XUFEI MAO
 

 

Email:  xufei.mao@gmail.com

               

Index: Publications Projects  Research Experience  Education  Awards  My Erdosnumber 

 

Research

My research interests include design and analysis of algorithms for wireless networks and the design and implementation of large-scale wireless sensor networks etc. Topics include diagnosis of large scalewireless sensor networks, passive tracking problem, Top-k query, capacity (throughput) study, link scheduling and opportunistic routing etc.

Publications (Selected)


Journal Articles & Book Chapters

1.   Xufei Mao, S. Tang, X. Xu, X. Li and H. Ma,

      Energy Efficient Opportunistic Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks

      in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (IEEE TPDS), vol. 22 (issue 11), pp. 1934 - 1942, 2011

2.   S. Wang, Xufei Mao, S. Tang, X. Li, J. Zhao and G. Dai

      On Movement-Assisted Connectivity Restoration in Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks

      in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (IEEE TPDS), vol. 22 (issue 4), pp. 687 - 694, 2011

3.   X. Xu, X. Li, Xufei Mao, S. Tang and S. Wang,

      A Delay-Efficient Algorithm for Data Aggregation in Multihop Wireless Sensor Networks

      in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (IEEE TPDS), vol. 22, pp. 163--175, 2011

4.   Xufei Mao, X. Li and G. Dai

      Flow Admission Control for Multi-channel Multi-radio Wireless Networks

      in Wireless Networks, volume 17 (issue 3), pp. 779-796, 2011

5.   S. Tang, X. Li, Xufei Mao and C. Wang

      Impact of deployment size on the asymptotic capacity for wireless ad hoc networks under Gaussian channel model

      in Wireless Networks, volume 17 (no. 4), pp. 817-832, 2011

6.   Xufei Mao, X. Xu, S. Tang and X. Li

      Providing and Finding k-Road-Coverage Efficiently in Wireless Sensor Networks

      in Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, DOI: 10.1002/wcm.1031, 2010

7.   C. Wang, C. Jiang, X. Li, S. Tang, Y. He, Xufei Mao, and Y. Liu

      Scaling Laws of Multicast Capacity for Power-Constrained Wireless Networks under Gaussian Channel Model

      in IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. PP (issue 99), pp. 1, 2011

8.   Xufei Mao, S. Tang, X. Li and Y. Sun

      MENs: Multi-user Emergency Navigation System Using Wireless Sensor Networks

      in Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks, vol. 12, pp. 23 - 53, 2011

9.   Y. Wu, Xufei Mao, S. Tang, J. Zhao, Y. Qi and X. Li

      The Asymptotic BroadCast Capacity for Large Scale Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

      in Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks, 2010

10. C. Bo, X. Shen, J. Zhang, S. Tang, Xufei Mao, G. Dai

       EFCon : Energy  Flow Control for Sustainable Wireless Sensor Networks

       In Ad Hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks, doi:10.1016/j.adhoc.2011.07.003, accepted in 2010

11. X. Yang, Xufei Mao, G. Pei and W. Song

       Distributed Topology Control for Efficient OSPF Routing in Multi-hop Wireless Networks

       in Ad Hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks, 2009

12. Xufei Mao, X. Li and S. Kami Makki

       Comparative Methods of Channel Assignment in Multivariate Wireless Networks

       Book: Sensor and Ad-Hoc Networks Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects Chapter 5. Springer2008

