, Zhe Peng. Programming Scilab in ARM Linux. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, vol.33, no.5, Article No. 10, Sep 2008. DOI: 10.1145/1402521.1402528
	Feng Xia. QoS Challenges and Opportunities in Wireless Sensor/Actuator Networks, Sensors, vol.8, no.2, pp. 1099-1110, 2008. (SCI Impact Factor: 1.870)
	Feng Xia, Yu-Chu Tian, Youxian Sun, Jinxiang Dong. Neural feedback scheduling of real-time control tasks, Int. J. of Innovative Computing, Information and Control, Vol. 4, No. 11, pp. 2965-2975, 2008. (SCI Impact Factor: 2.791)
	Feng Xia, Yu-Chu Tian, Youxian Sun, Jinxiang Dong. Control-Theoretic Dynamic Voltage Scaling for Embedded Controllers, IET Computers and Digital Techniques, 2(5): 377-385, Sep 2008, DOI:10.1049/iet-cdt:20070112. (SCI Impact Factor: 0.316)
	Feng Xia, Wenhong Zhao, Youxian Sun and Yu-Chu Tian. Fuzzy Logic Control Based QoS Management in Wireless Sensor/Actuator Networks, Sensors, vol.7, no.12, pp. 3179-3191, 2007. (SCI Impact Factor: 1.870)
	Feng Xia, Guosong Tian, Youxian Sun. Feedback Scheduling: An Event-Driven Paradigm, ACM SIGPLAN Notices, vol.42, no.12, pp. 7-14, Dec. 2007.DOI:10.1145/1341752.1341753. (SCI Impact Factor: 0.163)
	Feng Xia and Wenhong Zhao. Flexible Time-Triggered Sampling in Smart Sensor-Based Wireless Control Systems, Sensors, vol.7, no.11, pp. 2548-2564, 2007. (SCI Impact Factor: 1.870)
	Feng Xia, Yu-Chu Tian, Yanjun Li and Youxian Sun. Wireless Sensor/Actuator Network Design for Mobile Control Applications, Sensors, vol.7, no.10, pp.2157-2173, 2007. (SCI Impact Factor: 1.870)
	Feng Xia and Youxian Sun. Control-Scheduling Codesign: A Perspective on Integrating Control and Computing, Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems - Series B, vol. 13, no. S1, pp. 1352-1358, 2006.
	Feng Xia, Xiaohua Dai, Youxian Sun, and Jianxia Shou. Control Oriented Direct Feedback Scheduling, International Journal of Information Technology, vol.12, no.3, pp.21-32, 2006.
Conference
	A.V. Vinel, A.N. Dudin, S.D. Andreev, Feng Xia. Performance Modeling Methodology of Emergency Dissemination Algorithms for Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks, 2nd Int Workshop on Communication Technologies for Vehicles (Nets4Cars), in conjunction with Int Symp on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), IEEE, Newcastle, UK, July 2010.
	Hongtao Huang, Feng Xia, Jijie Wang, Siyu Lei, Guowei Wu. Leakage-Aware Reallocation for Periodic Real-Time Tasks on Multicore Processors, The 5th International Conference on Frontier of Computer Science and Technology (FCST), IEEE, Changchun, China, August 2010.
	Xiangjie Kong, Feng Xia, Chuang Lin, Guojiang Shen. Urban Arterial Traffic Intelligent Coordination Control Technique and Its Application, The 8th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA), IEEE, Jinan, China, Jul 2010.
	Da Zhang, Feng Xia, Zhuo Yang, Lin Yao, Wenhong Zhao. Localization Technologies for Indoor Human Tracking. The 5th International Conference on Future Information Technology (FutureTech), IEEE, Busan, Korea, May 2010.
	Feng Xia, Zhenzhen Xu, Lin Yao, Weifeng Sun, Mingchu Li. Prediction-Based Data Transmission for Energy Conservation in Wireless Body Sensors, The Int Workshop on Ubiquitous Body Sensor Networks (UBSN), in conjunction with the 5th Annual Int Wireless Internet Conf (WICON), IEEE, Singapore, March 2010. Invited Paper.
	Zhenzhen Xu, Feng Xia, Xianchao Zhang. Multi-robot Dynamic Task Allocation using Modified Ant Colony System, Int. Conf. on Artificial Intelligence and Computational Intelligence (AICI), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Shanghai, China, Nov 2009.
	Feng Xia, Longhua Ma, Jinxiang Dong, and Youxian Sun. Network QoS Management in Cyber-Physical Systems, The Int.Conf. on Embedded Software and Systems (ICESS), IEEE, Chengdu, China, pp. 302-307, July 2008.
	Feng Xia and Youxian Sun. An Enhanced Dynamic Voltage Scaling Scheme for Energy-Efficient Embedded Real-Time Control Systems, Int. Conf. on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), vol. 3983, pp. 539-548, 2006.
	Wenhong Zhao and Feng Xia. An Efficient Approach to Energy Saving in Microcontrollers, Asia-Pacific Computer Systems Architecture Conf. (ACSAC), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol.4186, pp. 595-601, 2006.
	Xiaohua Dai, Feng Xia, Zhi Wang, and Youxian Sun. An Energy-Efficient In-Network Aggregation Query Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks, Proc. of the 1st Int. Conf. on Innovative Computing, Information and Control (ICICIC), IEEE, Beijing, China, 2006, vol.3, pp. 255-258.
	Xiaodong Wang, Huaping Dai, Feng Xia, Youxian Sun. A System Level Low Power Static Real-Time Scheduling Algorithm of Mixed Tasks and Its Application to FTU, Proc. of 6th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA), IEEE, Dalian, China, June 2006, vol.2, pp. 7582-7586.
	Feng Xia, Xiaohua Dai, Xiaodong Wang, and Youxian Sun. Feedback Scheduling of Real-Time Control Tasks in Power-Aware Embedded Systems, Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. on Embedded Software and Systems (ICESS), IEEE, Xi'an, China, pp. 513-518, Dec 2005.
	Liping Liu, Feng Xia, Zhi Wang, Jiming Chen, Youxian Sun. Deployment Issues in Wireless Sensor Networks, Int. Conf. on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3794, pp. 239-248, 2005.
	Xiaohua Dai, Feng Xia, Zhi Wang, and Youxian Sun. A Survey of Intelligent Information Processing in Wireless Sensor Networks, Int. Conf. on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3794, pp. 123-132, 2005.
	Feng Xia, Zhi Wang, and Youxian Sun. Integrated Computation, Communication and Control: Towards Next Revolution in Information Technology, 7th Int. Conf. on Information Technology, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol.3356, pp. 117-125, 2004.
Miscellaneous
	Feng Xia. Quality-of-Service Management for Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks, Postdoctoral Research Report, Zhejiang University, Feb 2009.
	Feng Xia. Feedback scheduling of real-time control systems with resource constraints, PhD Thesis, Zhejiang University, Dec 2006.

