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My research interests focus on the core problems in large-scale distributed systems, such as construction of overlay networks and network evolvement. My advisor is James Aspnes

We use graph theory to design mathematical models, add randomization to solve non-determinism inherited in large-scale distributed systems and make advantage of approximation to obtain results. Our research can provide both valuable theory foundation and practical system designs to current peer-to-peer and overlay networks. Currently, we are implementing our construction algorithm as a standalone application running in a real distributed environment so as to further prove its efficiency and practicability.

Publications:

  • James Aspnes and Yinghua Wu. O(log n)-time overlay network construction from graphs with out-degree 1. Submitted to PODC 2007.
  • Dana Angluin, James Aspnes, Jiang Chen, and Yinghua Wu. Learning a circuit by injecting values. Thirty-Eighth Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing(STOC 2006), May 2006, pp. 584–593.
  • Dana Angluin, James Aspnes, Jiang Chen, Yinghua Wu, and Yitong Yin. Fast construction of overlay networks. Seventeenth Annual ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures(SPAA 2005), July 2005, pp. 145–154.

Summer Intern Experience

Jun. 2006 – Aug. 2006

Palo Alto Research Center, Xerox Corporation
Summer Researcher

Palo Alto, CA

Courses at Yale

1. Theory of Distributed Systems 2. Topics in Algorithms (Approximation Algorithms)
3. Artificial Intelligence 4. Digital Communication Systems
5. Mobile Computing & Wireless Network 6. Advanced Topics in Information Systems
7. Spectral Graph Theory & Applications 8. Randomized Algorithms
9. Cryptography & Computer Security 10. Probabilistic Networks, Algorithms & Applications
11. Financial Engineering 12. Stochastic Processes

TA

Fall 2005
CPSC 425 Theory of Distributed Systems

Spring 2006
CPSC 433 Computer Networks

Fall 2006
CPSC 467 Cryptography and Computer Security

Spring 2007
CPSC 223 Data Structures and Programming Techniques

Education

Yale University, New Haven, CT
Ph.D in Computer Science,  2003-Present
Research Focus: Theory of Distributed Computing

Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R.China
M.S. in Computer Science, 2000-2003
Research Focus: Networking, Security

Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R.China
B.E. in Computer Science, 1996-2000

 

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