Conferences & Workshops

13. Xufei Mao, X. Miao, Y. He, T. Zhu, J. Wang, W. Dong, X.Y. Li, Y. Liu

       CitySee: Urban CO2 Monitoring with Sensors

       to appear in IEEE INFOCOM, 2012

14. Y. Wang, Y. He, Xufei Mao, Y. Liu, Z. Huang, X.Y. Li

       Exploiting Constructive Interference for Scalable Flooding in Wireless Networks

       to appear in IEEE INFOCOM, 2012

15. C. Bo, D. Ren, S. Tang, X.Y. Li, Xufei Mao, Q. Huang and others

       Locating Sensors in the Forest: A Case Study in GreenOrbs

       to appear in IEEE INFOCOM, 2012

16. Y. Zhou, X.Y. Li, M. Liu, Z. Li, S. Tang, Xufei Mao, Q. Huang,

       Distributed Link Scheduling for Throughput Maximization under Physical Interference Model

       to appear in IEEE INFOCOM Mini-Conference, 2012

17. S. Tang, Xufei Mao, X.Y. Li

       Efficient and Fast Distributed Top-k Query Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks

       in Proc. of IEEE ICNP, pp. 99 - 108, 2011

18. Xufei Mao, S. Tang and X. Li

       Multiple Objects Device-Free Passive Tracking using Wireless Sensor Networks

       in Proc. of IEEE ICC, pp. 1 - 5, 2011

19. Xufei Mao, S. Tang, X. Xu, X. Li and H. Ma,

       iLight : Indoor Device-Free Passive Tracking Using Wireless Sensor Networks

       in Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM 2011 Mini-Conference

20. S. Tang, Xufei Mao, X.Y. Li and G. Dai

       Evaluating Coverage Quality Through Best Covered Paths in Wireless Sensor Networks

       in Proc. of IWQoS 2011

21. S. Tang, J. Yuan, Xufei Mao,X. Li, W. Chen, and G. Dai

       Relationship Classification in Large Scale Online Social Networks and Its Impact on Information Propagation

       in Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM, 2011

22. G. Zhao, H. Ma, Y. Sun, H. Luo and Xufei Mao

       Enhanced Surveillance Platform with Low-Power Wireless Audio Sensor Networks

       in Proc. of the 12th WoWMoM , 2011

23. P. Yuan, H. Ma, and Xufei Mao

       The Dissemination Speed of Correlated Messages in Opportunistic Networks

       in Proc. of the 16th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, 2011

24. K. Yue, L. Wang, S. Ren_, Xufei Mao, X. Li,

       An Adaptive Discrete Event Model for Cyber-Physical System

       in The First Analytic Virtual Integration of Cyber-Physical Systems Workshop. 
Nov. 30, 2010. San Diego, California. Co-located with RTSS 2010

25. X. Xu, S. Tang, Xufei Mao, and X. Li

       Distributed Gateway Placement for Cost Minimization in Wireless Mesh Networks

       in IEEE ICDCS 2010.

26. Xufei Mao, X. Li, W. Song, P. Xu and K. Moaveni-Nejad

       Energy Efficient Opportunistic Routing in Wireless Networks

       in ACM MSWiM 2009. pp253--260

27. S. Tang, X. Li and Xufei Mao

      Capacity Bounds for Large Scale Wireless Ad Hoc Networks Under Gaussian Channel model

      in Proc. of IEEE SECON, pp. 1 - 9, 2009

28. Xufei Mao, X. Li, X. Shen and F. Chen

      Demo Abstract: iLight: Device-Free Passive Tracking by Wireless Sensor Networks

      DEMO in SenSys 2009.

29. X. Shen, C. Bo, Xufei Mao and X. Li

      SolarMote : A Low-cost Solar Energy Supplying and Monitoring System for Wireless Sensor Networks

      Poster in SenSys 2009.

30. C. Ren, Xufei Mao, P. Xu, G. Dai, Z. Li

       Delay and Energy Efficiency Tradeoffs for Data Collections and Aggregation in Large Scale Wireless Sensor Networks

       in IEEE WiNA-2009 co-located with The Sixth IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems.