Professional Activities

	Editorial Board Member: - Sensors - Journal of Computers - Journal of Software - Information Technology Journal - Journal of Applied Sciences - Int. J. on Advances in Networks and Services - Journal of Convergence Information Technology - Int. J. of Network and Mobile Technologies
	Guest Editor, Sensors Journal Special Issue on Wireless Sensor Technologies and Applications, 2009
	General Chair, MobiCPS10
	Technical Program Committee Chair, GreenCom10, ICNS09
	Workshop Chair, CPSCom10
	Publicity Chair, BCFIC11
	Invited Session Chair (Organizer), IIHMSP10, ICICIC06
	Session Chair, ACSAC06
	Organizing Committee Member, WCICA04
	Program Committee Member, BCFIC11, ICUMT10, ICNS10, EMC10, MINES10, ICWN10, ESA10, PDPTA10, NCM10, IDC10, NISS10, INC10, ICCIT09, ICIS09, NCM09, PDPTA08, ICWN08, ESA08, ICCIT08, and NCM08
	International Review Committee Member, KES08
	Member: IASTED Technical Committee on Networks, 2007-2010
	Invited Reviewer, A number of journals and conferences

Teaching

	Computer Networks (Spring 2010)
	Advanced Computer Networks (2009, 2010)
	Network Programming (Summer 2009, 2010)
	Database Systems Design (Summer 2009, 2010)
	Distributed Database Systems (Fall 2009)

Honors & Awards

	Marquis Who's Who in the World, 27th Edition, 2010
	MDPI Certificate of Editorial Achievement, 2009
	Winner of First-Class Grant of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 2007
	Winner of ZJU Grant for PhD Students Pursuing the ‘Top 100 Doctoral Dissertations in China’, 2006
	Outstanding Graduate of Zhejiang Province, 2001; 2006, Top 5%
	Outstanding Graduate of Zhejiang University, 2001 (Ranking No. 1 in 97 Honors students); 2006
	Academic Star, Zhejiang University (Awarded to the Top 10 in 6000 PhD students, ranking No.1), 2006
	Zhu Ke-Zhen Scholarship, Zhejiang University (Awarded to the Top 8 in 17000 postgraduates, the *highest honor* of Zhejiang University), 2005
	HP (Hewlett-Packard) Scholarship, HP Corporation and Ministry of Education of China (Awarded to Top 75 students in Chinese universities), 2005
	Best Poster Award, PhD Forum of College of Info Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, 2005
	Top Ten Postgraduates in Academic Activities, Zhejiang University (Awarded to the Top 10 in 17000 postgraduates), 2004
	BENQ Green Card Engineer, 2000
	Huawei Scholarship, 2004
	EASTCOM Scholarship, 1999; 2003
	ZTE Scholarship, 2000
	The First-Class Scholarship, Zhejiang University, multiple times
	Outstanding Student, Zhejiang University, multiple times
	Outstanding Student Leader, Zhejiang University, multiple times

Contact Info

Mailing Address: School of Software, Dalian University of Technology, Road No. 8, Development Zone, Dalian 116620, China

Tel: +86-411-87571582

- since Apr 2009