31. W. Song, Xufei Mao, G. Pei

       Distributed Topology Control for Efficient OSPF Routing in Multi-hop Wireless Networks

      in the 3rd International Workshop on Localized Algorithms and Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks (LOCALGOS) 2009

32. X. Xu, S. Wang, Xufei Mao, S. Tang, X. Li

       Efficient Data Aggregation in Multi-hop WSNs

       in IEEE Globecom 2009

33. S. Tang, Xufei Mao and X. Li

      Optimal k-support Coverage Paths in Wireless Sensor Networks


      in IQ2S Workshop at the Seventh Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom 2009)

34. X. Xu, S. Wang, Xufei Mao, S. Tang, X. Li

       An Improved Approximation Algorithm for Data Aggregation in Multi-hop Wireless Sensor Networks

       in FOWANC workshop of ACM Mobihoc, 2009.

35. Y. Wu and J. Zhao and X. Li and S. Tang and X. Xu and Xufei Mao

       Broadcast Capacity forWireless Ad Hoc Networks

       in IEEE MASS, 2008 (Acceptance Ratio: 26 out of 250).

36. Xufei Mao, X. Li, and S. Tang

       Multicast Capacity for Hybrid Wireless networks

       in ACM MobiHoc 2008 (Acceptance ratio 44 out of 300 < 15%.)

37. S. Tang, X. Wu, Xufei Mao, Y. Wu, P. Xu, and G. Chen, X. Li

       Low Complexity Stable Link Scheduling for Maximizing Throughput in Wireless Networks

      in IEEE SECON 2009 (81 out of 431)

38. Xufei Mao, X. Li and S. Kami Makki

      Static Channel Assignment for Multi-channel Multi-hop and Multi-radio Wireless Networks

      in the International Workshop on Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor and Ad-Hoc Networks (WTASA'07)

39. D. Li, Xufei Mao, J. Yu and G. Wang

       A Destruction-resistant Dynamic Routing Algorithm for LEO/MEO Satellite Networks

      in the 4th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology Wuhan, China, 14-16 September 2004 (CIT2004)

40. X. Li, S.Tang and Xufei Mao

       Capacity Bounds for Large Scale Wireless Ad Hoc Networks Under Gaussian Channel model

      Technical Report

41. X. Li, X. Wu, Xufei Mao, S. Tang, Y.Wu, P. Xu, X. Xu

        Low Complexity Stable Link Scheduling for Maximizing Throughput in Multihop Wireless Networks

      Technical Report

COPYRIGHT:
All materials are copyrighted by the corresponding publishers (e.g. Springer Verlag, ACM, SIAM, IEEE Press, World Sci., .....)

Projects

[1] "DiaLS" : Diagnosis of Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks, Wireless Networking Laboratory

[2]
"iLight" : Passive Tracking System Using Wireless Sensor Networks, Wireless Networking Laboratory

[3]
"GreenOrbs" , Wireless Networking Laboratory

[4]
"Oasis", Sensorweb Research Laboratory

Research Assistant Experience

[1] Research Assistant Wireless Networking Laboratory in the Computer Science Dept. Illinois Institute of Technology

[2] Graduate Research Assistant
Sensorweb Research Laboratory, Washington State Univ. at Vancouver (Summer 2008)

[3] Graduate Research Assistant
Wireless communication Lab in CS Dept. at HangzhouDianziUniv. China (Summer 2009)

Education

Ph.D., Computer Science Dept. , Illinois Institute of Technology, IL USA , 2006 - 2010
M.S.,
College of Information Science and Engineering , Northeastern University, China , 2000 - 2003
B.E.,
College of Information Science and Engineering, Shenyang Univ. of Tech. , 1995 - 1999

Awards

In Recognition of The Highest Standards of Academic Achievement at IIT 2010

Best Student Paper of CS Dept. at IIT 2009

2007 Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges

Academic Fun Facts

My Erdos numberis four, which means I am 4-hops away from Paul Erdos(a great mathematician) in the collaboration graph. The coauthors of mine who have an Erdos number 3: Xiang-Yang Li.

Also see my academic ancestors: Xiang-Yang Li-->Shang-HuaTeng --> Gary Miller --> Manuel Blum (Turing Award) --> Marvin Minsky (Turing Award) --> ... , --> Alonzo Church --> ... , --> Poisson --> Lagrange --> Euler --> Bernoulli, .....